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 +Modified Predicate+.
Let the following modifiers be written on the board as the pupil suggests them.
| instantly.
| soon.
| daily.
| hither.
The ship sails + hence.
| there.
| rapidly.
| smoothly.
| well.
Which words indicate the time of sailing? Which, the place? Which, the manner?