LONGMANS' SCHOOL GRAMMAR.

PART I.

PARTS OF SPEECH.

NOUNS.

Exercise 1.

a. In the following sentences pick out1 all names of persons:

Jack is playing with Tom and Alfred. Mary and Edith are writing. Harold was reading to little Maggie. Howard and Kate are coming tomorrow. Mr. Jones is talking to Mr. Brown. Mrs. Cooper has gone abroad. Miss Percy and Miss Griffiths have just called. King James reigned after Queen Elizabeth. Captain Green waited for Major Owen. Can you tell me where Squire Thornton lodges? We met Lord Brompton yesterday. Wellington defeated Napoleon. Charge, Chester, charge; on, Stanley, on.

b. Give the names of

1. Ten boys.

2. Ten girls.

3. Ten persons whom you know.

4. Ten persons about whom you have read.

Exercise 2.

a. In the following sentences pick out all names

1. Of persons.

2. Of places.

Victor lives at Richmond. Reading is in Berkshire. King Solomon réigned in Jerusalem. Mr. Bosworth has sailed for America. Sir George

See 'Notes for Teachers,' p. 255, Note 1.
See Notes for Teachers,' p. 255, Note 2.

B

Rooke took Gibraltar. General Wolfe was killed outside Quebec. India belongs to the English. Tom Truscott walked from Berwick-on-Tweed through Newcastle-on-Tyne to Ashton-under-Lyne. Moses led the Jews from Egypt to Canaan. Mrs. Jones took Minnie along Regent Street and Oxford Street to Hyde Park. There they met Miss Latham. The Dutch live in Holland.

b. Give the names of

1. Ten countries.

2. Ten places in your own country.

3. Ten places in which you have been.

4. Ten streets.

1. Captain Butler is the name of some sailor, not of every sailor; Major Carey is the name of some soldier, not of every soldier; Miss Scott is the name of some lady, not of every lady. Sailor, soldier and lady are as much names as Captain Butler, Major Carey, and Miss Scott.

Exercise 3.

a. In the following sentences pick out all names of persons :· The master is kind to his servants. Children, obey your parents. The boy hurt his sister. I met my uncle, aunt and three cousins to day. The king sent for his wise men. The princess was walking with her maids. The girl is nursing the baby. The scholars love their teacher. The huntsman passed by. That child's father is a grocer. The general ordered his soldiers to charge.

b. Give the names of

1. Ten shopkeepers; as grocer, draper.

2. Ten relatives; as father.

3. Ten workmen; as carpenter.

Exercise 4.

In the following sentences pick out all names

1. Of persons.

2. Of places.

The shepherd is in the field; his sister is in the cottage. Our friends live in the town. The queen was in the parlour. The king was in his counting-house. Her mistress is travelling on the continent. The lad has gone to his home. The citizens fled into the country. The fisherman is at