the participle "standing." Participles require adverbial modifiers. Therefore the adverb "firmly" is the correct word to use. The sentence should read, The boy, standing firmly for the right, earned our respect.

1. The boy, standing (firm or firmly) for the right,
earned our respect.

2. The bell, ringing (loud or loudly), was heard by all.
3. Tom, having acted (foolish or foolishly), was sorry.
4. The man, looking (curious or curiously) at the
stranger, decided that something was wrong.
5. The boy, having been hurt (serious or seriously),
was unconscious.

6. Putting on his hat (quick or quickly), he went on.
7. By working (steady or steadily), he won the prize.
8. The jackal ran up and down the shore, devouring
(greedy or greedily) all the crabs.

9. The camel, swimming (careful or carefully), reached the shore.

IO. "I stood so," said the tiger, jumping (quick or quickly) into the cage.

Write sentences in which an adverb modifies a participle; an infinitive; a gerund.

167. PARTICIPLES, INFINITIVES, GERUNDS

a. Select the participles, gerunds, and infinitives, whether words or phrases, from the following sentences, and tell how each is used.

MODEL: The boy choosing his partner is my brother. The participial phrase, "choosing his partner," modifies the noun “boy."

1. The boy choosing his partner is my brother.
2. I have no time to play with you.

3. Harry chose to ask some questions.

4. Upon hearing the good report John ran quickly to tell his mother.

5. Mounted upon a white horse, John led his army into the fight.

6. Being an astronomer, he knew the names of many stars.

7. Without waiting to explain, Molly rushed from the room.

8. Next to being a hero is knowing one.

9. Circling above us, the aeroplanes disappeared from

view.

10. To win this prize will require hard work.

II. Beginning to understand him, we now hoped to teach him many things.

b. Select the adjectives (21) and tell in what way they modify the nouns.

c. Make a list of the prepositional phrases. Draw one line under the prepositions and two under the objects.

d. Diagram the predicate verbs, subject substantives, objects, and predicate nouns or predicate adjectives.

168. QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW

1. What part of speech always follows the sign to of an infinitive? What parts of speech always follow the preposition to?

2. What part of speech modifies infinitives and participles?

3. How is the present participle of a verb formed? 4. What auxiliaries may be used with the present participle?

5. What auxiliaries may be used with the past participle?

6. Name two distinguishing marks of a participle; of an infinitive.

7. What modifiers may a participle or an infinitive have?

8. Of what does a prepositional phrase consist? a participial phrase? an infinitive phrase?

9. Name two auxiliaries that may be used with infinitives. What form of the verb is used with each auxiliary?

169. A REVIEW OF VERBS

Select the verbs from the sentences in lesson 125 and give the principal parts of each. Underline the parts found in the sentences. Use this form:

Change, if possible, the number of the subject in each of the following sentences, making any other necessary changes.

1. She drinks water with her dinner.

2. I was not there.

3. John, you were asked to recite.

4. The train was an hour late.

5. The products of this country are butter, eggs, and

fruit.

6. They did not see me yesterday.

7. Baby looks well.

8. Girls, you have no right to go there.

9. That child walks rapidly.

10. Those kinds of fruit grow here.

170. A COMPOSITION

The Famous Prisoner of St. Helena

What should England do with him? Where could they place him so that his influence and power would be rendered useless? Place after place was discussed and at last St. Helena, an island in the mid-Atlantic, over a thousand miles distant from the coast of Africa, was chosen.

On the thirtieth of July, 1815, Napoleon received a note telling him of the decision, and that three people would be allowed to accompany him. Humiliated and enraged by the restrictions which were placed upon his actions, Napoleon received this note with the greatest indignation, but he was helpless. Only one escape remained, and that was death. For a short time he seriously considered taking his life as the easiest way to solve his difficulties. He gave it up, however, saying, “A man ought to live out his destiny; I will fulfill mine.”

Napoleon was only forty-six years old when he landed on the rocky, barren island where he was to pass the remainder of his life. Longwood, his new home, was situated on a plain, eighteen hundred feet above the sea. and was one of. the gloomiest, loneliest spots on the island. The house consisted of only five rooms when Napoleon came, all built on one floor, and without respect to comfort or convenience. It had to be improved before the exiled emperor could live in it, but even after weeks of work had been put on it, the place was anything but comfortable. There were a few gumwood trees scattered over the plain, but the greatest part of it was without shade, exposed to the fierce heat of the sun and cutting sea winds.

As soon as Napoleon took up his residence at Longwood, a guard was placed at the entrance, six hundred

feet from the house, and sentinels were placed on the goat paths which led to the sea. No foreign vessel was permitted to anchor unless disabled or in great need, and then no one of the crew or passengers was allowed to come on shore. Even the fishing boats of the island were numbered and made to report their going and coming, and two great British warships sailed back and forth, back and forth, day after day, on either side of the little island. All this was done to prevent the escape of one man.

It was impossible for Napoleon to be idle, and he resolutely began the task of filling the long, empty days with some occupation. He wrote essays on the lives of great men. He composed a clear, concise history of the Republic of France. He studied English, and related story after story of his past life to his companions, who afterward wrote them down and prepared them for the public.

For five years and a half Napoleon worked and suffered. Each month, each day, increased his weakness and brought the assurance that the death for which he longed was not far distant. His sister Eliza died late in the year 1820. When the news was brought to him he said:

"You see, Eliza has just shown me the way. Death, which had forgotten my family, has begun to strike it. My time cannot be far off."

Surrounded by only the few faithful friends who had shared his exile, separated by thousands of miles from his home and those of his own blood, the great man died, May 5, 1821. They buried him near a shaded spring in a valley of the lonely island, one of the few spots that he loved in his exile home.

The sentinels could be withdrawn. The fishing vessels could sail in and out as they pleased. The two great British men-of-war could sail slowly back to England.