LESSON IX.
Table of Contents CONJUNCTIONS.
Name the words that connect sentences, or words or phrases, used in the same way in the following sentences:-
1. The sun shone out brightly and the mist cleared away. 2. You may go, but I must remain here. 3. Cold and damp was the maiden's grave. 4. The grass grows in the valley and on the mountain side.
Note.-A phrase is a group of related words without a verb.
A word that connects sentences, or words, or phrases, used in the same way in a sentence, is called a conjunction.
EXERCISE I.
Select the conjunctions in the following sentences, and tell what each connects:-
1. I went to school, but my brother did not. 2. My books are in my bag, or I have lost them. 3. The boys ran away because they were afraid. 4. Though I fail, I shall attempt to do it. 5. He was a king, yet he was not happy. 6. The rich and the poor meet together. 7. Iron is more useful than gold. 8. They had full warning, so that they are without excuse. 9. I am sure that he did it. 10. The morning came, the chaise was brought, But yet was not allowed To drive up to the door lest all Should say that she was proud.
EXERCISE II.
1. Write a sentence containing a conjunction connecting two sentences.
2. Write a sentence containing a conjunction connecting two phrases.
3. Write a sentence containing a conjunction connecting two adverbs.
4. Write a sentence containing a conjunction connecting two nouns.
LESSON X.
Table of Contents INTERJECTIONS.
Name the words in the following sentences that express sudden or strong feeling:-
1. Hurrah! the work is done. 2. Alas! we were too late. 3. Hush! she is sleeping now. 4. Bravo! he has reached the boat.
A word used to express some sudden or strong feeling is called an interjection.
An interjection is not related to any word in the sentence.
Interjections express a variety of feelings, such as joy, sorrow, surprise, pain, contempt and strong desire.
EXERCISE I.
Select the interjections in the following sentences, and state the feeling expressed by each:-
1. Oh! my tooth is aching again. 2. Alas! he heeded not my warning. 3. Hark! what means that distant cry? 4. Pshaw! it is nothing but the wind. 5. Hurrah! for England's Queen. 6. Ho! breakers on the weather bow. 7. But O! eternity's too short To utter all Thy praise. 8. Hold! if 'twas wrong, the wrong is mine.
EXERCISE II.
Write six sentences, each containing an interjection.
Underline the interjections.
LESSON XI.
Table of Contents We have now learned all the different classes of words in our language and the name of each class.
Since each class performs a certain office or part in the sentence, the different classes are called parts of speech.
EXERCISE.
State the office of each word in the following sentences, and tell what part of speech it is:-
1. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 2. I live for those who love me. 3. The man walked across the bridge. 4. The cherries on this tree are ripe. 5. I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers. 6. This boy lost his kite in a tree. 7. The village master taught his little school. 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down. 9. Crash! a terrific cry broke from three hundred hearts. 10. I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.
LESSON XII.
Table of Contents The part of speech or grammatical value of words is always determined by their use or function in the sentence.
EXERCISE I.
State the use or function of the italicized words in the following sentences, and tell the part of speech of each word:-
1. We have a quire of
paper. 2. Our friends
paper their walls every year. 3. He put his hat in a
paper box. 4. It is a
fine day. 5. Magistrates
fine those who break the laws. 6. The penalty is a
fine of twenty dollars. 7. I know
that story. 8. He has the book
that I require. 9. We know
that he is just. 10. The word
that is sometimes used to connect sentences. 11. Give him the
iron pail. 12. The girls
iron the clothes in the morning. 13. He has a piece of
iron.
EXERCISE II.
Show that the following words may have different grammatical values:-
in, water, ring, pin, cover. round, this, lock, cork, silver.
Model:- Come
in. An adverb. My hat is
in the room. A preposition. The word
in was omitted. A noun.
Note.-The foregoing example is printed in italics. Pupils will underline their examples.
PART SECOND.
CLASSES AND INFLECTIONS OF THE PARTS
OF SPEECH.
LESSON XIII.
Table of Contents CLASSES OF NOUNS.
Select in the following sentences the nouns that are names of particular persons or things, and the nouns that are names of all the members of a class of persons or things:-
1. These little girls live with their parents in Toronto. 2. Mary and Harold are going to visit their friends. 3. On a little mound, Napoleon Stood on our storming day.-
Browning. A name of a particular or individual person or thing is called a proper noun; as, Mary, Saturday, Lake Ontario.
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
A name that applies to all the members of a class of persons or things is called a common noun; as, girl, desk, river.
EXERCISE.
1. Write five sentences, each containing a proper noun, and underline the example in each sentence.
2. Write five sentences, each containing a common noun, and underline the example in each sentence.
II. CONCRETE AND ABSTRACT.
Select in the following sentences the nouns that...
