Papa kissed me when she went away this morning. I do love mamma, he is so kind to me. The horse is very useful; she drags that huge machine. The machine is very unwieldy; she should be laid aside. I shall have a car bought; she would be more genteel.

A Verb and Subject agree in NUMBER.

When subject is a pronoun, you
Will make few errors, very few,
In the number of the verbs.

I, we, you, they, have verbs the same;

Thou must have s-t.

Thou wast lame,

Or, didst thou taste sweet herbs?

Observe that 1st person Singular, and 1st, 2d, 3d person Plural have same ending.

Correct the following errors in Present Tense.

Thou

I walks a long way. You looks very tired. can hear my prayer. Before I speak thou does answer. He come from France by the steam-boat to-day. She am a good child. It frighten me. Thou may destroy this world if it continues to sin. They provokes us to punish them. He say he will not deliver the letter.

When the Subject is a Noun Singular, Third Person Singular has s.
Third person singular has s—

'Jane sits; third person present tense-
She sits there in a car.

Or Tom looks, he looks, Jane looks too,
Or she is very good to you.

These all are singular.

EXERCISE.

Jerusalem are deserted. Perseverance are rewarded. My old friend are very dear. Thou are high in heaven. My thimble are too big-no it are not. He walk too fast. My hat are too heavy-it hurt my head. Yes, it are indeed.

SUBJECT IN THE PLURAL NUMBER.

When subject's plural, you will find
The verb still plural too behind;
If not, then it is wrong.

So you must put it right, my dear;
If I should put it wrong down here
You'll know what's right ere long.

If nouns have s, the verbs get none;
I mean the present tense alone.

Thus dogs bark at the sheep,

Cows low, cats mew, and squirrels squeak,
Then pigeons coo, and magpies speak,
Whilst many insects leap.

Fierce lions roar, and horses neigh,
Sheep, lambs, all bleat, and asses bray,
While hens do cluck and cackle;

The hogs all grunt, the monkeys chatter,
The ducks, drakes, geese make such a clatter,
That turkey cocks all gobble.

The linnets sing, the rooks all caw,
The swallows twitter, cocks all crow,
While snakes and serpents hiss;
The bitterns boom, the bees all hum,
The robins whistle for a crumb :
You won't refuse them this.

EXERCISE.

The countries of Europe is interesting. Coaches is very convenient. Riches steals away the heart from God. Sorrows does us much good. The ancients was respectful to the aged. My shoes pinches my toes. Your stockings is too small. The markets is very high here. Potatoes was imported first from America.

RULE FIRST.

The verb with subject must agree
In number and in person, see.

EXERCISE.

Us two agree.

We both agrees.

You loves me.

No me don't. Yes I does indeed. These stockings are too large, them don't fit me. Castile soap are made of olive oil and barilla. Cloves is brought from the Spice Isles. The teeth of elephants is ivory. Vermicelli are made of flour, cheese, eggs, sugar, and saffron. What is the uses to which the sugar cane can be put? Its leaves is used as food for cattle; its scummings makes a kind of spirit; and the dregs of it, called molasses, makes rum. Europeans manufactures linen out of rags; the Chinese makes it of silk. Glass, one of our most useful commodities, are made from sand, kelp, lead, and flint. I says to her, "Don't go." She said to me, "The fares is up, we must remain here." These toys is all made at Geneva. These lovely hyacinths is brought from Holland. The streets of many towns in Holland has canals instead of causeways. How strange it would be to see a canal in the middle of the Trongate. These canals has trees too along their banks. The shadow of them are lovely in the water. Mr. Scot's buildings in Bothwell Street looks like private houses on a fine scale. Jane's mamma were kind to me, and me loved her. The Emperor of Russia, who is a despotic ruler are called Czar. The soldiers is deserting and going over to join Turkey.

RULE SECOND.

All verbs when active-transitive
Have subjects as their nom'native,
But they have objects too.

The object's in the objective case,
You'll try now to remember this,
"Jane brought some lace for you."

Brought is the verb, and Jane's the subject,
What did she bring to you? The object.
'Twas lace, real Brussel's lace.

Well Jane is nom'native to brought,
Lace is objective-now you ought
To understand the case.

RULE SECOND.

"AN ACTIVE-TRANSITIVE VERB GOVERNS THE OBJECTIVE CASE."

In what case must the subject of the verb be? In the Nominative. Is an active-transitive verb always followed by an object? Yes. It makes a transit or motion from the subject to an object. In what case must that object be? In the Objective Case. Will you repeat the personal pronouns in the Objective Case? Me, thee, him-singular. Us, you, them-plural.

EXERCISE.

James shuns we. Tom annoys I. I do love they. Fanny loves he. He commands she. Jesus forgives

thou. John occasioned I much uneasiness.