CORRECT USE OF SHALL AND WILL

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In the second sentence what word is used with I in

making a promise?

In the third sentence what word is used with we in

expressing intention?

In the fourth sentence what word is used with expressing determination?

you in

What word is used with they in the fifth sentence in making a promise?

Which word, shall or will, is used in these sentences with pronouns of the first person to express determination or to make a promise?

Which word is used with pronouns of the second and third person to express determination and to make a promise?

To express determination, to make a promise, or to issue a command use will with pronouns of the first person, and shall with pronouns of the second and third persons.

Make sentences using will to express determination, make a promise, or issue a command.

Make sentences using shall to express determination, make a promise, or issue a command.

Copy the following, filling the blank spaces with shall or

The story is told that when Hercules was a young man he sat one day considering which path in life, that of virtue or vice, he would choose. As he was thinking two queenly women appeared.

The first said to him: "I see that you are considering

When Hercules heard these words, he said, "What is your name?" and she replied, "My friends call me Pleasure, but those who do not like me say I am Vice.” follow me, you

The other woman said, "If

become a good man. I

you

— not make false promises

show you how you may behowever, have to

to you of pleasure, but
come both rich and great. You

work for what you want, for the
nothing to those who do not labor.”

Here Vice interrupted her, saying: "The path this woman wishes you to take is hard. Come with me, and I lead you by an easier path to happiness."

The other woman, whose name was Goodness, said: "What real pleasure can you give? You only make promises that never be fulfilled, for those who spend their youth with you, have only toil and burdens in their old age, but those who follow me — have sweet enjoyment. They have the gods for their friends, men to love them, and their country to honor them. So be with you, Hercules, if you follow me; by toil win the most blessed happiness."

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you

NOTE.

- Give frequent drill in the use of shall and will, and correct mistakes in pupils' language that the correct use of these words may become a fixed habit.

VERBS-PERSON AND NUMBER

LESSON XXVII

VERBS - PERSON AND NUMBER

1. We read every morning.

2. Clara reads well.

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3. She reads with more expression than the others. 4. He runs like a deer.

5. Few boys can run so fast.

You see that action is

Read the first three sentences. expressed by the same verb, but in one case the verb is read, while in the others s is added, and we have reads.

What is the subject of the first sentence? Of what person.is the pronoun? What part of speech is the subject of the second sentence? Of what person and number is the subject of the third sentence?

Notice that when the subject of a sentence is a pronoun of the third person and singular number, s is added to the verb. Why is s added to the verb run in the fourth sentence? Why is s not added to the verb in the fifth sentence?

Rewrite the following, changing singular subjects to plural, and plural subjects to singular, making the necessary changes in the verbs: —

The needles of the white pine grow in clusters of five. He casts off his friends as a huntsman his pack. Mountains give their lost children berries and water. He practises his music lesson two hours.

She does her work thoroughly.

The star-spangled banner still waves.

They succeed because they are in earnest.

Rivers to the ocean run.

He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.

Man often strives for positions that are beyond him.
They fight because their cause is just.

In using language remember that a verb must always agree with its subject in person and number.

LESSON XXVIII

COMPARISON-SIMILE

Many times objects that are seemingly wholly unlike are similar in one respect. For example, the petals of the crimson rose are often compared to velvet. Although velvet and rose petals differ widely in most respects, they are similar in texture. They both have a soft rich appearance.

Write sentences comparing the following objects, stating the way in which they are similar:

1. The centre of the daisy, and gold.

2. The wings of the ermine moth, and snow.

3. Water, and crystal.

4. The surface of ice, and silver.

COMPOSITION - NARRATION

5. The fringed gentian, and the sky.

6. Clouds, and snowdrifts.

7. Dandelions in the grass, and stars in the sky.

8. The child's face, and the sunshine.

9. Dew, and diamonds.

10. Sunset skies, and gold.

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The expression of the resemblance between two objects which are unlike in most respects but alike in one is called Simile.

The simile is used to make language clear and strong, and to give to it grace and beauty.

The boy ran like a deer, is a stronger, and at the same time a more beautiful expression, than The boy is a swift

runner.

Make six similes.

In making similes, remember that not every comparison which contains the word like or as is a simile.

LESSON XXIX

COMPOSITION-NARRATION

When a composition is a connected story about something that has happened, it is called a narrative. Thus all stories that relate real or imaginary events or happenings are narratives. The historical account of the voyage and landing of the Pilgrims on page 157 is a narrative.