come here. O! for a falconer's voice. Hurrah! our side has won. Bravo! that was well done. Hush! the baby is asleep. Fie! A soldier and afraid! Ah! the cowards. Oh! what beautiful flowers. Heigh-ho! I am tired of waiting. Hush! hush! mee-ow! mee-ow! We smell a rat close by. Bah! bah! black sheep, Have you any wool? Alack! and I must keep the fair! Money makes the mare to go. Hurrah, hurrah! a single field hath turned the chance of war! Ho! maidens of Vienna! ho! matrons of Lucerne, Weep, weep for those who never will return. 76. A word which is thrown into a sentence to show some feeling of the mind is called an Interjection.' Strictly speaking the Interjection is no Part of Speech. Learn 77. An Interjection is a word thrown into a sentence to show some feeling of the mind. REVISION. Learn again 78. A Noun is the name of anything. 6 79. A Verb is a word by means of which we can say something concerning some person or thing.'-Mason. 80. A Pronoun is a word used instead of a Noun. 81. An Adjective is a word joined to a Noun (or Pronoun) to 'From the Latin inter-jectus (pp. of inter-jicere), from inter, between, and jacere, to throw. show what sort of, how many, how much, or which persons or things are spoken of.1 82. An Adverb is a word joined to a Verb, Adjective, or other Adverb to add to its meaning. 83. A Preposition is a word placed before a Noun, or Pronoun, to show the relation between the person or thing named and some other person or thing. 84. A Conjunction is a joining word. 85. An Interjection is a word thrown into a sentence to show some feeling of the mind. Exercise 66. Say what Part of Speech each word printed in italics is. Farmers till the ground. The miller ground the corn. Stay till Sunday. Look in the till. Mary lives in a beautiful place. Place the candle on the table. The people pay taxes. The king taxes the people. The labourer's pay is small. The labourer is worthy of his hire. The farmers hire servants. The weather is fine. The ship can weather the storm. Ring the bell. Mary has a pretty ring. There is a fly on the window. Swallows fly very far. Bob is a fast pony. Bob runs fast. The soldiers gave three cheers. The father cheers his little boy. The boy was little hurt. Who can calm the stormy sea? After the storm comes a calm. The day was calm. No man can still the waves. The waves are still. The waves are still raging. Whiskey is made in a still. The children made a snow man. There is snow on the mountain. The mountain air is keen. The summer sun is warm. The sun is warm in summer. There are many city ccmpanies. There are many companies in the city. Shepherds water their flocks. Shepherds give water to their flocks. All the people praise him. All the people give him praise. John tried to better himself. John is better. Shut the door. The door is shut. Iron is common. The ass was grazing on the common. Tom lagged behind. The garden is behind the house. He told me not to walk on. He told me not to walk on the grass. We went up and down. We went up and down the street. William came first; James came after. William came after me. My brother cannot stay till then. My brother cannot stay till Sunday. 'Or, 'An Adjective is a word joined to a Noun to limit its application.'-Bain. E Exercise 67. Say what Part of Speech each word is in the following sentences, thus: The wedding-guest here beat his breast A Noun. ding-guest here beat his breast,' guest. he heard Tells what he did. the loud bassoon Points out bassoon. Shows the kind of bassoon. Is the name of a musical instru- I lost my poor little doll. I never could find where she lay. The days are cold, the nights are long. A Verb. An Adjective. A Noun. My little white kitten now wants to go out. Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then. No useless coffin enclosed his breast. The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink. Now see him mounted once again. Hurrah! hurrah! a single field hath turned the chance of war. Two Robin-redbreasts built their nest Within a hollow tree. The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel. Then we kissed the little maiden And we spoke in better cheer. I pray thee put into yonder port, The warm sun is failing, the bleak wind is wailing, Night sank upon the dusky beach and on the purple sea; Such night in England ne'er had been nor e'er again shall be. Dr. Johnson pretended to despise actors and actresses, but he treated Mrs. Siddons with great politeness. She called on him, and his servant could not readily find a chair for her. 'You see, Madam,' said the doctor, 'wherever you go no seats can be got.' A Cambridge student sent to another student to borrow a book. 'I never lend my books out,' said he, 'but if the gentleman chooses to come to my rooms he may use them there.' A few days after, the book-owner sent to the other student to borrow a pair of bellows. I never lend my bellows out,' was the answer, 'but if the gentleman chooses to come to my rooms he may use them there.' PART II. CLASSIFICATION AND INFLEXION. NOUNS. PROPER NOUNS. Work again Exercises 1 and 2. 86. A word which is the name of a particular person, animal, place, or thing, is called a Proper1 Noun. A Proper Noun when written or printed should always have a capital letter. Exercise 68. Pick out the Proper Nouns. King Arthur's sword was called Excalibur. Jupiter was the chief god of the Romans. Melbourne is the largest town in Australia. We get gold from California and Victoria. John struck James with a stick. My dog is called Spot, and Mary's cat is called Snowy. The farmer has a horse, Smiler. The ship was named the Thunderer. The Northern Star Sailed over the bar, Bound to the Baltic Sea. William sailed from Normandy, landed near Hastings, won a battle at Senlac, marched to London, and conquered England. The Duke of Wellington had a famous charger called Copenhagen. The Queen's largest diamond is the Koh-i-noor. 1 From the French propre, from the Latin proprius, one's own. A Proper Noun is the own name of a thing. |