LESSON VIII. EXERCISE ON ADVERBS. WHAT is an adverb ?* What are the principal classes of adverbs? Mention three adverbs of manner; three of time; three of place; three of quantity; three of degree. What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb ? EXERCISE. Where a dash occurs, insert an adverb that will complete the sense. overtook derstand the subject. 6. Cæsar the enemy, started in pursuit; he led on the attack in person, and gained *Note to the pupil. When a question is repeated, and you have forgotten the answer, look back and find it, in order that you may give it in the precise words of the book. WHAT is the seventh part of speech called? The CONJUNCTION. When I say, "Mary learns her lessons," what is the expression called? A sentence. What is a sentence? Such an assemblage of words as makes complete sense. Would "Mary to the fair," be a sentence? No; because it would not make complete sense. Make a complete sentence of it. "Mary has gone to the fair." In the sentence, "James got up early, and went to market," how many parts are there, and what are they? Two; "James got up early" is one, "went to mar ket" is the other. What are such parts of a sentence called? Clauses. What word connects the two clauses in the above sentence? And. What does the word conjunction mean? A connecting together. What, then, may and, and all such words as connect clauses, be called? Conjunctions. Do conjunctions ever connect any thing else besides clauses? Yes; conjunctions connect words also. Give me a sentence in which there is a conjunction connecting words. Mary turned and wept;" here the conjunction and connects the verbs turned and wept. Give me another. "George and Henry have gone to Boston," here the conjunction and connects the nouns George and Henry. Now tell me, what is a conjunction? A Conjunction is a word used to connect other words and clauses. Mention some of the principal conjunctions. - And, because, if, that, or, nor, either, neither, but, lest, notwithstanding, therefore, though, unless, than, as. What is a sentence? What is a clause? What is a conjunction ? EXERCISE. Where a dash occurs, insert a conjunction that will complete the sense. EXAMPLE. He went to the ball, to remain. he was ordered Completed. He went to the ball, although he was ordered to remain. 14. the pigeon. theirs. the hawk flies more swiftly you do your duty you will not be blamed. 15. I saw my cousin I was turning the corner LESSON X. PREPOSITIONS. WHAT is the eighth part of speech called? The PREPOSITION. In the sentence, "William walked to Albany," what word shows the relation between William's walking and Alhany? To. How is this word to placed? Before the noun Albany. What does the word preposition mean? A placing before. What then may we call to, and all similar words? What is a Preposition? A Preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun, to show the relation between it, and some other word or words in the sentence. Mention the principal prepositions.* Wherever a dash occurs, insert a preposition that will complete the sense. EXAMPLE. Nothing can be accomplished an effort. Completed. Nothing can be accomplished without an effort. 1. In Greenland, the people live wretched huts. *The pupil had better commit this list to memory. |