1. We think.
2. She prattles.
3. We have recited.
4. I study.
5. You have been seen.
6. It has been decided.
7. He was punished.
8. They are conquered.
9. Thou art adored.

Compose nine similar sentences, using a pronoun for the subject of each,
and diagram them.

+To the Teacher.--+Call special attention to the agreement of the verb with
_I_ and _you_. See Notes, p. 164.

Before this recitation closes, explain "Modified Subject." See "Hints for
Oral Instruction."




LESSON 20.

MODIFIED SUBJECT.

+Hints for Oral Instruction.--+The _Subject_ and the _Predicate_ may be
considered as the foundation on which every sentence is built. No sentence
can be constructed without them.