LESSON XLVI.

THE FORMS OF THE VERBS SHALL AND WILL.

SHALL.

	PRESENT TENSE.
Singular.		Plural.
1. I shall,		1. We shall,
2. Thou shalt,		2. You shall,
3. He shall.		3. They shall.

	PAST TENSE.
Singular.		Plural.
1. I should,		1. We should,
2. Thou shouldst,		2. You should,
3. He should.		3. They should.

WILL.

	PRESENT TENSE.
Singular.		Plural.
1. I will,		1. We will,
2. Thou wilt,		2. You will,
3. He will.		3. They will.

	PAST TENSE.
Singular.		Plural.
1. I would,		1. We would,
2. Thou wouldst,		2. You would,
3. He would.		3. They would.

The auxiliaries shall and will are used with the infinitive to form the future tense of a verb. To denote simple futurity shall is used in the first person, and will in the second and third persons; as, I shall go to-morrow; You will go again; He will go next year.

To make a promise or to denote determination, will is used in the first person, and shall in the second and third persons; as, I will get it for you; You shall not go; He shall do that work.

Should and would have the same uses as shall and will.

EXERCISE.

Tell how shall and will. are used in the following sentences:—

1.	The expectation of the wicked shall perish.—Bible.
2.	When ye come where I have stepped,
	Ye will wonder why ye wept.—E. Arnold.
3.	Well, see to live; I will not touch thine eyes
	For all the treasure that thine uncle owns.—Shakespeare.
4.	He that covereth his sins shall not prosper.—Bible.
5.	But in my time a father’s word was law,
	And so it shall be now for me.—Tennyson.
6.	If I talk to him, with his innocent prate
	He will awake my mercy, which lies dead:
	Therefore I will be sudden, and despatch.—Shakespeare.
7.	The cock’s shrill clarion, or the echoing horn,
	No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.—Gray.
8.	“If you are not the heiress born,
	And I,” said he, “the lawful heir,
	We too shall wed to-morrow morn,
	And you shall still be Lady Clare.”—Tennyson.