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as he requires them and pasted on card
board. They should illustrate simple gram.
matical points:-
He is a big boy.
I am bigger than he. He is not so big as I.
They are the biggest.
I am doing my sum.
Can you do it ?
Does it come right ?
It is done.
Don't make a noise.
Unskilful Masters fail by talking too
much and letting the class listen merely.
By means of such sheets and a little
practice, conversations of an elementary
nature can be drawn from the class, the
teacher merely listening and correcting
mistakes.
Colloquial.
Coloured wall pictures
are an excellent means of teaching collo-
quial as they obviate the need of
Chinese explanations. Thus by means of a
picture of a boy and a puppy, an enormous
vocabulary could be acquired. Nouns:
Boy, Man, Puppy, Dog, Head, Body, Ears,
Eyes, Tail, Teeth, Hand, Foot, Paw, Claw,
Ground, Floor, Sky, Roof.
Adjectives:- White, Black, Blue Red,
Small Big, Fat, Thin, Blunt, Sharp, Kind
Cruel.
Verbs: Hold, Pat, Beat, Kick, Play with
Stand, Sit, Jump, Run, &c., &c., &c.
Where