6. —— I be permitted to say that you —— see him before anything is done?
7. Jim Hawkins was mortally afraid that he —— be killed by Long John Silver; and in turn Long John began to fear that Jim —— be the death of him.
8. —— you like some bread? [Here should is the right word; to like is a word of volition, and it does not need the volitive auxiliary would.]
9. —— you mind my asking where you bought that jersey?
10. His father insisted that he —— stick to the task; and the son afterwards seemed glad of the fact, and asked whether he —— do some more work of the same sort.
11. If we were better, we —— be happier.
12. In which sentence can a contraction of he would be used? (a) He said —— be glad to accept. (b) Luther declared —— go to a certain city, though there were as many devils there as tiles on the housetops.
13. —— I be asked to go? Yes, you will.
14. Of whom —— I be afraid?