1. Give the past and past participle of teach, sing, write, read, hurt, sit, arise, take, beat, tell, &c., &c.

2. Give the present and past for the following past participles:-Thrown, sworn, swum, built, spoken, stolen, &c., &c.

3. Correct the following examples, and give the number and person of each:

The blossoms have fell from the trees. Mary come to school in haste. Sarah's exercise is wrote badly. The thief stoled the money and telled a falsehood about it. The lake is froze hard. Charles has took the

wrong course. The bell ringed loud. The soldiers fit bravely. She did not git the premium. The exercise is wrote badly. James has not spoke the truth. A sad misfortune has befell him. The carriage was drawed by four horses. Being weary I laid down and ris much refreshed. The ball was throwed too high. I see the soldiers when they come. The wind has blowed the fruit from the trees, and broke the branches. He sit down upon the bank. The cattle were drove to pasture. After he had strove many times he winned the prize. The bee stinged Nellie badly. Edwin has took my knife. The sky has wore a cloudy aspect for several days. She singed the song well. The cars have ran off the track. Grandmother has weaved the cloth beautifully. Who teached him grammar? These apples have growed very fast. He clinged to the mast. He give me some money. Anna stringed the beads quickly. The vessel has hove in sight. She springed a leak. The stone smit him in the face. The river has overflown its banks. seen Harry when he done it.

129. Defective Verbs.

1. Defective verbs are those in which some of the principal parts are wanting.

Defective verbs.

2. They are may, can, shall, and will, which have the past tense, but no participles; must, and ought, which have neither a past tense nor participles; quoth, which has neither a present tense nor participles.

3. When must refers to past time, it is used in the present perfect tense; as, "He must have left." When ought refers to past time, it is followed by the perfect infinitive; as, 'He ought to have written."

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4. Quoth is now seldom used. Beware (be ware or wary) is used mostly in the imperative mode; as, "Beware of dogs.'

130. Impersonal Verbs.

1. An impersonal verb is one by which an action or state is asserted independently of any particular subject; as, "It rains." "It snows." ""

2. Methinks, methought, meseems, meseemed, may be regarded as impersonal, or rather unipersonal verbs. They are equivalent to I think, I thought, It seems, it seemed to me.

131. Exercise.

1. Study the following models for parsing the verb:—

(Full form.)

(1.) Give the part of speech, and tell why

(2.) Tell whether it is regular or irregular, and why.
(3.) Give the principal parts.

(4.) Tell whether it is transitive or intransitive, and why.

(5.)

(6.)

(7.)

the voice and form, and why

mode, and why.

tense, and why.

(8.) Inflect the tense.

(9.) Tell the number and person, and why.

(10.) Give the rule.

(Abbreviated form.)

(1.) It is a regular or irregular, transitive or intransitive verb, (if transitive) active or passive form.

(2.) Principal parts.

(3.) Mode.

(4.) Tense.

(5.) Number and person.

(6.) Construction and rule.

Must and ought denoting past time. Quoth. Impersonal verbs. Models for parsing.