EXERCISE 2. 1. Select the words used instead of nouns in the follow 2. Copy this little song, and draw a line under every pro Black and brown is his gown; Now you see his wings of silk All wet flies twist their thighs, Thus they wipe their heads and eyes; Then their whiskers grow. Tongues to talk have you and I: God has given the little fly No such things, so he sings With his buzzing wings. — THEODORE TILTON. 3. As you read each of these sentences, mention the noun for which the word that stands: : Which is the road that I should take? There is the bird that has a nest under the eaves. Have you the book that I asked for? Which is the pupil that took the prize? 4. Mention two pronouns used in this stanza: All things, both great and small; He made and loveth all.” 5. Learn the stanza above. Turn to Lesson EXERCISE 3. in your Reader, and tell all that you can about the sentences in it; thus, expresses a thought, therefore it is a sentence. The sentence is used to sentence. The word, or words, The word, or words, therefore it is show about what something is said; ———— is the subject of the sentence. The words ; are used in the sentence are used instead of nouns, to name something, therefore they are nouns. The words therefore they are pronouns. NOTE.When an exercise like the above is to be written, as it should often be, the following abbreviations may be used: sen., for sentence. subj., for subject. pro., for pronoun. EXERCISE 4. The poet Shelley wrote these lines in a letter to a lady: "The spider spreads her webs, whether she be 1. What is a winding-sheet? 2. What is the silk-worm's cradle ? 3. Why is the silk-worm among the mulberry leaves? 4. What is the color of the mulberry leaves ? 5. How does the spider spread her webs? 6. Of what is a spider's web made? 7. How is it made? 8. Mention the nouns in the stanza written by Shelley. Write a letter to your teacher in which you answer these questions: 1. Of what is silk made? 2. Where do the threads come from? 3. What is a cocoon? 4. How does a cocoon look? 5. How do the silk-makers get the long threads out of the cocoon? 6. What would happen if they did not disturb the cocoon? 7. Where would the butterfly lay its eggs? 8. What would be hatched out of the eggs? 9. How long would the silk-worm remain among the mulberry leaves? 10. What would it be doing all the time? CAUTION. Remember what you learned in Part I. about making and writing paragraphs. LESSON V. WHAT A VERB IS. PREPARATORY REVIEW. 1. What is an action-word? 2. As you read these sentences, mention every word that expresses action : A laughing child was chasing the butterfly. The flag waves over the public buildings. 3. In reading these sentences, tell which words name an action: Forgiving cures the wound, and forgetting takes away the scar. The ticking of the clock is the only sound to be heard. I am fond of walking. We dislike boating and hunting. Stealing and lying are forbidden in God's law. 4. Read from these sentences every action-word used to describe anything: Tinkling bells and laughing children made music for the ride. Waving flags, roaring cannon, and prancing horses remind us that it is the Fourth of July. 5. As you read each of the following sentences, tell whether the action-word used states or shows what is stated: The cricket chirps. The fly is buzzing. It is melting the ice. The dog growls. The cat purrs. The horse prances. : He is running faster now. 6. Fill each in the following with a word that states, |