Graded Lessons in English Part 26

+DEFINITION.--An _Imperative Sentence_ is one that expresses a command or an entreaty+.

+DEFINITION.--An _Exclamatory Sentence_ is one that expresses sudden thought or strong feeling+.

+INTERROGATION POINT--RULE.--Every direct interrogative sentence should be followed by an interrogation point+. [Footnote: To The Teacher.--See Notes, pp. 178, 179.]

SENTENCE-BUILDING.

Change each of the following declarative sentences into three interrogative sentences, and tell how the change was made.

+Model+.--_Girls can skate. Can girls skate? How can girls skate? What girls can skate?_ You are happy. Parrots can talk. Low houses were built.

Change each of the following into an imperative sentence. Notice that independent words are set off by the comma.

+Model+.--_Carlo eats his dinner. Eat your dinner, Carlo_. George plays the flute. Birdie stands on one leg.

Change each of the following into exclamatory sentences.

+Model+.--_You are happy. How happy you are! What a happy child you are!

You are so happy!_

Time flies swiftly. I am glad to see you. A refres.h.i.+ng shower fell. Lapland is a cold country. It is hot between the tropics.

Write a declarative, an interrogative, an imperative, and an exclamatory sentence on each of the following topics.

Weather, lightning, a stage coach.

LESSON 64.

a.n.a.lYSIS AND PARSING.

MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISES IN REVIEW.

In the a.n.a.lysis, cla.s.sify these sentences first with reference to their _form_, and then with reference to their _meaning_.

1. Wickedness is often made a subst.i.tute for wit.

2. Alfred was a brave, pious, and patriotic prince.

3. The throne of Philip trembles while Demosthenes speaks.

4. That the whole is equal to the sum of its parts is an axiom.

5. The lion belongs to the cat tribe, but he cannot climb a tree.

6. Pride is a flower that grows in the devil's garden.

7. Of all forms of habitation, the simplest is the burrow.

8. When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.

9. When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

10. Ca.s.sius, be not deceived. [Footnote: _Ca.s.sius_ is independent, and may be diagramed like an interjection. The subject of _be deceived_ is _thou_, or _you_, understood.]

11. How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, how wonderful is man!

12. Which is the largest city in the world?

LESSON 65.

a.n.a.lYSIS AND PARSING.

MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISES IN REVIEW--CONTINUED,

1. Politeness is the oil which lubricates the wheels of society.

2. 0 liberty! liberty! how many crimes are committed in thy name!

3. The mind is a goodly field, and to sow it with trifles is the worst husbandry in the world.

4. Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history.

5. Make hay while the sun s.h.i.+nes.

6. Columbus did not know that he had discovered a new continent.

7. The subject of inquiry was, Who invented printing?

8. The cat's tongue is covered with thousands of little sharp cones, pointing towards the throat.

9. The fly sat upon the axle of a chariot-wheel and said, "What a dust do I raise!"

10. Sir Humphrey Gilbert, attempting to recross the Atlantic in his little vessel, the Squirrel, went down in mid-ocean.

11. Charity begins at home, but it should not stay there.

12. The morn, in russet mantle clad, walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill.

LESSON 66.

MISCELLANEOUS ERRORS IN REVIEW.

I haven't near so much. I only want one. Draw the string tightly. He writes good. I will prosecute him who sticks bills upon this church or any other nuisance. Noah for his G.o.dliness and his family were saved from the flood.

We were at Europe this summer. You may rely in that. She lives to home. I can't do no work. He will never be no better. They seemed to be nearly dressed alike. I won't never do so no more. A ivory ball. An hundred head of cattle. george was.h.i.+ngton, gen dix of n y. o sarah i Saw A pretty Bonnet. are You going home? A young man wrote these verses who has long lain in his grave for his own amus.e.m.e.nt. This house will be kept by the widow of Mr. B. who died recently on an improved plan. _In correcting the position of the adjective clauses in the two examples above, observe the caution for the phrase modifiers, Lesson_ 41. He was an independent small farmer. The mind knows feels and thinks. The urchin was ragged barefooted dirty homeless and friendless. I am some tired. This here road is rough.

That there man is homely. pshaw i am so Disgusted. Whoa can't you stand still. James the gardener gave me a white lily. Irving the genial writer lived on the hudson.

LESSON 67.

SENTENCE-BUILDING.

Build one sentence out of each group of the sentences which follow.

+Model+.--An _able_ man was chosen.

A _prudent_ man was chosen.

An _honorable_ man was chosen.

An _able, prudent_, and _honorable_ man was chosen.