pretty. The sea is rough. Your mother will be glad. The children were naughty. The noise was loud. The birds were young. b. We sat within the farmhouse old, Whose windows looking o'er the bay Shining eyes, very blue, Merry eyes, very round; Sending forth a song; Fond of games, full of fun, There dwelt a miller, hale and bold, The way was long, the wind was cold, I once had a sweet little doll, dears, The prettiest doll in the world; The days are cold, the nights are long, Little bird with bosom red, Where the pools are bright and deep, O, green was the corn as I rode on my way, Glorious fountain, Let my heart be Fresh, changeful, constant, Upward like thee. He strippeth his arms to his shoulders strong. In Californian mountains A hunter bold was he, Keen his eye and sure his aim Then ceased, and all is wail As they strike the shattered sail Light the gloom. "Thou 52. An Adjective may belong to a Pronoun, since a Pronoun is used instead of a Noun; as, "I am happy," art young," "He is unwise," "We are glad," "You are late," "They will be kind," "Unhappy me!" Exercise 49. Pick out the Adjectives and say to what Pronoun each belongs. He was clever. I am dull. She was rude. We shall be late. You are greedy. Thou wast unkind. He will be rich. You are naughty. It is wild. She was pretty. He is fierce. I am good. She once was blooming and young and fair. When my mother died I was very young. And so he was quiet. It left me all dripping and chill. You find me ill. I saw him poor. They think us strange. We believe them to be true. The news made her strong. And she was fair and very fair, Her beauty made me glad. 53. A word which is generally a Noun may sometimes be used as an Adjective; as, "The morning sun;" "A silver cup;" "The church spire." Exercise 50. Pick out the Adjectives and say to what Noun each belongs. The village grocer was named Jones. Anchovies are made into a fish We sleep on a feather bed. The herring fishery is carried on at Yarmouth. The wedding guest he beat his breast. The clergyman preached a funeral sermon. Three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower. sauce. Close the street door. The moon that once was round and full Is now a silver boat. Sweet to the morning traveler The song amid the sky. And in the churchyard cottage I Dwell near them with my mother. Exercise 51. a. Say whether the words printed in italics are Nouns or Adjectives. He was a base man. Show me the base of the triangle. The cook melted the fat. The cook was fat. The savage was a cannibal. The tiger is a savage beast. The mistress will be cross on the grave. топ. There was a cross Mary is kind. Iron is com- That is a new kind of toy. The ass was grazing on the common. maker. Tom is the last boy in the class. The day is calm. I like a quill pen. The quill was from a goose's wing The table is made of pine; it is a pine table. Steel is made from iron. That is a steel chain. b. Put each of the following words into two sentences, using it as a Noun in the first sentence and as an Adjective in the second. Fast. Spring. Stout. Fat. Brass. Copper. Iron. Silver. Zinc. Tin. Stone. Oak. Mahogany. Straw. Bread. Good. Deep. Plain. Slate. Dinner. Blind. Holland. Hollow. Light. Mimic. Plane. Pug. Sage. Salt. Silk. Linen. Cloth. Sound. Exercise 52. a. Say whether the words printed in italics are Adjectives or Verbs. Pharaoh dreamt of seven lean kine. Lazy men lean against posts. The top of the table is smooth. Laundresses smooth shirts with an iron. The farmer is going to thin his turnips. The farmer is not thin. Your hands are dirty; do not dirty your face. The silver is not clean; tell Jane to clean it. Children blunt their knives by sharpening slate pencils. Their knives are blunt. You are idle; it is wrong to idle your time away. The travelers long for drink. The way seemed long. The slave could not free himself. The slave is now free. The hearers were weary; the lecturer was likely to weary everyone. b. Put each of the following words into two sentences, using it as a Verb in the first sentence and as an Adjective in the second.1 Round. Steel. Salt. Warm. Blind. Dry. Wet. Secure. Right. Wrong. Better. Lame. Smart. Steep. Clear. Hollow. Humble. Left. Level. Lower. Light. Loose. Fast. Mimic. Mock. Open. Shut. Plane. Roast. Second. Separate. Slow. Sober. Sound. Sour. Steady. Sham. 54. When we say "Henry is tall," the word "tall" describes Henry; and when we speak of "brick houses" the Adjective "brick" describes the houses we are thinking of; but when we say "these men," or "two men," the words these and two do not describe, but they limit the Noun men ; that is, they do not tell us any quality of the men, but simply tell what particular men are spoken of. Adjectives tell, as we have seen, the sort, or the number, or the amount of the persons or things which the Nouns (or Pronouns) represent; or else they point out what particular persons or things are meant. Learn 55. An Adjective is a word used with a Noun (or a Pronoun) to describe or to limit that which the Noun denotes. 1 See "Notes for Teachers." p. 319, Note 8. NAMING THE PARTS OF SPEECH FOUND IN SENTENCES. 56. The classes into which words are divided are called Parts of Speech. Nouns, Verbs, Pronouns, and Adjectives are four of these classes. In order to make up our minds which class a word belongs to we must notice what idea it expresses and what work it does in a sentence. sentence John broke his new slate.' Thus, in the |