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REVIEW EXERCISES.

En forgeant on devient forgeron. - Practice makes perfect.

7. Whose is it?

I.

13. Let

1. 1. Fresh water; the dry land; old newspapers; her blue ribbons; what beautiful sweet flowers! 2. You will need courage. 3. I have a headache this evening; I can neither sing nor play. 4. We have no jewels, but our friends have some. 5. What friends? 6. Those who live in that fine new house. 8. It is theirs; their father gave it to them. 9. Tell me whom you have seen to-day. 10. What! you have seen her? 11. I have never read those books, but I have read these, and I liked them better than any others I know. 12. I found a great many there. us not speak of it to her or to them. mother left England on the first of May, 1891. (Colomb) was an Italian. 16. He served the faithfully. 17. Naturally, we think that he carried off a great victory by discovering the new world. 18. Cardinal Mendoza was a faithful friend of Columbus, and often invited him to his house. 19. I should like you to go for a walk with me at twenty minutes to three. 20. He loves nobody, and nobody loves him.

14. My father and

15. Columbus King of Spain

2. 1. Nobody is ever forgotten. 2. We must not believe all that is said. 3. Do you doubt my having succeeded? 4. I do not doubt your succeeding some (one) day. 5. We do not wish to tell him all our business, although he is our uncle. 6. Why don't you wish him to know what has happened? 7. We fear he will refuse to let us know what we desire. 8. I hope you will not try to deceive him. 9. We

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want more money.

before you go.

10. You will be obliged to write all this 11. If you wish to go soon, you must work 12. You must be very hungry after so 13. Wait till we come back.

as fast as possible.
long a walk.

favors (services) he has done (rendered) me!
(render) him very happy by saying that.

are doing; stop it at once.
brance must be to you!

arrived.

14. How many

15. You make

16. I see what you

17. How pleasant that remem18. Run and tell him we have 19. When you go to get your hat, kindly bring me

mine. 20. Can't you get along without it?

3. 1. If you would like to know those gentlemen, I should be glad to present you to them. me to her; it was a friend of mine that introduced her to you, 2. You ought to introduce

was it not? 3. Do you wish to go with me or do

me to leave alone?

8. Walk as far

you wish 5. He beats it to make it obey him. 4. Why does that boy beat his dog so? of that? 7. What have you to tell us? 6. What do you think as the house or until you meet him. be a professor of modern languages. brother's professor of French. France, to Paris.

9.

This gentleman must 10. Yes, he is my

11. They have gone to 12. Have you a postage stamp (timbreposte, m.) for me? 13. We understand nearly every word he says. their names. 15. We know 17. This tea is almost cold; bring me another cup of it. your friends laugh? 18. However interesting our books may be, they do not make us forget our absent friends. 19. I should like to spend a few days in Scotland next summer. magnificent church on the very day of our arrival (arrivée, f.). 20. We visited that

14. Do you know those ladies?
16. What makes

4. 1. Some men are esteemed by everybody, even by their
enemies. 2. Did you tell them that I should be here on
Monday? 3. What do you do on Sunday?
always be ready to go to church at a quarter past ten.
4. We shall
5. What makes you wait so long? 6. Let us start right
away 7. Napoleon III was born April 20, 1808. 8. He

became emperor in 1852. 10. Speak louder, please. 12. We used to have five we have only three.

9. How good that flower smells! 11. Why don't you study more? horses; we have sold two and now 13. When you began to study music, how many lessons did you have a week? 14. When shall we have the pleasure of seeing you again? 15. As soon as our

friends have gone. Théâtre-Français ?

16. What are they playing now at the 17. When we reach Paris, we shall look 18. How sick you

for a house near the Champs-Elysées. look! 19. Go to bed early this evening. to get up before six.

20. I want you

5. 1. I have lost my new silk umbrella. Why, no, there it is! 2. Would you dare to use any of his books, if you needed them? 3. When you are ready to go to Europe next year, remember me. 4. I have a great many addresses to give you. 5. This man bores (ennuyer) everybody with his stories. 6. What a tiresome man! 7. Our neighbors are always in style. 8. Why do you never shut the door? 9. When we lived in New York, we met him very often. 10. As soon as we reach Liverpool, we must send letters to our friends in America. 11. Always reflect before acting. 12. Next time I shall not accept your excuses. 13. I would do it if I could. 14. Couldn't you do it if you would? 15. You ought not to have asked that. 16. You have not answered his letter yet. 17. I shall answer it to-morrow. 18. Serve us at once; we are in a hurry. 19. We do not live to eat; we eat to live. 20. Follow us; do not follow them.

