19. Many apples

20. John

21. He22. They

fallen from the trees.
gone into the next room.

— written a long letter to his mother.
sent him for a vacation.

c. In the sentences on the preceding page, change the number of the subjects.

must be made?

What other changes

96. A COMPOSITION

Following the outline on the opposite page, write a short account of some championship game, as football, baseball, or basket-ball.

Let your first paragraph tell the occasion of the game. Perhaps it was played by teams from two schools that had long been rivals. It might be that the scores so far were even. Possibly a prize had been offered, and each team was anxious to win it. Invent an interesting beginning.

The point of this story is who won. The outline suggests the order of events that lead up to that point. Any part that you wish may be omitted. Be sure to give enough detail to make your story clear and interesting. Unnecessary detail makes a story monotonous. Make every sentence add something to the central thought of the paragraph.

Close the story soon after the point is told. After you have finished, read your composition to correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Were any of your sentences exclamatory? Read it again to see if you can make it sound better by changing any of the words or expressions.

97. A LANGUAGE LESSON

Study the paragraphs below for dictation as follows:

Make a list of the nouns showing ownership. Tell whether each is singular or plural.

The possessive adjective their is used seven times. Copy it and the noun it modifies. How many times is the adjective two used? the adverb too? the adverb here? Learn to spell the difficult words. About two months ago some boys decided to go to their uncle's farm for a few days' vacation. They loved to hear their parents talk about the old farmhouse. Their mother was born there, and she had often played by the river which ran through the garden.

When the boys told the plan to their mother she was pleased. She began at once to tell them of the places where they would have the best time. There were swings under the maple trees in the garden, boats on the river, and ponies in the pasture for the catching. Down by the old well was a fine place to play. There were splendid woods for picnics, too.

After spending many days preparing for their journey, the two boys saw their trunks taken to the station.

Here

a surprise awaited them. A number of their friends had come to see them off. Good-bys were soon said, and the

train pulled out with the two happy boys.

Correct your errors and record them thus:

98. A DRILL ON AGREEMENT OF PREDICATE AND SUBJECT

a. Referring to lesson 95 for help, tell which of the helpers, have, has, and had, is used with a plural subject; with the pronouns I and you as subjects; with all other singular subjects; with either a singular or a plural subject.

b. Tell the number of the subjects that must be used with the following predicates.

MODEL: Have drunk. "Have drunk" is always used with a plural subject, or I or you.

has rung
have sat

have drunk
have ridden
has done

had eaten
have ridden

has written

has torn

have fallen

had grown
have run
have broken

has gone
had come

have climbed

c. Tell whether have, has, or had may be used as helpers to make predicates when the following words are the subjects: lion, I, they, baby, calves, men, you, hens, child, nobody, everybody, somebody.

d. Find the predicate verbs, subject substantives, and objects, if any, in the following sentences. Always make the helpers part of the predicate verb. 1. The firemen have rung the bell.

2. She has torn the dress badly. 3. The visitors will come presently. 4. I have broken the pitcher. 5. The girl has grown rapidly. 6. He had raised the window. e. Diagram the sentences.

99. A DRILL, AND REVIEW

a. Tell which of the principal parts of the verb has been used in each of the following sentences; give the other two principal parts of each verb.

b. Read the sentences, changing the verbs to show action in the present time; the past time without the use of a helper; the future time.

c. Read the sentences again, changing the number of the subjects.

1. You have done your work well.

2. He had written his lesson in the morning.

3. You have played for a long time.

4. The negroes have eaten those ripe watermelons.

5. The child has fallen from its bed.

6. We have told her about it.

7. I have finished the tedious examination.

8. He has frequently ridden beyond the boundary

line.

9. We had already played that game.

10. The herdsmen have taken their sheep over the cattle range.

d. Make a list of the nouns that have modifiers (10; omit "the"); opposite each write its modifiers.

e. Copy four prepositional phrases. Draw one line under the prepositions and two lines under the objects. Tell what words the phrases modify.

100. FORMS OF VERBS

a. Learn the principal parts of the following verbs:

b. Using the form below, copy, in the first column, the predicate verbs from the sentences below. the other columns as indicated in the model.

Fill

Time expressed

past time

1. We have known him for many years.

2. I have seen her before.

3. John has lost a knife.

4. Jersey cows give rich milk.

5. Mary gave me a letter to grandmother yesterday.

6. We shall sit together in the swing.