English Grammar and Composition for Public Schools. G. H. Armstrong

Write four examples of an interrogative sentence and name the subject and the predicate of each sentence.

      4. Write four examples of an exclamatory sentence and name the subject and the predicate of each sentence.

LESSON III.

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      NOUNS.

      State the words that are used as names in the following sentences:—

1.	The shoes worn by the soldiers were made in England.
2.	Near this tree is the grave of a pioneer.
3.	Chaucer is the father of English poetry.
4.	Love had he found in huts where poor men lie.

      A word used as a name is called a noun.

      EXERCISE I.

      Name the nouns in the following sentences:—

1.	There are seven provinces in Canada.
2.	Then the fly lit his lamp of fire.
3.	The bloom of that fair face is wasted.
4.	The boy stood on the burning deck.
5.	And then my heart with pleasure fills,
	And dances with the daffodils.
6.	He goes on Sunday to the church
	And sits among his boys.
7.	I hear in the chamber above me
	The patter of little feet,
	The sound of a door that is opened,
	And voices soft and sweet.
8.	A violet by a mossy stone,
	Half hidden from the eye!
	Fair as a star, when only one
	Is shining in the sky.

      EXERCISE II.

      Write sentences containing—

1.	The name of a place.
2.	The name of a person.
3.	The name of a tree.
4.	The name of a metal.
5.	The name of an article of food.
6.	The name of an animal.
7.	The name of a quality.
8.	The name of an action.

LESSON IV.

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      PRONOUNS.

      Name the nouns for which the words printed in italics are used in the following sentences:—

1.	The teacher went home when he finished the lesson.
2.	The mother kissed her boy when she received him.
3.	A baby was sleeping,
	Its mother was weeping
	For her husband was far on the wild raging sea.

      A word used for a noun is called a pronoun.

      By the use of the pronoun, a person or thing is referred to without naming it, and the too frequent repetition of the same noun is avoided.

      EXERCISE I.

       Select the pronouns in the following sentences, and state the noun for which each is used:—

1.	Men find plants where they least expect them.
2.	The parents returned home when they found their child.
3.	The king took the hand of his friend and pressed it to his heart.
4.	A boy who is always grumbling will lose the friends that he has, and will not make many new ones.
5.	The ball lies where you left it.
6.	The boy’s father was anxious to send him to college, and therefore he studied the Latin grammar till he could bear it no longer.
7.	Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot
	O’er the grave where our hero we buried.
8.	As John and Charles were walking by the river, they both fell into it.
9.	Tell me what brings you, gentle youth, to Rome;
	To make myself a scholar, sir, I come.
10.	Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed
	That savèd she might be;
	And she thought of Him who stilled the wave
	On the Lake of Galilee.

      EXERCISE II.

      1. Write a sentence containing a pronoun used for the speaker.

      2. Write a sentence containing a pronoun used for the names of the speaker and others.

      3. Write a sentence containing a pronoun used for the name of a person spoken to.

      4. Write a sentence containing a pronoun used for the name of a person spoken of.

       5. Write a sentence containing a pronoun used for the names of two or more persons spoken of.

      6. Write a sentence containing a pronoun used for the name of a thing that has been previously spoken of.

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      ADJECTIVES.

      Select the words in the following sentences that are used to describe or point out the things named by the nouns:—

1.	A tall man gave me this book.
2.	That little boy has a kind sister.
3.	I bought two sweet oranges.
4.	These grassy fields are owned by a rich man.

      The word tall describes this particular man. The word this points out the particular book that is meant. Such words modify the nouns with which they are used.

      A word used to modify a noun or pronoun is called an adjective.

      EXERCISE I.

      Name the adjectives in the following sentences, and state the use of each:—

1.	I found a rusty knife with a silver handle.
2.	Wise ministers and brave warriors flourished during Elizabeth’s reign.
3.	The sick girl was watched by a skilful nurse.
4.	Otters are much prized for their soft, glossy black fur.
5.	I lingered near the hallowed seat with listening ear.
6.	His withered cheek and tresses gray,
	Seemed to have known a better day.
7.	Her aged hand on his strong young arm
	She placed; and so, without hurt or harm
	He guided the trembling feet along,
	Proud that his own were firm and strong.
8.	His hair is crisp, and black, and long,
	His face is like the tan;
	His brow is wet with honest sweat,
	He earns whate’er he can,
	And looks the whole world in the face,
	For he owes not any man.

       Model.—The adjectives in the first sentence are a, rusty, a and silver. A points out or indicates the species of the thing knife. Rusty describes the thing knife.

      EXERCISE II.

      Write sentences containing adjectives used to show:—

1.	What quality of thing is spoken of.
2.	How many things are spoken of.
3.	Which thing is referred to.

LESSON VI.

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