The wind. The eagle. The ship. The master. The scholars. The bell. The dog. The moon. The child. The cat. The mouse. The baker. The tailor. The thief. The carpenter. The mower. The sower. The plowman. The parrot. Exercise 12. The following words may be used to say what persons or things do; place a Noun before each. Blows. Howls. Walks. Plays. Fell. Low. Whistled. Shrieked. Sings. Sing. Sang. Sleeps. Slept. Rang. Flow. Fight. Sail. Grows. Bark. Barks. Cried. Bloom. Runs. Mews. Laughed. Soar. Swim. Shines. Dawns. Sew. Scratch. Boils. Gallops. Flashed. Cackle. Came. Roar. 7. Some words that tell what persons or things do may make complete sense when joined to Nouns, as, "The fire burns;" "The wind roars." (See Exercise 10.) Other words that tell of doing do not make complete sense when joined to Nouns. Thus, if some one says, “Arthur loves,” “Walter threw," we ask, "Loves whom?" Exercise 13. Threw what?" a. In the following sentences pick out the words that tell of doing. Arthur loves his sister. Walter threw a stone. Tom broke a window. The servant sweeps the room. Masons build walls. The girl milks the COW. The dog bit the beggar. Artists paint pictures. A poet writes poems. The smith hammered the iron. Horses draw carts. Cows eat grass. Cats catch mice. The sexton tolled the bell. The horse kicked the groom. The grocer sells sugar. The baby heard the parrot. The hounds caught the fox. The bird forsook the nest. The gardener watered the flowers. Miss Wilson sang a ballad. Children love flowers. The clerk wrote letters. b. Fill in each blank in the following incomplete sentences with a word that tells of doing. Horses .... hay. The dog ... the thief. a purse. Edgar . . . . the ball. The boy . . . 1 The Noun may have the before it. The banker. the lesson. Masters 1 8. A Verb is a word used to tell something to or about a person or thing. 9. Some Verbs do not tell of doing or acting. In the sentences "Be quiet," ""Grass is green," be and is do not express doing; but they are Verbs, for they are used to tell something to or about a person or thing. 10. The different forms belonging to a Verb are called its "parts." These are some parts of the Verb be:-is, are, was, were, been. Thus we say, The soldiers are ready, The children were absent. 11. In Exercise 13 examples were given of Verbs that did not make complete sense when joined to Nouns. The parts of the Verb be rarely make complete sense when so joined. If I say "The boy is," "Jennie was," "The strangers are," you naturally ask, "Is, was, are, what?" The sense is complete if I say, "The boy is happy," "Jennie was afraid," "The strangers are sailors." NOTE. When, however, the Verb be is used with the meaning exist it makes complete sense after a Noun. Thus when we hear the words "God is" (meaning "God exists or has being "), we do not expect any word to be added to finish the sentence. Exercise 14. a. In the following sentences pick out the parts of the Verb be. George is a blacksmith. The prisoners are guilty. soldier. Those birds were starlings. Grass is green. The man was a Homer was a poet. 1 Verb from the Latin verbum, a word. The Verb gets its name from being the most important word-the word-in a sentence. 2 See Note 2, p. 319. The horse is dead. The child is lame. The sun was bright. The stars are beautiful. Paris is a city. Washington was a general. b. Fill in each of the following blanks with a part of the Verb be. The flowers pretty. Sugar. sweet. John Gilpin . . a citizen. Jackson our gardener. The boys . . . . at school great poet. Stratford-on-Avon . . . . in England. Manitoba Canada. Julius Cæsar. a merry old soul. The Alps. . a Roman general. Old King Cole . . . high. a in 12. Some part of the Verb be is often used to help another word to tell of doing. The two words together form one Verb. 13. These are some of the parts of the Verb have:—have, has, had. Exercise 16. a. In the following sentences pick out the Verbs. The baby has a rattle. Each scholar has a pen. The girls have necklaces. The farmer had nine horses. Those houses have large windows. Each wife had seven sacks. Many men have many minds. Frank had a pony. Little Johnny Pringle had a little pig. b. Fill the following blanks with parts of the Verb have. 14. The Verb have is often used like the Verb be in help 15. The Verb have is used with the Verb be. Verb consisting of one word. The merchant was in London. The servants were in the field. The captain was hungry. Verb consisting of two words. The merchant has been in London. The servants have been in the field. The captain has been hungry. Exercise 17. Pick out the Verbs in the following sentences. a. The soldier did his duty. The brothers helped the sis- The tailor altered the coat. The sailors lost their ship. b. My father was in Paris. Our cousins were here. The baby was in the cradle. The soldier has done his duty. The tailor has altered the coat. The sailors have lost their ship. My father has been in Paris. Our cousins have been here. The river has been very full. 16. The Verb have and the Verb be are sometimes used together in helping another Verb, as," Mary has been reading;' "The mowers have been cutting the hay ; "The butcher had Pick out the Verbs in the following sentences. The wind has been blowing. The farmer has been looking at his corn. The boys have been playing marbles. The horse had been standing under a hedge. This gentleman has been shooting hares. The baby had been screaming. Your father has been talking about you. The mole-catchers have been setting traps. Those two rough boys had been fighting. The men had been working on the railway. Three children had been sliding on the ice. The gentleman has been running. The sailor has been visiting his friends. The young men had been swimming. The dog has been barking. 17. The Verb be is often used in helping another Verb to tell what is done to some person or thing; as, "The groom was kicked by a horse; "The glass was cracked with a stone;" |