English Grammar and Composition for Public Schools

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English Grammar and Composition for Public Schools

by G. H. (George Henry) Armstrong

EN·~3 hours·75 chapters

Chapters

75 total

LESSON I.

1:43

LESSON II.

2:37

LESSON III.

1:30

LESSON IV.

2:14

LESSON V.

1:59

LESSON VI.

1:23

LESSON VII.

1:30

LESSON VIII.

1:37

LESSON IX.

1:40

LESSON X.

1:12
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Description

This guide opens with a clear, step‑by‑step look at the building blocks of English, inviting listeners to explore what makes a sentence complete. It distinguishes declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory forms with relatable examples, then moves on to the roles of subject and predicate, showing how word order can shift without losing meaning. The explanations are straightforward, and the narrator’s pauses let you absorb each rule before trying the short exercises that follow.

Beyond the basics, the book introduces nouns in context, highlighting how names anchor our thoughts and how they appear across poetry and prose. Each section pairs concise theory with quick drills, encouraging you to identify parts of speech in familiar lines and to craft your own sentences. Listeners will finish the first half equipped with a solid grammar foundation and confidence to tackle more nuanced language challenges later.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (225K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by David T. Jones, Mardi Desjardins & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net

Release date

Apr 14, 2015

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

G. H. (George Henry) Armstrong

G. H. (George Henry) Armstrong

1858–1938

A Toronto teacher turned school inspector, he wrote practical books that helped generations of students with grammar, arithmetic, and Canadian place names. His work has an easy, classroom-minded clarity that still feels useful today.

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