Man is born for labour. We have borne the heat of the day; have borne a

heavy burden.

a. Compound verbs (except welcome and behave, which are regular) are conjugated like their simples, by prefixing the syllables appended to them; as, forbid, forbade, forbidden.

b. Monosyllables (see 49) ending with a single consonant after a single vowel, and also words accented on the last syllable, double the final consonant upon assuming an additional syllable beginning with a vowel; as, bit, bittest; begin, beginner.

The robber was hanged; the room was hung with tapestry; I have hung my hat on the nail.

Lay, (tr.) to place, to laid, Pres. Part. laying, laid. put,

Lie, (int.) to lie down, lay, Pres. Part. lying, lain.

to repose,

Lie, (int.) to speak lied, Pres. Part. lying, lied (regular.` falsely,

Lay, (tr.) to place; The mother lays the child in bed; she laid it in the bed; she has laid it; it is laid in the bed.

Lie, to lie down; He lies too long in bed; he lay yesterday too long; he has lain too long this morning; he is lying too long.

Lie, to speak falsely; He lies, is lying; he lied; he has lied so frequently that no one believes him.

d. When the past tense ends in ang or ung, ang is preferable, in order to distinguish it from the perfect participle.

S strōwn, strōwed.

e. Those past tenses and perfect participles which are the first mentioned, are the most eligible. Obsolete words and such as are used only by the vulgar, are omitted. Such are wreathen, drunken, holpen, gotten, bounden, &c.; and swang, wrang, slank, strawed, gat, brake, tare, ware, &c. Several past tenses are contained in the authorised translation of the Bible, which are now obsolete in good conversation.

f. In the preceding List, several Regular verbs are inserted, to show the difference between them and others spelled and pronounced the same.

g. It is recommended, that the pupil be taught to conjugate some of the Irregular Verbs throughout, that he may thus perceive the difference between the Regular and Irregular.

6. ADVERBS.

LESSON 38.

221. An Adverb modifies the

adjective, or another adverb; as,

meaning of a verb, an "He writes correctly ;”

"A remarkably diligent boy;"" He speaks very fluently."

a. An adverb is added to a verb to denote the manner of the action, or some circumstance respecting it; as, " He writes correctly:"-to an adjective, to denote some modification of the quality; as, "A truly excellent scholar:"-to an adverb, to denote some degree of the modification of an action; as, "He speaks very

fluently."

b. An adverb may generally be known by its answering to the question, How? when? or where? thus," He acted nobly;"" How did he act ?" Answer, "Nobly;"