the work for the next Lesson. You may also write the names of any ten objects seen on the way to school.

LESSON IV.

How many have written the examples given out in the last Lesson? Exchange slates, and see if every example is written correctly. Examine Lesson I., and see if anything is said of the objects which you have named?

A noun alone can name an object, but can never say or affirm anything.

The kite is flying.

The road is rough.

The wind blows

Is anything said of the objects named in these examples?

Name the objects of which something is said, thus : What is flying? What is rough? What is rough? What blows? Tell what is said or affirmed of each, thus: What is said of the kite? Of the road? Of the winds?

When anything is said or affirmed of an object, the words form a sentence.

Tell which of the following expressions are sen

tences:

In the spring.
Birds fly.
Industrious men.

The bees are buzzing.

The earth is a globe.
Paul the Apostle.

The water is warm.

Is anything said or affirmed of spring? Of birds?

Tell what is spoken of in each. Tell what is said. Are they sentences? Why?

In the following examples, insert something to show what is spoken of:—

What is running? What is swimming? What are sweet? What is falling? Are these examples sentences? Why? In every sentence ·

That of which something is said or affirmed, is called the subject.

That which is said or affirmed, is called the predi

cate.

Tell the subject and predicate in these examples :

The fire burns

Trees grow.
Winter is coming.

The flowers fade

The boy is playing.

To find the subject, ask, What burns? What

grows? What is coming? What fades? Who is playing? What kind of words are they? To find the predicate, ask, What is said of the fire? Of trees? Of winter? Of winter? Of the flowers? Of the boy?

EXERCISE FOR THE SLATE. Fill these blank places

Form four short sentences, taking for subjects any objects in this room. Be careful to begin each with a capital, and to place a period at the end of each.

LESSON V.

You may read your examples from the slates. With what kind of letters do you begin each example? Have you placed a period at the end of each? Are your examples sentences? Why?

Point out the subjects and predicates in each.

How do you find the subject? How the predicate? What kind of a word is the subject in each? Then-A noun may stand for the subject of a sentence. Point out the subjects in the following examples :

Victoria is a queen.

The globe is a ball.
The oak is a tree.
The lily is a plant.

What kind of words are these subjects? What is the predicate in each? that is, What is said of each? What kind of words are queen, ball, tree, plant? Does queen mean the same person as Victoria, or does it mean a different person? Does globe mean the same object as ball? Does tree mean the same as oak? Does plant mean the same as lily? How many nouns in each sentence? Which is the subject? Which is in the predicate?

A noun with "is" may stand as the predicate of

a sentence.

Put in a noun after "is" to form a predicate in the following:

The earth is a
This object is a
This thing is a

This boy is a good

What is said of the earth? Of this object? Of this thing? Of this boy? What kind of words have you added? Which is the subject noun? Which is the predicate noun? Do they mean the same object? Venus, a planet.

Scott, the commander.
James, the treasurer.

John, the carpenter.

What Venus is meant? What Scott? What James ? Which John? Is anything said or affirmed of Venus? Of Scott? Of James? Of John? Are the examples sentences? How many nouns in each? Do they mean the same person or thing? Then

A noun without "is" may stand after another noun which means the same person or thing, to show which one or what one is meant; but the words do not form a sentence.

Put "is" after Venus, Scott, James, and John in the examples above, and state whether anything is said of each noun ? Then

The word "is" helps us to say or affirm something of the subject. It is called the VERB, the important word, because nothing can be said or affirmed without a verb.

Take away "is" from the examples in this Lesson. Is anything said?

What word must fill the blanks, in order that sometning may be said in these examples?

What do you call the word? In the last example, if there were more than one orange, what word then would fill the blank? Ans.-"Are." Then

When the subject means more than one object, the verb should be "are," and not "is."

Correct these examples, and tell why you change the verb:

Some boys is playing.
The lessons is easy.

Ilis sisters is sick.

Your whip are broken.