Note.—Shall is used in the first person, and will in the second and third persons to denote future action. Will is used in the first person, and shall in the second and third persons to denote determination.

EXERCISE.

Select the verbs, and state the tense of each:—

1.	The sailor twitched his shirt of blue,
	And from within his bosom drew
	The kerchief. She was wild.—Alice Cary.
2.	The Christian princes felt that the scene which they had
	beheld weighed heavily on their spirits.—Scott.
3.	The boy stood on the burning deck,
	Whence all but he had fled.—Hemans.
4.	The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick,
	Whom sleeping, she disturbs.—Cowper.
5.	When kindness had his wants supplied,
	And the old man was gratified,
	Began to rise his minstrel pride.—Scott.
6.	He was a man, take him for all in all,
	I shall not look upon his like again.—Shakespeare.

LESSON XLI.

PERSON AND NUMBER.

Point out the different forms of the verb that are used with the different subjects:—

	Singular.	Plural.
First Person.	I write.	We write.
Second Person.	Thou writest.	You write.
Third Person.	He writes.	They write.

The different forms that a verb takes to agree with the person and number of its subject are called person and number forms.