4. Tell of what person, number, and gender, if any, each pronoun is.

5. What is a pronoun? What kinds of pronouns have you learned about?

(a) a personal pronoun of the first person plural,
(b) a personal pronoun of the second person singular,
(c) a compound personal pronoun of the masculine
gender.

9. What does gender denote? Person? Number?

10. Change the person and number of every pronoun in

LESSON VIII.

NUMBER-FORMS OF VERBS.

A verb may assert of but one person or thing; thus,

sings. flies.

A verb may assert of more than one person or thing; thus,

1. Use each of these words correctly as a verb, and tell whether the subject-noun is of the singular or of the

2. Write each of these words as you would use it with a noun to assert what but one person or thing does*:

3. Write five sentences in which the subject names one person or thing.

4. Change the subject to the plural form, and see what other changes you must make in the sentence.

XVII. The form of a verb correctly used to assert of but one, is the singular number-form of that verb; thus, is, was, recites.

XVIII. The form of a verb correctly used to assert of more than one, is the plural number-form of that verb; thus, are, were, recite.

5. In each of the following's supply the correct form of a verb, and tell whether the verb used is of the singular or of the plural form :

6. Mention every verb in these sentences, and tell(a) whether it asserts of one, or of more than one; (b) of what number it is.

Arnold is a very small fisherman.

That box contains his bait.

The pole bends easily.

Fish bite well on a rainy day.

The kittens are purring by the fire.

The lamps smoke.

The blaze flashes up the chimney.
A jury has been chosen.

The congregation is very small.
A cat watches a mouse.

7. Write the plural form of each of these verbs:

is,

was,

has,

flies,

does.

8. Write the singular form of each of these verbs: play, guess, carry, stay, go.

9. What is the singular number-form of a verb? The plural number-form of a verb?

10. How can we tell whether to use the singular or the plural number-form of a verb?

XIX. The verb must agree in number with its subject.

EXERCISE 1.

Copy from a book ten sentences having a verb and its subject in the singular, and change each sentence so that the verb will be of the plural number.

LESSON IX.

PERSON OF VERBS.

I am tired.

Thou art our Heavenly Father.

He is a true friend.

We are going abroad for a year.
You are as tall as he.

They are writing compositions.

1. What is person? What kind of words have, or denote, person? 2. Separate each of the sentences above into its subject and predicate, and tell of what part of speech the subject is.

3. Which of the pronouns are of the plural number? Read the form of the verb used with the plural pronouns.

4. Which of the pronouns are of the singular number?

5. Read the form of the verb used with each of those pronouns.

6. If I, thou, and he are all of the singular number, why do we use am with one, art with another, and is with still another?

XX. A verb of the singular number changes its form to agree in person with its subject; thus,

1. As you read the following, tell

(a) of what person and number the subject is,

(b) what verb is used with that subject.

I am riding on the cars.

“Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death." He was a brave and generous soldier.

She is traveling in Europe.