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 DRILL EXERCISKS.

[Tbe sections of ihcse drill exercises are numliered to cor'?<pond wiih thc sections of ihe tcxt on which theygive practice. AU the Wtrds o.curringin them wil! lie found in the corresponding sections of the " Prcp.trations " (pp. 59 ff.) The Latin scntfnces may he used for viva voce praclice, and may be varicd at the discretion of ihe teacher by sub.stituting othcr words that havc bcen uscd in the text of the story. They will also serve as models for translating the English sentences that foUow them into Latin. The nur/ibers in brackets in tht Exercises refer to seclions o/lhe " Preparations" not to sections of the Exercises thewselves ; and they servethe purpose of an English-Latin Vocabulary. Thus in Ex. 4 (/. loj) the reference to %3 after the worJ ^for' nieans that the Latin word 'juanted ■will be found in %2 of the Preparations {p. 6i),1

§r, {Nominaiive and Ablative Singular.)

Villa est bella.

Castanea est bella.

Ancilla in villa habitat.

Ora maritima non procul a^ villa est.

Non procul ab ora maritima habito.

Sub castanea interdum canto.

How prctty is the chestnut-tree ! Not far froni the chestnut-tree a nightingale sings. Not far from ihe country-house is the sea-shore.- Not far from the sea-shore is the chestnut-tree. In the country house I now Uve.

^ d is used for ab bcfore a consonant.

''Order of Words, Rule I. — Put the Adjective immediately AFTEH ita Noun. The English ordcr is just the opposite ; ihus !,ure Eni^lish say? ' a pretty house,' Lalin says 'a house prelty'; where En.^; S s.-»ys ' Ihe sea shore ' or ' the maritime shore' Latin says ' the shore m. liii nc.' This rule applies also to Possessive Adjectives, like ' my,' 'yiur,' ' his,' 'our,' 'their': thus where English says ' my aunt' Lntin s.ys ' aunt mine.' But the rule does not apply lo Adjectives used with llte verh 'to ! •,' a<; in ' the country-hoiise is prelty ' or ' how pretty ihe country-house is !'