b. Correct the errors in the following possessive cases:-This is a mans' hat. These were the mens' reasons. Womens' fears. The childs' book. Roberts' shoe. Eurotas' bank. James' book.

c. Write the possessive sing. and nom. and possess. plur. of :Aid-de-camp, court-martial, cousin-german, brother-in-law, attorney-general, man-trap, handful, fellow-servant.

d. Mention the gender, number, and case of each noun in the following phrases :-Thomas's pen; William reads; the king's crown; ladies' gloves; children's toys; write a letter; from London to York; Charles's hat; lend a slate and pencil; Cæsar was a scholar and a warrior; the ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness; the scholar's improvement is the master's object.

ADJECTIVES.

Exercise 19.-Lesson 19.-Pars. 96 to 102.—p. 35.
Kinds of Adjectives.

1. Questions.-Define an Adjective. Mention the examples. Show the difference between an Adjective and a Noun. Explain the terms Attribute, Attributive. Give examples. Name the different kinds of Adjectives. Explain and illustrate the Qualitative or Ordinary;-the Verbal;-Compound. Under what class may the words such, same, only, &c., be placed? In what respects do English adjectives differ from Latin and Greek?

Explain and illustrate Proper Adjectives ;-Quantitatives ;-Cardinals;Ordinals;-Multiplicative ;-Indefinite. Explain the words all, any, no, none, some, much, &c. How are little, less, &c., sometimes used? Explain and illustrate the Distributive Adjectives,-Demonstrative,-Definitive. Give instances of adjectives used as nouns.

2. Exercises.-a. Underline or tell the Adjectives in the following phrases:- Vicious habits are a great stain on human nature. Every drop of water teems with life. The short hours of riot are followed by long days of pain. No disposition so unfits a man for all the duties of life as indolence. Evil communications corrupt good manners. King Alfred was good and great. The English nation has risen to great eminence by slow degrees. True politeness is modest and unpretending. Cherish such thoughts as may establish a cheerful temper. Many evils spring from indolence.

b. Arrange the adjectives of the preceding phrases into Qualitative, Quantitative, Proper, &c.

Exercise 20.-Lesson 20.—Pars. 103 to 111.—p. 36.

Comparison of Adjectives.

1. Questions.-Which adjectives admit of Comparison? Name the degrees of Comparison. Explain the Positive,-the Comparative,-the Superlative. How are the Comparative and Superlative degrees formed? When is the final consonant doubled? In speaking of the Deity, how is the Superlative formed? How are adjectives of more than one syllable compared ?-adjectives in y? How are dissyllables in e compared? How are the words more, most, &c., when prefixed to adjectives, to be regarded?-the words very, exceedingly, &c.?

How is diminution of quality formed? Explain the termination ish,—the word rather. How are minute differences expressed? Name the adjectives

compared irregularly. Give the comparative and superlative of good, bad, &c. State how further and furthest are used;-latter, last;-elder, eldest, older, oldest. Name the adjectives which annex most to the superlative. How are the words prior, superior, &c., to be considered? Mention the words which have no degrees of comparison. Name the various kinds of Adjectives.

2. Exercises.-a. Write or tell the Compar. and Superl. of these: -Bright, grave, amiable, moderate, grateful, studious, worthy, pretty, feeble, serene, far, little, good, bad, much, near, late, old, hind, gay, discreet, ugly.

b. Place adjectives of Quality before the following:-House, church, friend, youth, prince, brook, cloud, storm, purse, fog, ring,

snow.

PRONOUNS.

Exercise 21.—Lesson 21.—Pars. 112 to 116.—p. 39.

Personal Pronouns.

1. Questions.-Define and illustrate a Pronoun. Name the different classes of Pronouns. Define Personal Pronouns. Name them. State the Numbers, -Persons,-Genders, and Cases which Pronouns have. To what person is variety of form to distinguish sex confined? Decline I,-thou, he, she,-it. Name the personal pronouns which are placed before nouns,-after nouns. Quote the observations respecting My, mine,-Thy, thine, &c. When are mine and thine sometimes used? Write the Possessive Plural of I,-thou,he, she,-it.

