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90 ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
EXERCISES, NO. II.
1. In the following exercise, tell the tense, mood, voice, person and
number, and always in this order, thus: "Loves"-Present, indicative,
active, third person, singular.
2, In the Imperative, omit the tense, and say thu~," Love thou "-Imper·
ative, active, second person, singular.
3. In the Infinitive and Participles, omit the person and number, and
say thus, " 1'0 love"-Present, infinitive, active; "Loving"-Present parti.
ciple, active.
N. B.-The pronoun prefixed is no part of the verb, but helps to show
its person and Dumber. The auxiliaries ( or signs) are not taken separate·
ly, but always with the verb; so that the two words, and sometimes three,
as in the future-perfect indicative, are parsed together as one word; thu~,
" Has loved "-the present· perfect, indicati re, active, third person, singular.
lIe loves.-We have loved.-He lovcd.-They had loved.­
You shall love.-They may have loved.-We might love.­
Love tholl.-To love.-You had gone.-They will go.-To
have gone.-W e will write.-They may write.-They should
go.-He has fallen.-You had given.-W e might have gone.
-James has written.-Robert loves to write.-To write is
useful.-Writing is useful.-Having written.-We gave.-
1'hey have given.-You will give.
EXERCISES, XO. III.
THE OBJECTIVE OASE.
498. A transitive verb, in the nctive voice, tells what its subject does to
some other person 01' thing. That person or thing is the object of the verb,
and is in tbe objective case. Tbus," He lovea UR," loves is a transitive verb,
in tbe active voice, and tells what its subject, he, does to us. Us, then, is
its object, nnu is in the objective case. See also 820.
1. In the following exerci"es, tell which words are verbs, and why;
whether transitive 01' intransitive, and why; what is tbe subject, and why;
:lnll if transitive, what is their object, and wby.
2. Conjugate the verbs, and tell their tense, mood, voice, person, and
number; tbus, " Loves "-Verb, transitive, regular-love, loved, loved-in
tbe prescnt, indicative, active, tbird person, singular.
He lo,es us.-I will 10'le him.-Good boys study their lessOlls.-Children
love play.-God created the world.-Remember
thy Creator.-Do good to all men.-Forgive your enemies.­
He that giveth to the poor (201) lendeth to the Lord.-You
should study grammar.-We should read the best books.-Bad
books injure the character. ,Yar makes rogues, and peace
hangs them.-Children, obey your parents.-A good cause
makes a strong nrm.-Show mercy, and thou shalt find it.