Make three sentences about each of the following:—
The place where you live. France. India. Australia. America. A horse. A cow. A dog. A sheep. A lion. A tiger. Spring. Summer. Autumn. Winter. The sun. The moon. Stars. Holidays. Boys’ games. Girls’ games. A railway. A steam-engine. The sea. A ship. Flowers. Fruits. A garden. Wool. Cotton. Leather. Silk. Water. Milk. Rice. Wheat. Books. Tea. Coffee. Sugar. Cocoa. Paper. Houses. Bricks. Stone. A field. Guns. A watch. A farm. Knives. Bees. Shellfish. Fresh-water fish. Coal. Glass. Gas. The United States. New York. The Mississippi. Canada. Indians. Chicago. St. Louis. Oakland. Philadelphia. Bicycle. Golf.
Exercise 19.
Combine each of the following facts into a sentence and write it out:
Example: Take the first name below, thus:—“Joseph Addison, the essayist, was born at Milston in Wiltshire, in the year 1672.” Pursue the same plan with all the other sets of facts here furnished.
| Name. | What he was. | Where born. | When born. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Addison | Essayist | Milston, Wiltshire | 1672 |
| William Blake | Poet and painter | London | 1757 |
| John Bunyan | Author of the “Pilgrim’s Progress” | Elstow, Bedfordshire | 1628 |
| Lord Byron | Great English poet | London | 1788 |
| Geoffrey Chaucer | Great English poet | London (probably) | About 1344 |
| George Washington | First President of the United States | Virginia | 1732 |
| Justin S. Morrill | United States Senator | Vermont | 1810 |
| William McKinley | President of the United States | Ohio | 1844 |
| Name. | What he was. | Where he died. | When he died. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Arnold | Poet and essayist | Liverpool | 1888 |
| Daniel Defoe | Author of “Robinson Crusoe” | London | 1731 |
| Henry Fielding | Novelist | Lisbon | 1754 |
| Henry Hallam | Historian | Penshurst | 1859 |
| William Shakespeare | Greatest English poet | Stratford-on-Avon | 1616 |
| William H. Gladstone | Great English statesman | Hawarden | 1898 |
| Henry W. Longfellow | American poet | Cambridge | 1882 |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the United States | Washington | 1865 |
| Battle. | Date. | Between. | Victor. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senlac, near Hastings | 1066 | English and Normans | Normans |
| Bannockburn | 1314 | English and Scotch | Scotch |
| Cressy | 1346 | English and French | English |
| Waterloo | 1815 | English and French | English |
| Marston Moor | 1644 | Royalists and Parliamentarians | Parliamentarians |
| Bull Run | 1861 | Unionists and Confederates | Confederates |
| Manila | 1898 | Americans and Spaniards | Americans |
These facts should be combined into sentences in various ways, thus: