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Which possessive forms are used with nouns? Which possessive forms are used alone? Which forms may be used with self or selves to form compound pronouns?

II. - ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS.

(Review Lesson LI.)

I. These flowers are withered.

2. These are the books.

3. Rest a few minutes.

4. Few believed the report.

Which of the italicized words are adjectives?

Which are pronouns ?

How do you determine whether these words are adjectives or pronouns? What are such words called? Give five sentences containing adjective pronouns.

III. -RELATIVE PRONOUNS.

(Review Lessons LXXXV.-LXXXVI.)

1. His nephew, who was present, knew nothing about the

matter.

2. Here is the cottage which is for sale.

3. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Read the dependent clause in each sentence, and tell what joins it to the remainder of the sentence. What other office do these connecting words perform besides connecting clauses? What does who stand for in the sentence above? which? that? What are such words called? What is a relative pronoun? What is the antecedent of a relative pronoun?

Sometimes the relative pronoun introduces an additional fact about the antecedent; as, –

Captain Hunter, who was by his side, suggested a quick step. Sometimes the relative clause limits or restricts the meaning of the antecedent; as,

The house that he built is still standing.

Mention the relative clauses in the following sentences, and tell which give additional facts and which restrict the meaning of the antecedents:

I. This was a signal to the patriots, who instantly despatched swift messengers to rouse the country.

2. He who would be great in the eyes of others must first learn to be nothing in his own.

3. They were accompanied by some Indians, who were skilful divers.

4. They saw nothing more valuable than a curious sea shrub, which was growing beneath the water.

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6.

He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.

And they, whose meadows it murmurs through,
Have named the stream from its own fair hue.

7. The general, who was on horseback, ordered the troops to halt.

8. They have taken forts that military men said could not be taken.

9. They that have done this deed are honorable.

IO.

I thrice presented him a kingly crown,

Which he did thrice refuse.

A relative clause not restrictive should be separated from the remainder of the sentence by the comma.

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State the use of each italicized word. What are such pronouns called? How can you tell whether a pronoun is a relative pronoun or an interrogative pronoun? Give the different forms of who and tell how each is used.

Select the pronouns in the following sentences, tell to what each refers, name the kind of pronoun, the form, and tell to what other word or words in the sentence it is related:

1. He prepared himself honestly for his duties, by a thorough study of whatever could make him efficient in them.

2. Some of the men had no muskets, and almost all were without bayonets.

3. The only ford by which the travellers could cross was guarded by a party of militia.

4. You will be called to great duties.

5. The evil that men do lives after them.

6.

E'en the slight harebell raised its head,
Elastic from her airy tread.

7. Kindly words, sympathizing attentions, watchfulness against wounding men's sensitiveness these cost very little, but are priceless in their value.

8. He had that inexhaustible good nature which is the most precious gift of Heaven.

9.

O dread and silent mount! I gazed upon thee,

Till thou, still present to the bodily sense,
Didst vanish from my thought.

10. Who sank thy sunless pillars deep in earth?

II.

And will your mother pity me,

Who am a maiden most forlorn?

12. She taught herself German, French, and Italian.

13. Some were opposed to any change.

14. Had he adopted the suggestions, which he rejected so impatiently, he would have held his position.

15. What is that sound which now bursts on his ear?

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Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors!

17. In many places the English found the wigwams deserted and the cornfields growing to waste, with none to harvest the grain.

18. He sent to summon the remainder of his comrades, whom he had left at the seashore.

19. She might just as well have talked to the wind that whistled past them.

20. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

LESSON X.

CORRECT USE OF PRONOUNS.

I.

Fill the blanks with nominative, possessive, or objective forms of pronouns. Tell why each form should be used:

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to the age of ninety-nine years.

5. He devoted leisure to studying the political history

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