LESSON XCIX. DICTATION EXERCISES. I. 1. The boy turned to the belfry, clapped his hands, and shouted, "Ring! ring!" 2. Not far from the gateway, they came to a bridge. 3. Walter, who was slightly known to the artist, explained the object of their visit. 4. She said she had not looked into the box. 5. A celebrated writer says, "Take care of the minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves." 6. Ring out the old, ring in the new, TENNYSON. II. THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS CAROL. They have sweet Christmas music in Norway. It is a song in the air. On Christmas Eve, after the birds have gone to rest, the good people bring from their store-houses sheaves of corn and wheat, and tying them to slender poles, raise them from every spire, barn, gate-post, and gable. Then when the Christmas sun arises, every spire and gable bursts into sudden song. The children run out to hear the old church-spire singing, and the older people follow. The air is filled with the flutter of wings and is alive with carols of gladness. Give a brief analysis of the following sentences, thus: — Example I. 1. Tell the kind of sentence. 2. Name the subject and the predicate. 3. Tell what the subject consists of. 4. Tell what the predicate consists of. Two horsemen rode slowly up the hill. 1. This is a simple declarative sentence. 2. The subject is two horsemen. The predicate is rode slowly up the hill. 3. The subject consists of the noun horsemen, modified by the adjective two. 4. The predicate consists of the verb rode, modified by the adverb slowly, and by the adverbial phrase up the hill. Example II. - She turned the key, and the lid sprang back. This is a compound declarative sentence, consisting of two independent clauses connected by and. I. 1. The subject of the first clause is she. The predicate of the first clause is turned the key. 2. The subject consists of the pronoun she. 3. The predicate consists of the verb turned, and of the object key, modified by the. II. 1. The subject of the second clause is the lid. The predicate of the second clause is sprang back. 2. The subject consists of the noun lid, modified by the. 3. The predicate consists of the verb sprang, and of the abverb back. Example III. The books that you ordered have come. This is a complex declarative sentence, consisting of one independent clause and one dependent clause. I. 1. The subject of the entire sentence is the books that you ordered. The predicate of the entire sentence is have come. 2. The subject consists of the noun books, modified by the, and by the adjective clause that you ordered. 3. The predicate consists of the verb have come. II. 1. The subject of the dependent clause is you. The predicate is that ordered. 2. The subject consists of the pronoun you. 3. The predicate consists of the verb ordered, and of the object that. SENTENCES FOR ANALYSIS. I. The soil of these islands is very fertile. 2. Their cottage stood on a small knoll. 4. Sponges are the skeletons of small marine animals. 5. He entered the room softly, but she heard his step. 6. A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. 7. The sun was setting as they entered the village. 8. If you will listen, I will tell you the story. 9. They entered a broad pathway, which seemed to be very neatly kept. 10. Listen to that buzz of the loom, as the shuttle passes to and fro. II. My life's beset, my path is lost, The gale has chilled my limbs with frost. 12. When life is all sport, toil is the real play. By day its voice is low and light; And seems to say, at each chamber-door, — "Forever never! Never forever!" IV. Through days of sorrow and of mirth, Through days of death and days of birth, Through every swift vicissitude Of changeful time, unchanged it has stood, And as if, like God, it all things saw, It calmly repeats those words of awe, -"Forever never! Never forever!" |