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2. Man is an animal.

3. Was.h.i.+ngton captured Cornwallis.

4. Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.

5. Balboa discovered the Pacific ocean.

6. Vulcan was a blacksmith.

7. The summer has been very rainy.

8. Columbus made four voyages to the New World.

9. The moon reflects the light of the sun.

10. The first vice-president of the United States was John Adams.

11. Roger Williams was the founder of Rhode Island.

12. Harvey discovered the circulation of blood.

13. Diamonds are combustible.

14. Napoleon died a prisoner, at St.. Helena.

15. In 1619 the first s.h.i.+p-load of slaves was landed at Jamestown.

The pupil will notice that _animal_, in sentence No. 2, is an _attribute complement_, though it is not an adjective expressing a quality belonging to man, but a noun denoting his cla.s.s. +_Nouns_+ then may be +_attribute compliments_+.

The pupil will notice also that some of the _object_ and _attribute complements_ above have phrase modifiers.

LESSON 43.

SENTENCE-BUILDING.

Using the following predicates, build sentences having subjects, predicates, and object complements with or without modifiers.

---- climb ----; ---- hunt ----; ---- command ----; ---- attacked ----; ---- pursued ----; ---- shall receive ----; ---- have seen ----; ---- love ----.

Change the following expressions into sentences by _a.s.serting_ the qualities here _a.s.sumed_. Use these verbs for predicates:

Is, were, appears, may be, became, was, have been, should have been, is becoming, are.

+Model+.--_Heavy_ gold. Gold _is heavy_.

Green fields; sweet oranges; interesting story; brilliant sunrise; severe punishment; playful kittens; warm weather; pitiful sight; sour grapes; amusing anecdote.

Prefix to the following nouns several adjectives expressing qualities, and then make complete sentences by _a.s.serting_ the same qualities.

white | Chalk _is white_.

+Model+.--brittle + chalk. Chalk _is brittle_.

soft | Chalk _is soft_.

Gold, pears, pens, lead, water, moon, vase, rock, lakes, summer, ocean, valley.

Find your own material, and build two sentences having object complements, and two having attribute complements.

LESSON 44.