Practical Exercises in English Part 21

26. We will (shall) come as soon as we can.

27. I will (shall) not endure his rudeness.

28. John says he will (shall) stay to see the game.

EXERCISE XLV.

_Insert the proper auxiliary (will, shall) in each blank in the following sentences:_--

1. I ---- be drowned; n.o.body ---- help me.

2. You ---- have a wet day for your journey.

3. He says he ---- not be able to come.

4. We ---- not soon forget this picnic.

5. He ---- repent of his folly when it is too late.

6. We ---- be pleased to have you call.

7. The gathering ---- be informal; therefore I ---- not need my dress suit 8. We ---- have occasion to test the wires to-night.

9. I ---- be obliged to you for your autograph.

10. He ---- be obliged to you.

11. The managers have agreed that the race ---- be rowed again.

12. Do you think we ---- have rain?

13. If the fire is not put out soon, we ---- have the whole town to rebuild.

14. Do not fear; we ---- be all right.

15. A prize is offered to whoever ---- guess this conundrum.

16. We ---- find ourselves much mistaken.

17. The time is coming when we ---- have to go elsewhere for lumber.

18. Are you not afraid that you ---- miss the train?

19. Yes, I fear that I ---- miss the train.

20. He is afraid that he ---- miss the train.

21. They say I ---- find picture-galleries in every city.

22. Think what a happy life we ---- live.

23. If you will call for me, I ---- be glad to go with you.

24. I ---- be sixteen in May.

25. John thinks he ---- be sick to-morrow.

26. He says James ---- be sick to-morrow.

27. Howard thinks he ---- probably live to old age.

28. Howard thinks his brother ---- probably live to old age.

29. He tells me that he--be ten next month.

30. We ---- be all right if Congress will (shall) adjourn without tampering with the tariff.

31. If we examine the falling snow, we ---- find that each flake consists of particles of ice.

32. He has resolved that he ---- not answer the letter.

33. She has resolved that her daughter ---- not answer his letter.

34. I ---- feel greatly obliged if you ---- tell me.

35. When He--appear, we ---- be like Him.

36. I hope we ---- be in time to get good seats.

37. When ---- I come to get my paper?

38. ---- I put more coal on the fire?

39. ---- you be sorry to leave Boston?

40. ---- you be elected?

41. When ---- we three meet again?

42. ---- I fetch a chair for you?

43. ---- you be surprised to hear it?

44. ---- you do me the favor to reply by return mail?

45. ---- we have time to get our tickets?

46. ---- you have time to get your ticket?

47. ---- he have time to get his ticket?

48. ---- there be time to get our tickets?

49. ---- you be at leisure after dinner?

50. ---- I find you at home?

51. When ---- we have peace?

52. ---- he find gold there? ---- we find any?

53. ---- we hear a good lecture if we go?

54. If I fail on this examination,---- I be allowed to take it over again?

EXERCISE XLVI.

_Insert the proper auxiliary (would, should) in each blank in the following sentences_:--

1. I ---- like to know who he is.

2. We ---- prefer to go by boat from Rhinebeck.

3. He ---- prefer to go by boat from Poughkeepsie.

4. He ---- be sorry to miss his train.

5. I ---- be sorry to lose this umbrella.

6. I ---- feel hurt if he ---- abuse my hospitality in that way.

7. Were I to go, I ---- get tired.

8. He ought to have known that we ---- be ruined.

9. I ---- think he ---- know they are fooling him.

10. The head-master decided that you ---- be promoted.

11. Ralph said he ---- (volition) not stay at the hotel if it were not better kept.

12. Though I ---- die for it, yet ---- I do it.

13. I was afraid she ---- not come.

14. If I knew where she is, I ---- write to her.

15. We ---- have been paid, if the treasurer had been at home.

16. They ---- have been paid, if the treasurer had been at home.

17. I said nothing lest she ---- feel hurt.

18. I asked her whether she ---- come again.

19. He promised that it ---- not occur again.

20. If it ---- rain, we would not start.

21. Queen Isabella offered a reward to the first man who ---- discover land.

22. Cornelia was afraid that we ---- miss the train.

23. I expected that they ---- accept the proposal.

24. He said Miss Anderson ---- not return to the stage.

25. Franklin resolved that Collins ---- row. Collins said that he ---- not row, but that Franklin ---- row in his place.

26. At first I did not think I ---- enjoy seeing the World's Fair.

27. What ---- we do without our friends?

28. If he ---- come to-day, would (should) you be ready?

QUESTIONS OF TENSE.[80]--The tense of a verb should correctly express the time referred to. Most errors in the use of tenses are violations of some one of the following principles, which are established by good usage:--

1. Princ.i.p.al verbs referring to the same time should be in the same tense.