A COURSE OF PRACTICAL EXERCISES, ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXPLANATORY GUIDE, OR KEY, AND WITH REFERENCES TO THE GRAMMATICAL TABLES. what, used Interrogatively and followed by a Noun WITH REFERENCE TO ANIMALS AND THINGS. WHICH SHOWS THE IDENTITY OF VERBS IN THEIR FINAL SYLLABLES. Infinitive Present, er, ir, oir, re ant & Neg. ne le, him voit, sees 4th. Nom. 5th. Negat. pas, not N. B. If the Verb be Compound, the Participle goes last of all; and the Auxiliary follows the above Rule. Order of Reflective Verbs. 1st. Je me, tu te, il or elle se, nous nous, vous vous, ils or elles se. Affir. 2nd. The Verb; as, Je me fie. 1st. Je ne me, tu ne te, il or elle ne se, nous ne nous, vous ne vous, Negat. ils or elles ne se. 2nd. Verb. 3rd. Negation. Nous ne nous fions pas. 1st. Me, te, se; nous, vous, se. 2nd. Verb. 3rd. Nominative, je, &c. Vous fiez vous ? Inter. Neg. & 1st. Ne me, ne te, ne se ; ne nous, ne vous, ne se. 2nd. Verb. 3rd. Nominative, je, tu, &c. 4th. Negation. Ne se fient-ils pas. In Compound Tenses the Participle Past comes last. Inter. EXERCISES. N. B. I have only, in the first few sentences, shown the manner of changing them, as every Teacher will of course adopt that méthod which he may think most beneficial to the Scholar-My plan is, not to turn the sentences in the exercise just written, but those in the lesson previous; which, in classes, I have found to be productive of two ends, i. e. of giving any scholar who has been prevented attending the last lesson, an opportunity of having the same advantages as the other pupils, and also of strengthening the memory by a repetition of the same remarks. 27 37 38 9 34 5 41 year 18 26 There 1 * is not 2 a man in this world 3 who is not exposed to all 6 sorts of infirmities. (turns) Is there, are there-I think there is that there may not be a woman, une femme-men, hommes-women, femmes-creatures, créatures, &c. How many pair of shoes 10 do you want?" (turns) Do they want-they will want-I do not want any 12 if you want any, &c. I have been 18 in 14 France, Flanders, and 15 Holland, 16 and next 17 I intend 19 going 20 to Germany, 21 Switzerland and Italy. 23 (turns) Is he going-when is he to go-be is just arrived from-I cannot go he intended -but-how far is Holland from-it is further from Switzerland to-than from England to, &c. How long 24 does your brother intend 25 staying at Naples (turns) Has he staid there long-I am going to stay there who is staying with him-where is Naples, &c. Perhaps 28 half 29 a year. (turns) Not longer than a fortnight—a week-a month-a day he will set out to-morrow-he set out yesterday, &c. You will find 30 Naples one of the finest 31 countries 32 have 33 you ever seen.35 (turns) I think not so fine as -you must have been long in Naples-how far is Mount Vesuvius from Naples. Waiter, 36 bring me a towel and some hot 40 water. 41 (turns) You are to bring me, him, them, her, has he brought it-he is going to bring the plates, les assiettes-the salt-cellar, la salière-a book, un livre -a pen, une plume, &c. I 42 the thing 44 as it 45 is to you, (that is,) I tell you the thing, &c., and add 46 nothing to it. 48 (turns) If he had told me it as it was-they never tell us any thing but as it is-do not add any thing to it—if he, she, they had not added any thing to it, &c. Is 49 this not a 50 proof that 51 ignorance often leads 52 us into error? 53 (turns) Had this not been a proof of his insincerity, what he did to, &c.—the manner in which he behaved to me, to thee, to him, to her, to us, to you, to them, proceeded only from his ignorance, from his education, &c. No man 54 loves 55 travelling 56 better 57 than 58 my brother 59; he had not been returned 60 more than 61 a week from America 63, when 64 he again set out 65 for 66 the East Indies 67. (turns) He will be obliged to set out again, the 1st., the 2nd., &c. of next month, of January, February, &c.—if we had set out again a little sooner, &c. Do you learn 68 drawing or inusic? 70 (turns) How long have you to learn-I should like to learn it, &c. I learn neither 71. I am to 72 learn both. Did she begin 73 to learn French 74 or Italian 75 last 76 Midsummer 77 ? When do your Midsummer Holidays 78 begin? The thirteenth of June. Fear 79 makes him 81 act 82 in that manner. How many crimes does not 69 say 43 * The Numbers refer to the Grammatical Guide or Key. 62 |