a. Man is mortal.

b. He hath brought many prisoners from Vicksburg.

c. "The fur that warms a monarch warmed a bear."

d.

e.

"Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close,
Up yonder hill the village murmur rose."

f. "I have a temple in every heart, that owns my influence."

15. How are Auxiliary Sentences distinguished? P. 42, Prin. 16. Define a Substantive Sentence. Def. 49.

17. What is an Adjective Sentence? Def. 50.

18. Describe an Adverbial Sentence.

Def. 51.

19. In the following, designate the Substantive Sentences, the Adjective Sentences, and Adverbial Sentences:

a. "That man is liable to err, is evident to all."

b. "James refused to tell what caused him to commit the deed."

c. "He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul."

d. "That life is long, which answers life's great end."

e. "Teachers are anxious that their pupils should improve."
"How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood,
When fond recollection presents them to view."

f.

9.

ETYMOLOGY.

1. Define Proximate Analysis. Ultimate Analysis. Rem. 2, 3, P. 69.

2. What is embraced in the Science of Language? Pr. P. 69. 3. Define Orthography. (See first Chap. of the Examiner.) 4. What does Etymology treat of? Syntax? P. 69.

5. What is Prosody, and of what does it treat?

6. What does a true system of Analysis require? Rem. P 69.

7. How are words distinguished? Pr. 70.

8. Define a Radical word. Derivative word. Def. 52, 53. 9. Must a word that is Radical in English, be Radical in the language from which it is derived? Obs. P. 70.

10. How are the parts of a compound word usually written? Obs. P. 70.

11. What is the Basis of a Compound word? Adjunct? Def. 56, 57.

12. What is the distinction between a Derivative and Compound word? R. P. 71.

13. Define a Prefix and its office.

14. Describe a Suffix and its office.

Def. 58.

Def. 59.

15. How are Prefixes and Suffixes distinguished? Pr. P. 71. 16. What is a Separable Radical? Def. 60.

17. Describe an Inseparable Radical. Def. 61.

18. Designate the Radical and Derivative words in the follow

ing:

a. "The profoundest depths of man's intellect can be fathomed."

b. “In the loftiest flights of his imagination he can be followed.” c. "Dryden often surpasses expectation."

d. "Pope never falls below it."

e. "Behold the majestic monarch of the clouds."

19. Designate the Simple and Compound words in the following:

a. "Flag of the free heart's only home,

b. By angel hands to valor given,
c. Thy stars have lit the welkin dome,

d. And all thy hues were born in heaven.

e. Forever float that standard sheet;

f. Where breathes the foe but falls before us;

g. With Freedom's soil beneath our fect,

h. And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us."

20. Designate the Prefixes and Suffixes, the Separable and Inseparable Radicals in the following:

a. Goodness sake absolve dangerous formations.

b. Undertake to overtake consular uniforms.

c. Reform undelectable and convertable elections.

d. Reconstruct the comparable and indissoluble Union rightfully.

1. What is a Noun?

OF THE NOUN.

Describe its office. Def. 62.

2. Give the order of parsing a Noun.

3. What is the difference between a Proper and a Common Noun? Def. 63.

4. Illustrate the above by examples.

5. When a Noun denotes the quality of a thing, what kind of a Noun would you call it? Def. 65.

6. Describe a Collective Noun. Def. 66.

7. Define a Verbal Noun. Def. 67.

8. Is it essential to the Science of Grammar that Nouns should be classified as Common and Proper?

ANS.-It is not.

9. May the office of a Substantive be performed by Words, Phrases, and Sentences? Obs. 4. P. 74.

10. May a word that is usually a noun perform the office of an Adjective, Adverb, or Verb? Obs. 5. P. 75.

11. May the same word perform the office of any part of speech?

12. Designate the Nouns in the following:

a. An Iron fence.

b. Go home and come back.

c. But if you mouth it.

d. The good alone are great.

e. I grudge thee not the much or the little thou mayest receive.

f. "Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter."

g. "Your if is the only peace-maker; much virtue is in if."

h. "They came down with hark, and whoop, and wild halloo."

75.

MODIFICATION OF NOUNS.

