IV. - ADVERBS OF DEGREE. 1. She speaks very distinctly. 2. The coat was too small. 3. We were greatly pleased. How distinctly does she speak? How small was the coat? How we pleased? Mention the adverbs, and tell what each well were expresses. V. INTERROGATIVE ADVERBS. An adverb may be used to ask a question and at the same time show time, place, or manner; as, I. When did they start? 2. Where did they go? 3. How did he speak? VI. - ADVERBS OF AFFIRMATION AND NEGATION. I. She will surely aid you. 2. He did not stay. 3. It will certainly be done. Point out the adverbs, and tell the office of each. Mention the adverbs in the following sentences, give the meaning of each, and tell what it modifies : 1. They gazed down into the water. 2. The news seemed too good to be true. 3. The weather was oppressively warm. 4. His power of describing scenery is often very remarkable. 5. Suddenly a light was seen. 6. The boat sped away o'er the waters. 7. Slowly and sadly we laid him down. 8. So passed the morning away. 9. Why stand we here idle? 10. I thrice presented him a kingly crown. II. How are the mighty fallen! 12. He is well paid that is well satisfied. 13. Whence is that flame which now glares on his eye? 14. Prescott now mounted the parapet, and walked leisurely about, inspecting the works, giving directions, and talking cheerfully with the men. 15. The troops marched steadily on. 16. He had recently been made a major-general, but had not received his commission. 17. Very few remained here. 18. A thousand hearts beat happily. 19. Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro. 20. Somewhere the birds are singing evermore. WRITTEN EXERCISES. I. Write sentences, using the following words to show when or how often some action was performed: Write sentences, using the following words to show where III. Write sentences, using these words to show how something Use these words in sentences, to show the degree or extent of a Use the following words in sentences, to show affirmation or Mention the prepositions in the following sentences, tell between what words they show relation, and show how the prepositional phrases modify the words to which they are joined : I. Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. 2. The love of Nature is the first thing in the mind of the true poet; the admiration of himself, the last. 3. Heaped in the hollows of the grove, the autumn leaves lie dead. 4. The surf had beaten for centuries against the face of the rock until it had bored this cavern deep into its sides. 5. Heaven lies about us in our infancy. 6. Audubon, the naturalist, was fresh from his wanderings over the continent, from Labrador to the capes of Florida, and from the Alleghanies to the Rocky Mountains. 7. I stood on the bridge at midnight. 8. We wait for thy coming, sweet wind of the South! 9. The shades of night were falling fast. 10. The door swung back on its hinges. II. The kettle was lifted from the fire. 12. The house stood on the side of a hill. 13. A shady sycamore grew by the door, with a woodbine wreathing around it. 14. The clock stood in the corner behind her. 15. The shadows dance upon the wall. 16. 17. Then Christabel knelt by the lady's side, And raised to heaven her eyes so blue. From peak to peak, the rattling crags among, 18. America has furnished to the world the character of Washington. 19. In the corners of the apartment were fowling-pieces, fishing-rods, and other sporting implements. 20. The woods of autumn, all around our vale, Have put their glory on. WRITTEN EXERCISES. Copy the following sentences, filling the blanks with prepositions that will express the right relations : 1. The difficulty was settled without the interference strangers. What is a conjunction? What do conjunctions join? In what way are conjunctions and prepositions alike? How do they differ? Conjunctions that connect sentences, or parts of sentences, of equal rank are called co-ordinate conjunctions. They are used to join words, phrases, and clauses having the same construction; thus: |