the gender of nouns of multitude? 12.  Under what circumstances is it common to disregard the distinction of sex? 13.  In how many ways are the sexes distinguished in grammar? 14.  When the gender is figurative, how is it indicated? 15.  What are Cases, in grammar? 16.  How many cases are there, and what are they called? 17.  What is the nominative case? 18.  What is the subject of a verb? 19.  What is the possessive case? 20.  How is the possessive case of nouns formed? 21.  What is the objective case? 22.  What is the object of a verb, participle, or preposition? 23.  What two cases of nouns are alike in form, and how are they distinguished? 24.  What is the declension of a noun? 25.  How do you decline the nouns, friend, man, fox, and fly?

LESSON VII—­PARSING.

1.  What is required of the pupil in the THIRD PRAXIS? 2.  How many definitions are here to be given for each part of speech? 3.  How is the following example to be parsed?  “The writings of Hannah More appear to me more praise-worthy than Scott’s.”

[Now parse, in like manner, the three lessons of the Third Chapter, or the Third Praxis; and then, if you please, you may correct orally the three lessons of bad English, with which the Third Chapter concludes.]

LESSON VIII.—­ADJECTIVES.

1.  What is an ADJECTIVE, and what are the examples given? 2.  Into what classes may adjectives be divided? 3.  What is a common adjective? 4.  What is a proper adjective? 5.  What is a numeral adjective? 6.  What is a pronominal adjective? 7.  What is a participial adjective? 8.  What is a compound adjective? 9.  What modifications have adjectives? 10.  What is comparison, in grammar? 11.  How many and what are the degrees of comparison? 12.  What is the positive degree? 13.  What is the comparative degree? 14.  What is the superlative degree? 15.  What adjectives cannot be compared? 16.  What adjectives are compared by means of adverbs? 17.  How are adjectives regularly compared? 18.  What principles of spelling must be observed in the comparing of adjectives? 19.  To what adjectives is the regular method of comparison, by er and est, applicable? 20.  Is there any other method of expressing the degrees of comparison? 21.  How are the degrees of diminution, or inferiority, expressed? 22.  Has the regular method of comparison any degrees of this kind? 23.  Do we ever compare by adverbs those adjectives which can be compared by er and est? 24.  How do you compare good? bad, evil, or ill? little? much? many? 25.  How do you compare far? near? fore? hind? in? out? up? low? late? 26.  What words want the positive? 27.  What words want the comparative?

LESSON IX.—­PARSING.

1.  What is required of the pupil in the FOURTH PRAXIS? 2.  How many definitions are here to be given for each part of speech? 3.  How is the following example parsed?  “The best and most effectual method of teaching grammar, is precisely that of which the careless are least fond:  teach learnedly, rebuking whatsoever is false, blundering, or unmannerly.”