+To the Teacher+.—See Notes, pp. 167-169.
REVIEW QUESTIONS.
With respect to what, do we classify words (Lesson 14)? What are such classes called? Can you illustrate this classification? What are all names? What is a noun? What is the first step in parsing? What is the rule for writing individual names?
LESSON 16.
VERBS.
+Hints for Oral Instruction+.—We propose to introduce you now to another class of words. (The teacher may here refer to the talk about birds.)
You have learned that one very large class of words consists of names of things. There is another very important class of words used to tell what these things do, or used to express their existence.
When I say, Plants grow, is grow the name of anything? +P+.—No. +T+.—What does it do? +P+.—It tells what plants do. It expresses action.
+T+.—When I say, God is, what does is express? +P+.—It expresses existence, or being.
+T+.—When I say, George sleeps, sleeps expresses being and something more; it tells the condition, or state in which George is, or exists, that is, it expresses state of being.