_These exercises contain a complete variety of Moods and Tenses_.
I learn my lesson well. Charles, thou learnest thy lesson badly. John,
do you write a good hand? Those ladies wrote a beautiful letter, but
they did not despatch it. Have you seen the gentleman to whom I gave the
book? He has gone. They had received the news before the messenger
arrived. When will those persons return? My friend shall receive his
reward. He will have visited me three times, if he come to-morrow.
If Eliza study diligently, she will improve. If Charles studies he does
not improve. Unless that man shall have accomplished his work, by
midsummer, he will receive no wages. Orlando, obey my precepts, unless
you wish to injure yourself. Remember what is told you. The physician
may administer the medicine, but Providence only can bless it. I told,
him that he might go, but he would not. He might have gone last week,
had he conducted himself properly; (that is, _if he had conducted_, &c.)
Boys, prepare to recite your lessons. Young ladies, let me hear you
repeat what you have learned. Study, diligently, whatever task may be
allotted to you. To correct the spirit of discontent, let us consider
how little we deserve. To die for one's country, is glorious. How can we
become wise? To seek God is wisdom. What is true greatness? Active
benevolence. A good man is a great man.
NOTE 1. _Man_, following _great_, and _what_, in the last two
examples, are nom. after _is_: RULE 21. _To seek God_, and _to die
for one's country_, are members of sentences, each put as the nom.
case to _is_ respectively: RULE 24. The verb _to correct_ is the
infinitive mood absolute: NOTE under RULE 23. _May be allotted_ is a
passive verb, agreeing with _which_, the relative part of _whatever.
That_, the first part of whatever, is an adj. pronoun, agreeing with
_task_; and _task_ is governed by _study._ _Hear_, following _let_,
and _repeat_, following _hear_, are in the infinitive mood without
the sign _to_, according to RULE 25. _To recite_ is governed by
_prepare_: RULE 23. _Is told_, is a passive verb, agreeing with
_which_, the relative part of _whatever_; and _you_, following, is
governed by _to_ understood: NOTE 1, under RULE 32.
2. In parsing a pronoun, if the noun for which it stands is not
expressed, you must say it represents some person or thing
understood.