5. What is a compound personal pronoun? As you mention the compound personal pronouns, tell how each is formed, and of what person it is.

II. Demonstratives.

6. Read the subject of each of these sentences:

7. Of what part of speech is the subject of each sentence above? Why?

8. Tell which of those words indicate

something near,

something farther off,

but one,

more than one.

The pronouns this, these, that, and those, used to point out, or direct attention to the thing spoken of, are called demonstratives.

9. In each of these sentences, use a demonstrative pronoun as the object of a preposition :

He looked at

It came with

We found it by

Put it with

Mention the

10. What is a demonstrative pronoun?
demonstratives, and use each of them

(a) as the subject of a sentence,
(b) as the object of a verb.

III. Interrogative Pronouns.

A pronoun used to ask a question is an interrogative pronoun;

Who, whose, and whom refer to persons only.

What refers to animals and to things.

Which is used of persons, animals, or things; thus,

Which is your son?

Which is faded?

11. What is an interrogative pronoun?

12. Mention the pronouns that are used to ask questions. 13. Which of the interrogative pronouns inquire of persons only?

14. Which of the interrogative pronouns inquires of animals and things only?

15. Which of the interrogative pronouns inquires of persons, of animals, or of things?

16. Which of the interrogative pronouns requires us to select, or pick out, something before we answer?

17. Use each of these words as a pronoun, to ask a question:

who, whose, whom, which, what.

CAUTION.-Demonstrative and interrogative pronouns

are often used as adjectives; thus,

Which boy came yesterday?

This boy was here last week.

Be sure that you know what work the word does before you say of what part of speech it is.

IV. Indefinite Pronouns.

18. As you read these sentences, point out every word that takes the place of a noun:

"One shall be chosen and another left."

Both go to school.

Either will do.

Such is the case.

Nobody knows you.

Neither has a handle.

Something troubles me.
The little ones are asleep.

Many will be called, but few will be chosen.

Nothing worries me more.

The others are in the parlor.

stand for nouns, they are called indefinite pronouns.

What is an indefinite article? Can you think why these pronouns are called indefinite pronouns?

19. Use as adjectives five words from the list of indefinite pronouns. Use the same words as pronouns.

20. When a pronoun does not refer to any person or thing in particular, what kind of pronoun is it? *

EXERCISE 1.

1. Mention every pronoun in these sentences, and tell what kind of pronoun it is:

We shall meet again.

What shall I bring you?

All must perish.

Few understand his teachings.

By others' faults wise men correct their own.

Some are happy, while others are sad.

"The many will worship the rising star;

a few should be faithful to the sun that has set."

None but the brave deserve the fair.

Neither has anything to call his own.

Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.

EXERCISE 2.

- Write a letter to Santa Claus, telling him what you would like him to know before Christmas.

* The study of the relative pronoun is postponed until the class are prepared to understand its office.

LESSON VI.

SINGULAR AND PLURAL PRONOUNS.

1. As you mention every pronoun used in these sentences, tell whether it represents but one, or more than one, person or thing:

XII. A pronoun which denotes but one person, or thing, is of the singular number; thus, I, this, other.

XIII. A pronoun which denotes more than one person, or thing, is of the plural number; thus, we, these, others.

2. When is a pronoun of the singular number?

3. When is a pronoun of the plural number?