EXERCISE.

As it is very important to know by heart the spelling of the terminations of the first conjugation, before proceeding to the second, the pupil should conjugate some of the following verbs; he has only to put a radical before the terminations, which must be written from memory.

clude, which have always the same radical. Of the Verbs which have a variable radical we shall speak presently.

Synoptical Table of the Terminations of the two Conjugations.

This table shows that most terminations of the second conjugation resemble those of the first.

19 are alike

3 in the present indicative .

6 in the imperfect

4 in the imperative

6 in the present subjunctive

3 in the preterite .

21 have a letter less. 6 in the imperfect subjunctive.

7 only are different

6 in the future

6 in the conditional

3 in the present indicative.

3 in the preterite

1 in the imperative

The pupil may conjugate avoir with a noun, as:—J'ai un livre, J'ai faim, soif, froid, chaud, besoin, peur, envie, tort, raison, etc.; and être with an adjective, as:-Je suis jeune, sage, obéissant, propre, etc.