Lessons in English Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...Englishman; sheep; ostrich. LESSON CXVIII HOUSES Exercise 1. Observe the houses that you pass on your way to school; ask and talk about the materials used in building them. 1. What are houses? 2. Of what three materials are they most often made? 3. Of what kinds of wood? 4. Where do we get the wood? 5. Of what kinds of stone? 6. Where are the quarries? 7. Of what are bricks made? 8. How are they joined together? 9. Of what is mortar made? 10. With what are roofs covered? 11. Why are houses painted? 12. What metals are used in building, and for what purposes? Exercise 2. Select a certain house that you noticed particularly. Describe it so accurately that your classmates would be able by the aid of your description alone to pick it out from the other houses on the street. You may follow this order, making three paragraphs: 1. Size--shape--materials. 2. Porch--windows--roof. 3. Ornaments. A Shoe Shop 1. Do all tribes and peoples wear shoes? 2. What strange kinds have you ever seen? 3. Of what were they made? 4. Of what are our shoes made? 5. Name the several parts of a shoe. 6. How are they fastened together? 7. Name several different kinds of shoes. 8. What are overshoes? 9. Of what are they made? 10. Where does this substance come from? 11. What animals wear shoes? Why? 12. How many shoes does a horse wear? An ox? 13. Why does one need more shoes than the other? 14. Examine the picture above. What does each of the two persons seem to be doing? 15. What are the objects on the bench and in the shoemaker's hands? 16. Were your shoes made in a shop like that? If not, where and how were they made? Exercise. To amuse a little child, make up a story of an old shoe. It may be a man's shoe or a horseshoe. Tell where the material came from, how it was...