7. One instant Harvey Birch stood completely helpless.
8. The next moment he threw his pack on the ground and
ran toward the wood.

9. He was near the wood when a group of horsemen
rode by.

10. Birch thought that he must yield to his enemies, but suddenly he saw a chance of safety.

Classify the verbs and tell the tense, number, and person of each.

Select the adverbs and tell how each is used. Compare those that can be compared.

Tell the construction of each noun; classify the pronouns and tell the construction of each.

The verbs bring and take are often confused by persons who do not use the English language correctly.

Bring means to carry to the place where the speaker is; to carry from a more distant point to a nearer.

Take means to carry away or remove from the place where the speaker is; or from a nearer place to one farther away.

The principal parts of bring are bring, brought, brought. The principal parts of take are take, took, taken.

Repeat the following sentences to yourself several times and be prepared to take part in the rapid repetition of them in class, each member giving a sentence:

1. I bring the book now.

2. I brought the book yesterday.

3. I have brought my book every day.

4. I take the book from you now.

5. I took the book from you yesterday.
6. I have taken the book from you often.
7. I took my book home yesterday.

8. I have taken my book home every day.

Answer the following questions, using complete sentences:

1. Did you bring your paint-brush today?
2. Did you take your reader home?
3. When did you bring these flowers?

4. Did you take those apples home?
5. Did you bring me your paper?

6. Will you take these flowers to your sick friend?

2. Written Exercise.

Fill the blanks in the following sentences with the correct forms of bring or take:

1. John's mother said, "Be sure to

your reader

your reader

your paints to school,

8. John said to his mother, "Miss Stanley said I might this paper home to show you, but I must

it back tomorrow."

9. His mother said, "I hope you will

good a paper tomorrow."

home as

10. The next morning John's mother said, "Do not forget

to

your history paper with you, John."

A stranger came one night to Yussouf's tent,
Saying, "Behold one outcast and in dread,
Against whose life the bow of power is bent,
Who flies, and hath not where to lay his head;

I come to thee for shelter and for food,

To Yussouf, called through all our tribes 'The Good.""

"This tent is mine," said Yussouf, "but no more
Than it is God's; come in, and be at peace;

Freely shalt thou partake of all my store
As I of His who buildeth over these

Our tents his glorious roof of night and day,
And at whose door none ever yet heard 'Nay."".

So Yussouf entertained his guest that night,
And, waking him ere day, said: "Here is gold;
My swiftest horse is saddled for thy flight;
Depart before the prying day grow bold."
As one lamp lights another, nor grows less,
So nobleness enkindleth nobleness.

That inward light the stranger's face made grand,
Which shines from all self-conquest; kneeling low,
He bowed his forehead upon Yussouf's hand,
Sobbing: "O, Sheik, I cannot leave thee so;
I will repay thee; all this thou hast done
Unto that Ibrahim who slew thy son!"

"Take thrice the gold," said Yussouf, "for with thee
Into the desert, never to return,

My one black thought shall ride away from me;
First-born, for whom by day and night I yearn,
Balanced and just are all of God's decrees;

Thou art avenged, my first-born, sleep in peace!”
James Russell Lowell.

2. Study of Poem.

Prepare a list of questions on this poem and a list of words for study.

3. Memorizing.

Commit to memory the following lines from the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Proverbs:

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Report to your class your observation of the progress in the construction of some building, or the improvement of some street or road; or report observations of changes in trees, the coming of birds, or other signs of spring.

LESSON 108 CLAUSES: VERBS, ADVERBS, NOUNS,
PRONOUNS

Classify according to form the sentences in the following list.

Classify the clauses and tell the subject and the predicate of each.

1. Captain Lawton urged his horse at full speed toward the wall, and horse and rider flew over.

2. The spy saw the saber above his head and his strength left him.

3. He fell to the ground at the feet of the horse.

4. The horse stumbled and fell, and his rider fell with him. 5. Birch was not injured, but the captain lay unconscious. 6. The spy could have killed his enemy, because the soldiers were far away.

7. He snatched the captain's saber and raised it in the air. 8. He forgave the enemy who had injured him so greatly. 9. He repaid evil with good.

10. Only the truly great return good for evil.

Classify the verbs and tell the tense, number, and person of each.

Select the adverbs and tell how each is used. Compare those that can be compared.

Tell the construction of each noun; classify the pronouns and tell the construction of each.

LESSON 109 MAKING COMPOUND AND COMPLEX

SENTENCES

From the following simple sentences make complex and compound sentences:

1. A stranger came to Yussouf's tent one night.

2. He cried out in terror.

3. I am a fugitive.

4. I need food and shelter.

5. You are called "The Good."

6. Help me now.

7. Yussouf answered the trembling stranger.
8. Come in.

9. This tent does not belong to me alone.

10. It is God's as well as mine.

11. God gives freely to me.

12. He refuses no one.

13. I give freely to you.

14. Yussouf took care of the stranger that night.

15. At dawn Yussouf roused him from sleep.

16. Take this money.

17. My swiftest horse is ready for you.

18. You may yet escape.

19. The stranger knelt down.