For +Written Parsing+, see Lesson 22. Add the needed columns.

+Oral Parsing+.--_Flowers_ is a noun, because----; _preach_ is a verb,
because----; _to_ is a _preposition_, because it shows the relation, in
sense, between _us_ and _preach;_ _us_ is a pronoun, because it is used
instead of the name of the speaker and the names of those for whom he
speaks.

1. The golden lines of sunset glow.
2. A smiling landscape lay before us.
3. Columbus was born at Genoa.
4. The forces of Hannibal were routed by Scipio.
5. The capital of New York is on the Hudson.
6. The ships sail over the boisterous sea.
7. All names of the Deity should begin with capital letters.
8. Air is composed chiefly of two invisible gases.
9. The greater portion of South America lies between the tropics.
10. The laurels of the warrior must at all times be dyed in blood.
11. The first word of every entire sentence should begin with a capital
letter.
12. The subject of a sentence is generally placed before the predicate.

Impromptu Exercise.

(The teacher may find it profitable to make a separate lesson of this
exercise.)

Let the teacher write on the board a subject and a predicate that will
admit of many modifiers. The pupils are to expand the sentence into as many
separate sentences as possible, each containing one apt phrase modifier.