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18 Be sure that your pupils give the correct sound of ĕ in these forms. They will sound it long if not warned.

Make a blank scheme of these three tenses and drill on them until the pupils can give any form and its translation instantly.

In writing these inflections, instruct the class to separate by a hyphen the personal ending of each form from what precedes.

The dialogue in § 124 brings into use every form of sum thus far learned. Have it memorized, or, on the review, have the class, with books closed, translate it sentence by sentence as you read it.

In § 125. 9, explain that because is not a conjunction but a preposition, and that because of industry is to be translated by an ablative of cause.

LESSON XIX

§ 126. The word stem is here used for the first time. It is explained in the footnote, but will need additional explanation from the teacher.

Instill from the outset correct methods of reciting and writing verb forms. (See M. 8.)

§ 129. Pronounce each verb in this list with its infinitive, and have the class repeat.

§ 130. In English the three forms of expression are called respectively the present, the progressive present and the emphatic present.

Vary the recitation of verbs by calling for the active indicative present of the verbs love and advise in English, requiring pupils to translate each person and number into Latin.

LESSON XX

Have students at the board write both the present and imperfect of the verbs in § 129. Require them to separate the component parts of each form by hyphens, as, amā-s, amā-bā-s.

In the oral work make sure that the accent is properly placed.

Lay stress on § 134. After students have learned the perfect they are inclined to the error that either the imperfect or perfect