the meadow. The _flowing_ stream slipped away to the sea. The _flowing_ of
the stream caused a low murmur. The stream flows. The sun rises. Insects
hum. The birds sing. The wind whistles. The bells are ringing. The tide
ebbs.

Form _infinitive phrases_ from the following verbs, and use these phrases
as _adjectives, adverbs_, and _nouns_, in sentences of your own building.

Smoke, dance, burn, eat, lie, try.

+To the Teacher+.--For exercises to distinguish the participle from the
predicate verb, see Notes, pp. 181, 182.




LESSON 53.

NOUNS AND PRONOUNS AS MODIFIERS.

+Hints for Oral Instruction+.--In the sentence, _The robin's eggs are
blue_, the noun _robin's_ does what? +P+.--It tells what or whose eggs are
blue. +T+.--What word names the things owned or possessed? +P+.--_Eggs_.
+T+.--What word names the owner or possessor? +P+.--_Robin's_.

+T+.--The noun _robin's_ is here used as a _modifier_. You see that this
word, which I have written on the board, is the word _robin_ with a little
mark (') called an apostrophe, and the letter _s_ added. These are added to
denote possession.