1. Time flies swiftly. 2. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 3. The breaking waves dashed high. The part of a sentence that shows what is spoken of is called the subject. The part of a sentence that tells what is said about the thing spoken of is called the predicate. To find the subject and the predicate, answer the questions: (1) What is this sentence about? (2) What is said or asked about it? The subject and the predicate may each be expressed by a single word, or by several words; as, – Bells ring. A merciful man | considers his beast. The subject of a declarative sentence is usually placed before the predicate; as, -- The well-curb had a Chinese roof. But sometimes, especially in poetry, the subject is placed after the predicate; as, Name the subject and the predicate in each of the following sentences: 1. The whole island was covered with wood. 4. Blessed are the pure in heart. 5. The first dragon-fly of the season is always a happy discovery. 6. These prairies glow with flowers. 7. The copper of Cyprus was in demand in most places of the ancient world. 8. All bloodless lay the untrodden snow. 9. For three nights they floated down the stream. 10. Language is the highest mode of expression. The subject of an imperative sentence is thou, ye, or you. It is generally not expressed; as, Come into the garden. When the subject is expressed, it is placed after the verb; as, – Copy the following sentences, supplying the subjects which are understood and enclosing them in brackets: Example. - Listen [you] to this account of the fire. EXERCISE III. State the kind of sentence, and name the subject and the predicate in each of the following sentences: I. When will the matter be settled? 2. Here we are at last! 3. What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! 5. Where are a grasshopper's ears? 6. How lightly past hardship sits upon us! 7. What real service to others did you render yesterday? 8. How strange everything looks in this light! 9. Do your friends know this? 10. How blessings brighten as they take their flight! V EXERCISE IV. Write three examples each of a declarative, an imperative, an interrogative, and an exclamatory sentence, and name the subject and the predicate in each sentence. LESSON III. NOUNS. Mention the words in the following sentences that are used as names, and tell what each is the name of: 1. America has furnished to the world the character of Washington. 2. The chair stood by the window. 3. The maples redden in the sun. Mention a word used as the name of a person; the name of a place; the name of a thing that you can see, feel, hear, smell, or touch; the name of a thing that you can think of but cannot perceive by the senses; the name of a quality of a person or thing; the name of an action. A word used as a name is called a noun. EXERCISE I. Mention the nouns in the following sentences, and tell what kind of thing each names: I. He goes on Sunday to the church And sits among his boys. 2. Then Evangeline lighted the brazen lamp on the table. 3. A large island covered with palms divides the Nile into two branches. 4. His door was always open to the wayfarer. 5. Hear me with patience. 6. The time of the singing of birds is come. 7. He came early in the spring to the settlement of New Plymouth. 8. The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near, That maize has sprouted, that streams are flowing, That the robin is plastering his house hard by; For other couriers we should not lack. LOWELL. I. Write .EXERCISE II. sentences contain containing 1. The name of a person. 2. The name of a place. 3. The name of a public building. 4. The name of a material used in building houses. 5. The name of an article of dress. 6. The name of a part of the human body. 7. The name of a feeling. 8. The name of an action. II. Name the subject and the predicate in each of the sentences written. LESSON IV. PRONOUNS. For what nouns are the italicized words used in the following sentences? 1. Henry paused, when he reached the door. 2. The travellers looked surprised, when they heard the story. |