Practical Exercises in English Part 17

7. They _choose_ Mr. W. to be their chairman.

8. The enemy _come_ in force.

9. The boys _dive_ three times.

10. John _is driving_ the cows out of the corn.

11. The boys _are eating_ their supper.

12. An absconding cas.h.i.+er _flees_ to Canada.

13. A robin _flies_ to the vines by my window.

14. The Ohio river _overflows_ its banks.

15. The water in my pitcher _froze_.

16. I _forget_ his name 17. He _gets_ along fairly well.

18. They _go_ by steamer.

19. The sheriff _hangs_ the condemned man.

20. The maid _hangs_ up my cloak.

21. I _lie_ on the couch twenty minutes to rest.

22. Tramps _lie_ by the road below the gate.

23. Boys _lay_ traps for hares.

24. They _lay_ burdens on me greater than I can bear.

25. They _plead_ their cause well.

26. This _proves_ the truth of my a.s.sertion.

27. He _rides_ alone from Litchfield to Waterbury 28. A mist _rises_ before my eye.

29. I _see_ the President often.

30. I _set_ the lamp on the table.

31. He _sits_ by the hour talking politics.

32. Rab _shakes_ the little dog by the neck.

33. He _is shoeing_ my horse.

34. This fact clearly _shows_ the prisoner's guilt.

35. He _speaks_ his declamation well.

36. They _slay_ their prisoners.

37. He _stole_ my watch.

38. Some one _takes_ my hat.

39. He _throws_ cold water on my plan.

40. He _writes_ home.

41. He _wakes_ me every night by his restlessness.

NOTE.--If the teacher thinks that the cla.s.s needs more drill of this kind, Exercises x.x.xVIII. and x.x.xIX. may be reversed, that is, the verbs in x.x.xVIII. may be changed to perfect or pa.s.sive forms; the verbs in x.x.xIX.

to the past tense. If this is done, some of the sentences will have to be slightly recast. In the next exercise drill on the same forms is continued in a different way.

EXERCISE XL.

_Insert the proper form in each of the blanks in the following sentences:--_

AWAKE, WAKE.

1. I--at six o'clock this morning; I have--at about the same time ever since I came to school.

2. Lord Byron one morning--to find himself famous. A certain Mr. Peck--one day last week to find that the _Nation_ had made him notorious.

3. A few nights ago Mr. Michael Dixon was--by a burglar in his bedroom.

4. He--me an hour before time.

5. Have you--your brother?

6. He--as I opened the door.

BEGIN.

7. He had--his speech before we arrived.

8. The Senators--to ask him questions. Then he--to be confused.

BID.

9. When the Major pa.s.sed us he--us good-morning very politely.

10. Father has for--us to go there.

BLOW.

11. Before the sunset gun was fired the bugler--a strain on his bugle.

12. The top-mast of the sloop was--away.

BREAK.

13. Did you hear that Waldo has--his leg?

14. The window was--by Jack.

BURST.

15. When the South Sea bubble--, thousands of families were made poor.

16. The cannon was--by an overcharge of powder.

CHOOSE.

17. If they had--him, they would have--more wisely.

18. A better day for a drive could not have been--.

COME.

19. Harry--running up to me and asked me to lend him my cap.

DIVE.

20. The loon saw the flash of my gun and--.

21. It had--several times before.

DO.

22. I know he--it; for it could not have been--by any one else.

23. Ask him why he--it.

DRIVE.

24. He was--out of town by his indignant neighbors.

25. This stake has been--in deep.

EAT.

26. The sc.r.a.ps were--up by the dog.

27. The men have--their dinner.

FLEE, FLY, FLOW.

28. During the night the river had over--its banks.

29. Benedict Arnold was forced to--the country. He--to England.

30. The birds have--away.

31. The guilty man has--. He--with his family to Mexico.

32. Our meadow was over--during the freshet.

33. The yacht--like a bird before the wind.