Name the verbs in the following sentences, and state what each tells or
asserts:—
1. The girls gathered some water-lilies.
2. That house was built last century.
3. He slept for three hours.
4. The gardener fell from a high tree.
5. The coachman struck the horse, and it kicked him.
6. King Edward I. nearly conquered Scotland.
7. She must weep or she will die.
8. And still they rowed amidst the roar
Of waters fast prevailing:
Lord Ullin reached that fatal shore,
His wrath was changed to wailing.