LINES FOR DICTATION 71 68 PRACTICE Punctuation of Quotations Find in the selection about "The Monkey and the Cats" a quoted statement, a quoted question, a quoted exclamation, a divided quotation. How is each punctuated? Are the question mark and the exclamation point outside or inside the quotation marks? How are the words that divide a quotation punctuated ? Copy and punctuate the following sentences:· Oh, what a terrible monster I have seen said a little frog to his father. How big was it asked the old frog. It was as big as a mountain answered the small one. I can blow myself out said the father till I am as big as the ox. Then he blew himself out larger and larger till finally he burst. LINES FOR DICTATION He prayeth best who loveth best He made and loveth all. -S. T. COLERIDGE. Mt. Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crowned him long ago, On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, LORD BYRON. 69 LULLABY FOR TITANIA Listen and learn by heart:-. You spotted snakes with double tongue, Philomel, with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby : Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby! Nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh. Weaving spiders, come not here; Hence, you long-legg'd spinners, hence! Beetles black, approach not near; Worm nor snail, do no offense. Philomel, with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby : Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby! Never harm, Nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh. Hence, away! now all is well. SHAKESPEARE. -70 THE PARTS OF A SENTENCE Study the following sentences: 1. Practice makes perfect. 2. Lost time is never found again. About what does the first sentence tell? What is said or asserted about Practice? About what does the second sentence tell? What is said or asserted about Lost time? Every sentence is made up of two parts; what the sentence tells about and what the sentence tells. What the sentence tells about is called the subject of the sentence, and what it tells is called the predicate of the sentence. Oral Exercise. What is the subject of each of the above sentences? What is the predicate of each? Written Exercise. Write sentences suggested by the objects in the picture on page 73. What is the subject of each of your sentences? the predicate? What story does the picture tell you? Write the story. 71 THE SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE Learn this definition: The subject of a sentence names that of which something is said or asserted. THE PREDICATE OF A SENTENCE 75 Oral Exercise. In each of these sentences which word names that of which something is said? Edna reads. Willard paints. Men work. Children play. Women visit. Boys whistle. Stars twinkle. Name the subject of each sentence given above. Written Exercises.-I. Supply subjects in the following sentences. To think of proper subjects, ask yourselves such questions as these: Who falls? What II. Use the following words as subjects: 1. Wood, coal, gas, oil, steam. 2. Houses, stores, shops, barns, schools. 3. I, you, he, we, they. 72 THE PREDICATE OF A SENTENCE Learn this definition: The predicate of a sentence is that which is said or asserted of the subject. Oral Exercise. - What is said or asserted of the subject in each of the following sentences? Edna reads. Willard paints. Men work. Women visit. Stars twinkle. |