_The_, an article definite--_rose_, a substantive, neuter gender, singular number--_in_, a preposition--_your_, a possessive pronoun--_nosegay_, a substantive--_was_, a verb neuter past tense--_very_, an adverb--_beautiful_, an adjective--_a_, an article indefinite--_little_, an adjective--_while_, a substantive--_ago_, an adverb--_but_, a conjunction--_alas!_, an interjection--_it_, a personal pronoun neuter gender--_is_, a verb--_now_, an adverb--_quite_, an adverb,--_dead_, a verb, participle passive. * * * * * Children might soon understand that a case in grammar signifies the different terminations of nouns and pronouns. A noun has two cases, the nominative which simply names the object: it generally precedes the verb, and answers to the questions who? which? what? The genitive denotes possession and is formed by adding an apostrophe, and the letter _s_ to the nominative; it answers to the question whose? When the plural nominative ends in _s_ the apostrophe only is added: ex. _Anne_ plays. Who? Anne.--_Mary's_ gown. Whose? _Mary's._--_Birds'_ feathers. Whose? _Birds'._ A personal pronoun has two cases the _nominative_ and the _objective_. The nominative precedes the verb, and requires it to be of the same person and number as itself; it answers to the questions, who? which? what? The objective follows the verb, and answers to the question whom? ex. _I_ dance, who? _I._--We love _her_, whom? _her._ SINGULAR. PLURAL. _Nom._ _Objec._ _Nom._ _Objec._ I Me We Us Thou Thee You You He Him They Them She Her It It The accusative case of the relative pronoun _who_ is _whom_. _CHAPTER IV_ SUNDAY. _Mrs. Harley._ Come hither, my love: you know that to-day is called _Sunday_, and is set apart for the observance of _religious_ duties. You have read in the Bible that God created the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all that therein is, in the space of six days, that he rested on the seventh, and called that day holy, ordering his people so to observe it, and to abstain from every kind of labour throughout its duration. Therefore, the Jews, to whom this commandment was originally given, keep their sabbath on Saturday, the last day in the week; but Christians, who have been taught the blessed religion of Jesus, begin the week with praising God. No command for changing the day of worship seems ever to have been given, either by our Saviour or the apostles; but we know that it was the custom of the earliest Christians, even during our Lord's time, to meet together on the first day of the week for the purpose of holding religious assemblies; and all nations which have embraced the religion of the New Testament have adhered to this practice. _Anne._ Thank you, mamma. Will you now perform your promise of giving me a new morning and evening prayer?