word? You will find that you cannot express a thought in words without using an action-word, and a name-word or a for-name-word.

When you fully express a thought in words, you make a sentence.

A sentence may contain many more words, but must always have an action-word and a name-word, or a for-name-word.

A sentence is a thought fully expressed in words.

Are the above lines sentences? Tell which ones are, and why you think so. What kind of word will make the fifth line a sentence? What kind of word will make the sixth line a sentence?

LESSON XI.

I.

NOUNS PRONOUNS-VERBS.

The word noun means name, and is used instead of nameword.

What is a noun ? Is horse a noun? Is John a noun ? Are all name-words nouns? Which is the better name to use?

Give five nouns and use them in sentences.

II.

The word pronoun means for-a-noun, and is used instead of for-name-word.

A pronoun takes the place of what kind of word? What is a pronoun? Are all "for-name-words" pronouns ?

Mary dropped the book. I saw her drop it.

What kind of word is her? Why? It takes the place of what word? What kind of word is it?

Give four pronouns and use them in sentences.

III.

The word verb is used instead of action-word, since it is a shorter word, and has the same meaning.

What is a verb? Are all "action-words" verbs?

Give five verbs and use them in sentences.

EXAMPLE.. -I see a house. The girl rides a horse.

IV.

THE BALL GAME.

One day some boys went into a field to play ball.

They hung their coats on the fence, and were soon ready for the game.

"John, you catch," said Harry, " and I will pitch."

"Let me strike first," cried Tom, "and, Frank, you and Allen tend in the field."

The first time Tom struck at the ball, he hit it on the side of his bat

When John put his coat on he felt something in his pocket.

It was the ball. His coat had caught it, and that was the reason that they could not find it in the field.

Find the verbs, the nouns, and the pronouns in this story, and give the words for which the pronouns stand.

LESSON XII.

A REVIEW IN RHYME.

I.

A NOUN'S the name of anything,
As, ear or pony, tub or swing;

A NAME-WORD you should call a NOUN,
As, top or horse, or John or town.

Is Mary a noun ? Are the names of persons nouns ?

II.

Instead of NOUNS the PRONOUNS stand-
His dog, her cat, my horse, your hand;
FOR-NAME and PRONOUN mean the same,—
But PRONOUN is the better name.

1. Tom plays with his dog.
2. Henry and Susan go to school.
3. They study their lessons.

4. I see them in the schoolroom.

Find the pronouns in the numbered sentences.

III.

ACTION-WORDS tell of something done,
As, give, eat, call, see, find, or run;

When VERB or ACTION-WORD you use,

The former you would better choose.

Write, in columns, five nouns, five pronouns, and five verbs.

IV.

A SENTENCE is a thought complete,
Expressed in words; and you will find
In it, at least, a VERB, and NOUN

Or PRONOUN. So keep this in mind.

What is a sentence? What kind of words are in every sentence? Give a sentence containing a verb and a noun. Give a sentence containing a verb and a pronoun. Find five sentences in this lesson. What kind of letter begins every sentence?

Every written sentence should begin with a capital letter.

LESSON XIII.

I.

Look at the picture in Lesson V. Think of something about the cat. State what you thought.

Do your words form a sentence? Why? When you speak or write a thought, what do you make?

Did your sentence state something about the cat? Then it was a statement-sentence.

With what kind of letter should every statement begin? Why? Find four statements in Lesson X. What mark is placed after each statement?

A sentence that states or tells something is a statement. Every complete written statement should end with a period.

II.

1. What keeps the sheep warm?
2. Bees make honey.