2. Exercises.-Underline or name the personal Pronouns in the following phrases, and say whether they are of the first, second, or third person:-Alexander was renowned for his victories, but can we admire his ambition? The Duke of Wellington was distinguished for his love of duty; do you understand what that implies? Beavers are useful to man, for hats are made of their fur, and gloves of their skins. One kind of fish found on our shores is the herring; it is eaten by great numbers of persons.

Exercise 22.-Lesson 22.-Pars. 117 to 122.-p. 40.

Relative, Interrogative, and Reflexive Pronouns.

1. Questions.-Define and illustrate a Relative Pronoun. Point out the antecedent. Name the Relatives. Show how Who,-which,-that are respectively applied. Explain What. Decline Who,-which,-that. When are which and what considered as Adjectives? When is what used adverbially?—when as an interjection? Explain That when a relative;-a demonstrative;-a conjunction.

Explain and name the Interrogatives. How are who, which, and what applied when used interrogatively? Explain the clauses what man,-which man. Explain the former and present use of whether.

Explain the Reflexive Pronouns, and say why so called. What cases have Reflexive Pronouns? Decline I myself,-Thou thyself,-He himself. Of what person are Reflexive Pronouns? Explain self when connected with one. State the observations on the proper use of the word one.

Explain the word own. Name the Compound Relatives, and state why they are so called. Decline Whosoever.

Exercise 23.-Lesson 23.-Pars. 123 to 125.-p. 42.

Adjective Pronouns.

1. Questions.-Explain Adjective Pronouns. Name the different classes. Name and explain the Possessive Pronouns ;-the Possessive Adjectives;-the Distributive Pronouns. Of what part of speech is every? Name and explain the Demonstrative Pronouns ;-the Indefinite. Explain the words any,―other. Decline other. State how the word one is used. Decline one. Name and explain the Reciprocal Pronouns. Explain the phrase, "They heard each other's voice." Name the various kinds of Pronouns, and give examples. Name the various Adjective Pronouns.

2. Exercises.-Underline the Pronouns in the following, and say of what kind :-Every one is bound to love his native land, and to do all in his power to guard its rights, but it is foolish to think that nothing can be good which is not English. There are lands more fertile than our own; and men who worship God in spirit and in truth in other regions as well as in ours.—A witness is one who attests any fact which he has known. Thus, the apostles who saw Jesus Christ after he had risen, spoke with him, ate with him, and handled him, have stated what they saw and heard, and are the witnesses of the facts.- Some people will talk, whatever harm they may do either to themselves or others; but you should know, that they who talk much and fast, frequently say more than what is proper.

VERBS.

Exercise 24.—Lesson 24.—Pars. 125 to 142.—p. 44.

Different kinds of Verbs.

1. Questions.-a. Define a Verb. Quote the examples. Show in what other ways a verb is used. Give the examples. Explain and illustrate the Subject and Object. Explain the difference between an Adjective and a Verb. Mention some verbs. Name the different sorts of verbs. Explain and illustrate a Transitive Verb. Explain the terms transitive and agent. What transitives have frequently their objects not expressed? Name some verbs originally active sometimes used as neuter.

intransitives somephrases, "To grow Name the Voices of

b. Explain and illustrate an Intransitive. When do times become transitive? Explain the verbs in the flowers," "to walk a horse." Explain Reflexive Verbs. Verbs. Define the Active Voice,-the Passive Voice. What verbs have no passive voice?

c. Explain and illustrate a Regular verb,-an Irregular. State the reasons for retaining the terms regular and irregular rather than use the terms strong and weak. Define Auxiliary verbs. Name the auxiliaries,--the defective verbs. Show the use of Be, shall, will, have, do, can, man. verbs are sometimes principal and sometimes auxiliary? Explain monopersonal and finite verbs. By what means are the modifications of verbs effected?

Which

2. Exercises.-Underline the verbs in the following phrases, and state whether they are transitive, intransitive, reflexive, or passive-She studies music. Music is studied. They dress themselves. That rule is found in the grammar. It freezes very hard. It is my brother's book. He resides in London. He always speaks the truth. Feathers form the clothing of birds, and are well suited to their wants. The shaft of each feather is bent to fit the body of the bird, and is filled with a light pith. The wagtail is the smallest of all our birds which walk.

Exercise 25.-Lesson 25.-Pars. 143 to 149.-p. 46.

Moods.

