Calendar: 1868-1869 Page 554

556 THE SCHOOL you say himself or his-self me-self or myself Point out the inconsistency of our usage Into what two pairs of words may the word itself be separated State carefully what is meant by transitive verb and by an impersonal verb with examples Make list of the auxiliary verbs Into how many classes may adverbs be divided Write down all the adverbs of place you can remember How does an adverb differ from an adjective Mention instances of adverbs and adjectives being of the same form What is the difference between prepositions and con- junctions Mention some words that are sometimes prepo- sitions sometimes adverbs that are sometimes prepositions sometimes conjunctions that are sometimes conjunctions sometimes adverbs that are sometimes nouns sometimes verbs sometimes adjectives 10 Write down three sentences differently constructed each one containing specimens of all the parts of speech 11 What is sentence What is subject What predi- cate Mention any Fmglish words that are connected in origin with the words sentence subject predicate and say what they mean 12 Analyse the following extracts Each boy will analyse those extracts only which are taken from the poem he has read in his class-work Many time On holidays we rambled through the woods That stern yet kindly spirit who constrains The Savoyard to quit his naked rocks The free-born Swiss to leave his narrow vales Spirit attached to regions mountainous Like their own stedfast clouds did now impel His restless mind to look abroad with hope And surely never did there live on earth man of kindlier nature Methought Close at mine ear one called me forth to walk With gentle voice- thought it thine