LESSON 53.
ARRANGEMENT—TRANSPOSED ORDER.
+Direction+.—Restore these sentences to their usual order by moving the object complement and the verb to their customary places, and tell what is lost by the change:—
1. Thorns and thistles shall the earth bring forth. 2. "Exactly so," replied the pendulum. 3. Me restored he to mine office. 4. A changed France have we. 5. These evils hath sin wrought.
+Direction+.—Transpose these sentences by moving the object complement and the verb, and tell what is gained by the change:—
1. The dial-plate exclaimed, "Lazy wire!" 2. The maiden has such charms. 3. The English character has faults and plenty of them. 4. I will make one effort more to save you. 5. The king does possess great power. 6. You have learned much in this short journey.
+Direction+.—Write six transposed sentences with these nouns as object complements, and then restore them to their usual order:—
Pause, cry, peace, horse, words, gift.
+Direction+.—Restore these sentences to their usual order by moving the attribute complement and the verb to their usual places, and tell what is lost by the change:—
1. A dainty plant is the ivy green. 2. Feet was I to the lame. 3. A mighty man is he. 4. As a mark of respect was the present given. 5. A giant towered he among men.