Name the subject and the predicate in each sentence. What word in the first example forms no part of either subject or predicate? What is the use of the word hark? What word in the second example forms no part of either subject or predicate? Why is it used? Words like hark and alas are not parts of the subject or the predicate. They are added to sentences to indicate some sudden feeling. Such words are called interjections. Sometimes an interjection is used with other words in an exclamatory phrase; as, O noble judge! O excellent young man! The interjection O should be written as a capital letter. An exclamatory word or phrase should be followed by the exclamation point. WRITTEN EXERCISES. I. Copy the following sentences, and tell why each exclamation point is used: I. Hurrah! the day is ours. 2. Sail on, O Ship of State! 3. Ah! is that the cause of his complaint? 4. Away! we must not linger. 5. Help! help! the boat is sinking. 6. Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death! 7. A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! [Sound ě, ĕa, ai, and ay, in these words like ĕ in měn.] 1. The streets are broad. 2. Robert found the tree. 3. The steamer was crowded with passengers. Name the subject and the predicate in each sentence. How many thoughts are expressed in each of these sentences? A sentence that expresses one thought is called a simple sentence. A simple sentence may be declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory. Give examples of the four kinds of simple sentences. 1. The streets are broad, and the lawns are well-kept. 2. Robert found the tree, but he could not climb it. How many thoughts are expressed in the first sentence? Read each What word joins the two statements? statement. How many simple sentences can you form from the last sentence? What word joins the two sentences? A sentence made up of two or more simple sentences is called a compound sentence. + The members of a compound sentence are generally separated by the comma; as, The bell rang, and the boat started. When the members of a compound sentence are subdivided by the comma, they should be separated by the semicolon; as, We visited the spot; but could find neither bush, bird, nor nest. WRITTEN EXERCISES. I. Copy the following sentences, and place commas and semicolons wherever they are needed: 1. The clock struck ten and the pupils rose from their seats. 2. The door opened and two children ran down the steps. 3. The forests have shed their leaves, and the voices, of the winter birds are heard. 4. Go to the ant thou sluggard consider her ways and be wise. 5. The swallows prepare for their annual migration and all things announce the speedy decline of summer. 6. We found the house but the doors were locked and the family was gone. 7. The table is large and it has two good drawers. 8. "Few and short were the prayers we said And we spake not a word of sorrow But we silently gazed on the face of the dead II. I. Write three simple sentences. LESSON XL. GENERAL REVIEW. Read the following sentences, paying particular attention to the pronunciation of the words in Italics : 1. We shall pass the house this afternoon. 2. Turn the left-hand faucet for the warm water. 7. When the kettle boils, you may cook the eggs. 8. The chamber contained an old-fashioned bedstead. 10. The patriotic selections were read again and again. 12. Aunt Fanny bade us good by. 13. The child is growing deaf. 14. Half of the company took the wrong path. WRITTEN EXERCISES. I. Write original examples of declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences. II. Write sentences illustrating ten different uses of capital letters. III. Make lists of the verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions found in the following stanzas: "I steal by lawns and grassy plots, I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance, |