4.  Insert the indefinite article rightly in each of the following phrases:  new name—­very quick motion—­other sheep—­such power—­what instance—­great weight—­such worthy cause—­to great difference—­high honour—­humble station—­universal law—­what strange event—­so deep interest—­as firm hope—­so great wit—­humorous story—­such person—­few dollars—­little reflection.

EXERCISE II.—­NOUNS.

1.  Write the plurals of the following nouns:  town, country, case, pin, needle, harp, pen, sex, rush, arch, marsh, monarch, blemish, distich, princess, gas, bias, stigma, wo, grotto, folio, punctilio, ally, duty, toy, money, entry, valley, volley, half, dwarf, strife, knife, roof, muff, staff, chief, sheaf, mouse, penny, ox, foot, erratum, axis, thesis, criterion, bolus, rebus, son-in-law, pailful, man-servant, fellow-citizen.

2.  Write the feminines corresponding to the following nouns:  earl, friar, stag, lord, duke, marquis, hero, executor, nephew, heir, actor, enchanter, hunter, prince, traitor, lion, arbiter, tutor, songster, abbot, master, uncle, widower, son, landgrave.

3.  Write the possessive case singular, of the following nouns:  table, leaf, boy, torch, park, porch, portico, lynx, calf, sheep, wolf, echo, folly, cavern, father-in-law, court-martial, precipice, countess, lordship.

4.  Write the possessive case plural, of the following nouns:  priest, tutor, scholar, mountain, city, courtier, judge, citizen, woman, servant, writer, grandmother.

5.  Write the possessive case, both singular and plural, of the following nouns:  body, fancy, lady, attorney, negro, nuncio, life, brother, deer, child, wife, goose, beau, envoy, distaff, hero, thief, wretch.

EXERCISE III.—­ADJECTIVES.

1.  Annex a suitable noun to each of the following adjectives, without repeating any word:  good, great, tall, wise, strong, dark, dangerous, dismal, drowsy, twenty, true, difficult, pale, livid, ripe, delicious, stormy, rainy, convenient, heavy, disastrous, terrible, necessary.  Thus—­good manners, &c.

2.  Place a suitable adjective before each of the following nouns, without repeating any word:  man, son, merchant, work, fence, fear, poverty, picture, prince, delay, suspense, devices, follies, actions.  Thus—­wise man, &c.

3.  Write the forms in which the following adjectives are compared by inflection, or change of form:  black, bright, short, white, old, high, wet, big, few, lovely, dry, fat, good, bad, little, much, many, far, true, just, vast.

4.  Write the forms in which the following adjectives are compared, using the adverbs of increase:  delightful, comfortable, agreeable, pleasant, fortunate, valuable, wretched, vivid, timid, poignant, excellent, sincere, honest, correct.

5.  Write the forms in which the following adjectives are compared, using the comparative adverbs of inferiority or diminution:  objectionable, formidable, forcible, comely, pleasing, obvious, censurable, prudent, imprudent, imperfect, pleasant, unpleasant.