1. How many Genders have Nouns? Name them. Rem. P.

2. What is Person as belonging to Nouns? How sons are there?

3. What belong to Nouns? Pr. P. 76.

many Per

4. What does the Masculine Gender denote? 5. What Nouns are of the Feminine Gender?

Def. 69.
Def. 70.

6. What Nouns are of the Neuter Gender? Def. 71.

7. What Gender do you apply to the names of infants and young animals? Obs. 2. P. 76.

8. What Gender do you apply to the names of objects personified? Obs. 3. P. 76.

9. What Gender do you apply to the following words: Parent, Cousin, Friend, Bird, Sheep, Deer? Obs. 4. P. 76.

10. Give the feminine of actor, author, host, hero, jew, lion, bear, tiger, man.

11. Give the masculine of governess, princess, lady.

PERSON.

1. Define Person as belonging to Nouns.

2. Give an example of a Noun of the First Person.
3. What Nouns are of the Second Person?
4. What Nouns are of the Third Person?

Def. 73.

Def. 74.

NUMBER.

1. Define Number as belonging to Nouns.

2. What Nouns are of the Singular Number? Def. 75. 3. What Nouns are of the Plural Number? Def. 76.

4. How do you determine the Number of Nouns? Obs. P. 78. 5. How do you form the Plural of Nouns whose Singular ends in s, ss, sh, x, ch, &c. Obs. 2. P. 79.

6. How do Nouns ending in y, form their Plural? Obs. P. 79. 7. How do you form the Plural of Nouns ending in f final? Obs. 4. P. 79.

8. Nouns ending in fe form their Plural in what manner? Obs. 5. P. 79.

Pen. Gas. Lynx. Hero.

9. Give the plural of Book. Lady. Folly. City. Beef. Loaf.

Man. Ox. Foot. Mouse.

Wolf. Wife. Child.

10. How do Compound Words form their Plural? Obs. 7. P. 80.

11. How do you form the Plural of Nouns, having titles prefixed or annexed? Obs. 9. P. 80.

12. Give the Plural of the following: Inkstand. Race-horse. Father-in-law. Arm-full. Ignis-fatuus. Miss Brown. Doctor Smith. Gold.

13. Give the Singular of Tongs. Vespers. Literati. Scis

sors.

14. Give the Number of the following: News.

Sheep. Horse. Foot. Cattle.

15. Give the Plural of Genus. Index. Axis.

Wages.

CASE.

1. What does Case in Grammar mean? Rem. 2. P. 82.

2. How many Cases do Nouns have? Name them. Pr. P. 82.

3. Define the Nominative and its office. Def. 77.

4. In what Case is the Subject of a Sentence?

Obs. P. 83.

5. Define the Possessive Case and its office. Def. 78. 6. Does the Possessive Case always denote ownership or possession? Ex.-Childrens' Shoes are high. Obs. 5. P. 84.

7. Do Nouns in the Possessive Case more frequently perform the office of Nouns than of Adjectives? Obs. 7. P. 84.

8. What can you say of the Objective Case? Def. 79.

9. When is a Noun or Pronoun in the Independent Case? Def. 80.

10. Do Nouns change their forms to represent their Cases? Obs. 7. P. 89.

11. Analyze and parse the words in Italics: My Book is new; John's is old. Mine is little used; Yours is soiled. John is a friend of mine. Does the word mine mean my friend? Test it by this example: John is my enemy; but he is a friend of "my friend." Ex. P. 86.

PRONOUNS.

1. Define a Pronoun and its office. Def. 81.

2. What do you mean by Antecedent? Obs. 1. P. 88.

3. Give the Antecedents in the following:

John is sick; I saw him yesterday. I am glad that Charles has received

a good education, it is what few poor boys have the perseverence to accomplish.

4. What does it personate in the following sentences?

It is I. It is he. It is she. Who is it? It is they. It is the men. It is the children. It is the women.

5. How many kinds of Pronouns are there? Pr. P. 88.

6. Define a Personal Pronoun. Def. 82.

7. How many Personal Pronouns are there?

8. Decline the Personal Pronouns. P. 89.

9. What belong to Pronouns? Pr. P. 89.

10. How many Pronouns have a special form to denote sex? 11. Define the Relative Pronoun and its office. Def. 83.