Write a sentence containing this, sweet, and is ; another containing rides, and street; another containing sailing, lake, and boat; another containing garden, growing, and large; another containing oxen, sled, and gentle.

LESSON XI.

NOTE.-The teacher here illustrates the adverb, as indicated in the Lesson

How does my hand move? Ans.-Slowly.
How does it move now? Ans.—Quickly.

To what are slowly and quickly added? Ans.-To the verb move.

What do they show? Ans.-How the hand moves. Arthur walks yonder.

The examination commences to-day.

Where does Arthur walk? added? What does it show? added? What does it show?

are 'walks' and 'commences'?

To what is 'yonder'

To what is to-day'

What kind of words

A word added to a verb, to show 'how,' 'where,' or 'when' the action takes place, is called an Adverb.

The weather is extremely cold.

What word shows how cold it is? To what is 'extremely' added? What kind of word is 'cold'? A word added to an adjective to show 'how' the quality is taken, is called an adverb.

Charles speaks very distinctly.

How does Charles speak? What kind of word is 'distinctly?' What word shows how distinctly? To what is 'very' added?

A word added to an adverb is also called an adverb.

Point out the adverbs in the following examples :Lawrence writes carefully.

Rebecca is coming early.
That man is very old.

The coachman drove more slowly.

The willow is growing there.

The ink is quite thick.

The steamer leaves to-day.
Henry entered too abruptly.

Why is carefully' an adverb? To what is it added?

What does it show?

Answer similar questions for each adverb.

EXERCISE FOR THE SLATE.

blanks with adverbs :

Fill the following

Put the following adverbs into sentences:--Softly, severely, now, not, most, quite, everywhere, generally.

LESSON XII.

To what may an adjective be added? What may it show? To what may an adverb be added? What may it show?

A word added to another, to show what kind,'

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how many, how,' where,' when,' &c., is said to modify or limit the meaning of the latter.

In the following examples, point out the adjectives and adverbs. Tell what they show; also, what words they modify :

This scarlet geranium is very showy.
A most glorious sunset.

A few clouds are still flying.

On a bright, still day in early spring.
The travellers were called early.
The woodbine climbs gracefully.

The note contained a graceful apology.
Eugene has bought two greyhounds.

Are all these examples sentences? Which are not? Are all the adjectives quality-words? Which are not?

The particular adjectives a,' or 'an,' and 'the,' are called Articles.

Point out the subjects and predicates in these examples :

Lions roar.
Dogs bark.

Boys play.

To find the subject, ask, What roar? What bark? &c. To find the predicate, ask, 'What is said of lions? Of dogs? &c.

Is cither the subject or the predicate modified in these sentences?

Point out the subjects and predicates in the following examples:

The cold winds blow.

A gentle shower is falling.
These books are good.

Is the subject modified? Is the predicate? Ask, 1st. What blow? What is falling? &c. 2d. What is said of the winds? Of the shower? &c. 3d. What kind of winds? Of shower?

Point out the subjects, predicates, and modifyingwords in the following sentences :

The little child slumbers quietly.

Eight vessels sail to-day.

The boy reads well.

To ascertain the different parts of these sentences, ask, 1st. Who slumbers? What sail? &c.

2d. What is said of the child? Of the vessels? &c. 3d. What kind of child? How many vessels? &c. 4th. How does the child slumber? When do the vessels sail? &c.

The parts of a sentence may be: 1st. The subject. 2d. The predicate. 3d. The words modifying the subject. 4th. The words modifying the predicate.

When we point out the several parts of a sentence, we analyse it.

Analyse the following sentences:

Charlotte is going now.

This house is extremely convenient.

Frank is hiding somewhere.

That new poem commences beautifully.

EXERCISE FOR THE SLATE. Write two sentences,

each containing a noun and a verb.

Write two, each containing a noun, a verb, and an adjective.

Write two, each containing a noun, a verb, and an adverb.

Write two, each containing a noun, a verb, an adjective, and an adverb.

LESSON XIII.

NOTE.-The Teacher here illustrates the relations as indicated in the Lesson.

Where is this pencil? Ans.-On the book.

Where is it now?

Ans.- Under the book.

What word shows that its relation to the book has

been changed? Ans.-The word under.

What words show the relations of the pencil to the book in the following cases?

The pencil is before the book.

The pencil is behind the book.

The pencil is in the book.

What are the relation-words in the following examples :

The pencil falls from the book.
The pencil drops out of the book.
The pencil moves towards the book.

The pencil falls upon the book.

Before what noun are these relation-words placed? Relation-words are called Prepositions, because they are "placed before" nouns.