SERIES C
(Possession, material, use, purpose)
[Note:—Such relationships are expressed in English preferably by adjectives: cloth of cotton = cotton cloth; or by the possessive inflection with -s: the drawing of George = George's drawing. In Italian they are expressed by the prepositions di, per, da, etc.: stoffa di cotone "cotton cloth," piattino di vetro "glass saucer." For Signora Montessori's simple exercise we suggest for English the following definitions (Tr.)].
Grammar Boxes, containing respectively six and seven parts of speech. (Note: In the sentence on the right, the cards should be in one line, not two.)
—Cotton cloth is cloth of cotton.
Woollen cloth is cloth of wool.
Silk cloth is cloth of silk.
—The iron triangle is a triangle of iron.
The wooden triangle is a triangle of wood.
—The glass saucer is a saucer of glass.
The china saucer is a saucer of china.
—A shoe-brush is a brush for shoes.
A clothes-brush is a brush for clothes.
—George's hat is the hat of George; George's hat belongs to George.
Mary's hat is the hat of Mary; Mary's hat belongs to Mary.