Questions.-Define a Mood of a verb. Point out the difference in forming the Moods between the English and the Greek and Latin. Were Inflection the sole characteristic of mood, tense, &c., how many moods, tenses, voices, and cases should we have? How has the question respecting the number of moods been decided? Show the advantages of possessing several moods. Name the Moods. Explain the Indicative, and quote the examples;-the Imperative-the Potential;-the Subjunctive;-the Infinitive. Explain may, can, should, would. What do the Potential auxiliaries sometimes signify, and how would they then be translated? Explain a concessive clause, and say what form of the verb is then used. Explain the Present Subjunctive, and quote the examples;-the Past;-the Future;-the Suppositional. To what is the Infinitive Mood equivalent? Explain the particle to when placed before the Infinitive.

Exercise 26.-Lesson 26.-Pars. 150 to 157.-p. 48.

The Tenses.

Questions.-a. Explain the term Tense. State the principle on which our Tenses are formed. How may every action be considered with regard to Time? How many Tenses have we? Name them. Point out the difference between the Simple and Compound Tenses. Name the Tenses formed by inflection only. Name the subdivisions of each tense.

b. Define the Present Tense, and quote the examples;-the Past Tense ;the Future Tense. Show in what respects the English Past corresponds with the Latin, Greek, and French languages.

c. Define the Present Perfect Tense, and quote the examples;-the Past Perfect-the Future Perfect. Conjugate the Latin verb voco both in an Im

perfect and a Perfect state.

Exercise 27.—Lesson 27.—Pars. 158 to 163.—p. 50.

Numbers and Persons.

1. Questions.-a. How many Numbers and Persons have verbs? To what does the First Person refer ?-the Second ?-the Third? What Persons have distinct forms? What is the form for the Plural?

b. How is the Second Person Singular formed ?-how with y after a consonant?-with y after a vowel? How do Past Tenses in ed not being monosyllables form the second person? What words double the final consonant before est, eth, ed, and ing? What person in conversation is generally used instead of the second person singular? On what occasions is Thou used ?-Ye?

c. How is the Third Person Singular formed? How is y after a consonant formed?-y after a vowel? How is the Third Person Singular of Past Tenses formed? How do verbs in a, ch soft, s, sh, x, z, or in o after a consonant, form the third person singular? What is said of final th? Quote the remarks with regard to need and dare.

d. Conjugate Love, try, delay, scan, toil, defer, teach, free, in the Present Tense; in the Past Tense.

2. Exercises. Add est, s, and ed to these:-Prove, ply, decoy, plan, soil, confer', reach, vis'it;—Reprove, cry, destroy, fan, blot, coin, differ, defer', conceal, mod'el, worship, agree, decree, free, (48 f.);-Beset', belie, defy, demur', propel', recur', display, lev'el, trav'el, fee, obey.

Exercise 28.—Lesson 28.-Pars. 164 to 175.—p. 51.

Participles.

1. Questions.-a. 164 to 166. Define a Participle. Quote the examples. Give the derivation of Participle. Why has a Participle no nominative case? Show the difference between a Participle and an Adjective. Tell how many kinds of Participles there are. Define the Present Participle in ing, and state whether definite or not with regard to time. Say when the Participle in ing has an active signification;-a passive signification. How would the Partioiple in ing used passively be rendered in Latin? Instead of using the participle in ing passively, what mode is now frequently adopted? Give instances.

b. 167 to 169. How is the Present Participle formed ?--How formed when the verb ends in e or ee after a consonant. Name the exceptions. State the formation when verbs end in ie. When is the final consonant doubled on assuming ing? Define the Perfect Participle. When is this Participle considered active?-when passive? Show the difference between "I have written a letter," and "I have a letter written." What influence has ed when added to a verb? Quote the caution on the use of this Participle. Define the Compound Perfect Participle.

c. 170 to 172. Name the Passive Participles. Define the Present Passive and say how it is formed. Explain " honoured by his parents." Define the Compound Perfect Passive Participle.

d. 173 to 175. Define a Participial Noun, and say to which articles and adjectives may be prefixed. How may Participial Nouns be used? Say what cases Participial Nouns may govern, and from what they are derived. Quote examples illustrating the import of Participial Nouns.

2. Exercises.-a. In the following phrases, place over the words in Italics some word showing whether they are Participles, Adjectives, or Nouns, and give your reason :-An exciting story; he was.