In this Exercise Verbs are introduced with Nouns. A Verb is a word or words which assert, or declare, or command, or request, etc. Thus the word rap is a verb, when it is used to assert or declare that "he raps the jar," Dry 66 rug Try gun 1. Try the new awl, and let me use it on the cot. 2. You may mix the wax in our new red box. 3. Who' was' it? Was it he'? 1. The air is hot. Are you hot'? We are not at the inn yet. 2. Are all of you in the pew'? Yes, we are all in the pew. 3. Sir! did you cut the fir', and saw the oak', and hew the elm? I cut off a fir' log', an oak' log', and an elm' log. 4. Was the eel in the mud'? Did she get a bit of pie'? Do not lie in the mud. Is he the man who IV. MONOSYLLABLES OF NOT MORE THAN FOUR LETTERS. DIRECTIONS.-The pupils should read aloud to the teacher the partially formed sentences in the "Exercises," in the following pages, before they are required to spell the words contained in them. The teacher should keep constantly before the pupils the distinctions between the different parts of speech as fast as the latter are presented in the "Lessons" and "Exercises." At the bottom of the pages are examples of words, selected from the spelling lessons, alike in spelling and sound, but used in different parts of speech. As the pupil reads these sentences, let him designate to what parts of speech the italicized words belong. Thus, Etc. "A safe cage. Here safe is an adjective.' "Put the game in the safe. Here safe is a noun." "Do not rail at him. Here rail is a verb." Let the pupil tell why the word is an adjective, or a noun, or a verb, etc. LESSON 22. The sound of a as in āpe, continued. A safe cage. Put the game in the safe. Do not rail at him. Put the rail on the dray. Do not cane him with my cane. It will pain me if I see you in pain. You may name the boy. Tell me his name. Do not play now. It is a good play. |