An unit; an utensil; an university; an ewe; an ewer; an union; an use; an
history; an one.

_Unit_ begins with the sound of the consonant _y_; and _one_, with that of
_w_.

+To the Teacher+.--See "Suggestions for COMPOSITION EXERCISES," p. 8, last
paragraph.




LESSON 24.

MODIFIED PREDICATES.

+Hints for Oral Instruction+.--I will now show you how the _predicate_ of a
sentence may be modified.

_The ship sails gracefully_. What word is here joined to _sails_ to tell
the _manner_ of sailing? +P+.--_Gracefully_.

+T+.--_The ship sails immediately_. What word is here joined to _sails_ to
tell the _time_ of sailing? +P+.--_Immediately_.

+T+.--_The, ship sails homeward_. What word is here joined to _sails_ to
tell the _direction_ of sailing? +P+.--_Homeward_.

+T+.--These words _gracefully, immediately_, and _homeward_ are modifiers
of the predicate. In the first sentence, _sails gracefully_ is the