Name some of the great expositions that have been held in America. Which one celebrated the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of American Independence? Where was it held? Why was that place chosen?

Does your state hold a fair each year? How does it benefit the people of the state? Does it do any harm? In what way?

Do you have a county fair? to the people of your county? from your county fair?

Do you think it helpful
What have you learned

Written assignment. Write one paragraph on the benefits of a fair or an exposition. Perhaps you can illustrate your composition with pictures.

139. REVIEW OF VERBS

What is a verb? Why is a verb such an important part of the sentence? Name the six tenses and illustrate each. Tell what you can about the proper uses of shall and will. What are regular verbs? irregular verbs? Illustrate each.

Illustrate. What is an

What is a transitive verb? intransitive verb? Name several linking verbs. all forms of the verb to be used as linking verbs?

Are

What two kinds of voice do verbs have? What kind of verbs have voice? Define and illustrate each. What does a verb agree with in person and number? Illustrate.

Define and illustrate each of the three moods.

We should always be very careful in our composition work to write the correct form of the verb and to spell

it correctly. In the sentence, "I would have come if I had heard you," the word have is frequently spoken as if it had no h sound, but were spelled 'ave. To many 'ave sounds like the word of instead of have. preposition and cannot be used as a verb.

Of is a

Oral work. Read the following sentences, being careful to sound your words distinctly. Watch final consonants, also the word have.

1. Point out the verbs.

2. Give the tense of each verb.
3. Give the number of each verb.
4. Give the person of each verb.

5. Tell whether the verbs are regular or irregular.

6. Tell whether they are transitive or intransitive.

7. Tell whether they are active or passive.

8. Give the mode of each verb.

I

1. He would have gone if he had been invited. 2. They would never have believed it.

3. It doesn't make any difference.

4. I've never seen a finer type of boy.

5. He swam the river at its widest point.

6. The question was considered in every detail.

7. He grew red in the face when they mentioned his name.

8. He became president of the debating society.

9. The speaker was introduced by the president.

10. These farmer boys raised the best corn in the country. 11. Come here and answer my question.

12. He was given the best room in the house.
13. Every man is asked why he wishes to go.
14. Please remember that he is your father.
15. Why was the book not returned promptly?

16. Each of the men answered when the roll was called.

Select the correct form of the verb and give the reason for the selection:

1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (is, are) full of humor.
2. Birds and Bees (was, were) written by Burroughs.
3. The general with his army (was, were) surrounded.
4. The rank and file of mankind (is, are) honest.

5. The Ways of Wood Folk (contain, contains) many interesting stories of animals.

6. Neither you nor I (have, has) been invited.

7. A black and white cat (has, have) been given to me. 8. A black and a white cat (has, have) been given to me. 9. Either James or Mary (is, are) at fault.

10. A box of oranges (was, were) sent us from California.

III

Use each of the following correctly as subjects of the verb:

Either John or Charles

Both Mary and Elizabeth

Each of the men

Every one of the officers

All of the soldiers

Neither the captain nor the coach

Each lesson

Every book of the thousands in the library

140. A SPANISH SCHOOL

Across the River Darro just opposite the old Moorish castles of the Alhambra, is an unusual school with unusual equipment. In the sunny garden surrounding the main building are immense cement maps, with real bodies of water where tiny boats carry cargo from one port to another. Near by are carpentry shops and lace looms, and on the third floor is a beautiful little theater where the pupils can give plays or see a good "movie.”

What modern equipment does your school have? Do you lack any particular device you would like to have? Tell why you believe any one of the following would be of benefit to your school. Talk just as you would if you were trying to persuade your school board to buy the new equipment.

A Victrola

A Radio

A Stage

A Projection (Moving-picture) Machine

141. CHOOSING THE EXACT VERB TO GIVE THE INTENDED MEANING

How many words can you find that mean "went"? Arrange them in two columns: those that mean "went slowly" in one, "went swiftly" in another.

Make a list of words that mean went like an infirm

person.

Try this:

limped
hobbled

plodded
staggered

Show how a boy replied to a request by adding an adverbial modifier. Remember the modifier may be an adverb, an adverbial phrase, or an adverbial clause, as, "Yes, sir," he replied promptly.

"Yes, sir," he replied in a flippant way.

"Yes, sir," he replied as he stepped up.

Change the meaning of the following sentences by using different adverbial modifiers:

1. "Yes, madam," answered the maid. 2. "Yes, mother," replied Isabel.

3. "No, sir," said the boy.

4. "I will not," said the cowboy.

Make a list of twenty verbs representing a sound.

Use the verbs in your list in sentences; for example: A big fat bumblebee buzzed in the heart of a pink hollyhock.

Do not allow yourself to be satisfied with any except the very best word for the place.

What do you think of Booth Tarkington's choice of words in this selection?

Penrod brooded on the fence and gazed with envy at his wistful little dog Duke. The dog's name was undescriptive of his person. He wore a grizzled mustache and indefinite