1. Study

Be able to give a reason for each punctuation mark and each capital letter used in these sentences:

1. "Our dear companion, Will Stutely, hath been taken," cried Robin Hood.

2. Robin lay hidden in Sherwood Forest for a year.

3. "Good-morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin.

4. "Dost thou see what that vile knave, Reynold Greenleaf, hath done?" cried the cook.

5. "Man, man," quoth he.

6. "Good friend," said the other, "let me go my way. I have nothing to give thee."

7. "I do believe," quoth Robin Hood, " that this is the merriest feast, the merriest wight, the merriest place, and the merriest sight in all England."

Prepare to write these sentences from dictation.

2. Written Exercise

Copy and punctuate these sentences:

1. never mind touching your hat sam said mr weller

2. sleep sleep little one sleep

3. they took a roll of bright colored cloth some ornaments some fish hooks and went away contented

4. lord ronald brought a lily-white doe to give his cousin lady clare

5. bring me my good sword excalibur said king arthur

6. get up get up they cried up with you lazy bones

3. Dictation

Be ready to write correctly the sentences in Exercise 2 as your teacher dictates them to you.