6. 1. Those gentlemen wear gloves in summer as well as in winter. 2. You must keep on writing until you can show me a page written well enough to satisfy (satisfaire) me. 3. I make a great many mistakes, it is true, but I write better than you think. 4. That makes me smile (sourire). 5. Be silent! 6. Does he know how to play chess (échecs)? 7. That is a game he has never learned. 8. I have heard that it is the most difficult of all games. 9. They had just left when

their friends arrived. 10. What do your friends do during the holidays (vacances)? 11. Do you need anything? 12. What? 13. I am looking for a few souvenirs that will please my friends. 14. Although we were very tired, we could not sleep last night. 15. It was too cold perhaps. 16. We were not cold. Louis XIV was seventy-seven years old when he died. One day I gave some money to back to me, saying, "I do not 19. He wasn't blind; he was deaf 20. It is easy to learn these rules,

17.

18.

a blind [man], but he gave it take Canadian pieces."

and dumb (sourd-muet).

but it is still easier to forget them.

2. His

7. 1. Do you think that French is easy to learn? health is very good now; it is far better than it was formerly. 3. I am very glad of it. 4. Everybody is mistaken sometimes. 5. Our servant has gone to (the) market (marché, m.). 6. Where are the letters I told you to write? 7. I finished them long ago. 8. Whom do you see coming? 9. I can't 10. Our examinations (examen, m.) are 11. That is the most beautiful song I have ever heard sung. 12. He has promised to spend two or three weeks at our house, provided his father consents to it. 13. If I were sure that he would consent, I should invite a few other friends to come at the same time.

see any one now. always very hard.

14. Is there nobody 15. When we were in

that can tell me what I ought to do? Europe last year, we received a great many letters from our friends, which (ce qui) made us very happy. 16. I do not know whether we shall receive so many, now that we have come home again. 17. You talk too loud; do you think I am deaf? 18. I do not think you are. 19. Don't you know that I am not? 20. I do.

8. 1. Tell us something new. I don't know anything new to tell you. 2. If we had a few francs (of) more, we should have money enough to buy that little gold watch. 3. It costs

ten francs too much.

twenty inches long.

4. How long is that chain? 5. It is

6. Can't you remember anything?

7. If you are neither hungry nor thirsty, do not wait for us 8. Aren't you afraid you will be hungry before 9. I am not. 10. We wish we had something

any longer.

one o'clock ? good to eat.

11. It is possible we may find something at the station. 12. We almost missed the train. 13. It was your fault. 14. I don't care. 15. You ought to be ashamed of your conduct. 16. Do not scold me; this is (c'est aujourd'hui) my birthday. 17. This little girl has learned to write well. 18. How old is she? 19. She is only seven. 20. Who wrote to tell you of our friend's death?

2. It is your

9. 1. Walk in front of me, I beg of you. place to go first. 3. What (quoi de) more fortunate than what happens to you? 4. "What a lot of books!" he said to me. 5. What do you find in these woods? 6. Nothing but tall trees. 7. I often used to go to the little old white church when I was in the country. 8. Let us speak to him about it when he comes. 9. France is a beautiful country; 10. Brittany (la Bretagne) is

12. Which of those 13. Whoever (it may

14. The books of 15. Where is

its inhabitants speak French. perhaps the most interesting part of the whole country. 11. Tell us, please, what that signifies. two churches do you admire the more? be that) did that, he will never come back. which he spoke to you are in the dining-room. the little boy to whose father you gave a franc? 16. I don't know anything about it. 17. We know what you are thinking of. 18. Which of those knives are the heaviest ? 19. You will see him as you go from here. 20. I know I shall, unless I start too late.

10. 1. What is your name? 2. My name is Arthur; what is yours? 3. However great kings may be, they are what we are. 4. Whose is this cane? 5. It's not mine, for I have mine. 6. It must be one of his. 7. It is possible that it belongs to that gentleman with whose son you were just speaking. 8. Don't keep it; give it back to him. 9. What is the matter with him? 10. Nothing, so far as I

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