State the use of the verb be in each of the following sentences:—
| 1. | “Alas,” said I, “man was made in vain!”—Addison. | |
| 2. | Brevity is the soul of wit.—Shakespeare. | |
| 3. | The waves were white, and red the morn, | |
| In the noisy hour when I was born.—Procter. | ||
| 4. | It was a summer evening, | |
| Old Kaspar’s work was done, | ||
| And he before his cottage door | ||
| Was sitting in the sun.—Southey. | ||
| 5. | It is my lady, O, it is my love! | |
| O, that she knew she were!—Shakespeare. | ||
| 6. | When the heart is right there is true patriotism.—Berkeley. | |
| 7. | True worth is in being, not seeming.—A. Cary. | |
| 8. | We are such stuff | |
| As dreams are made on; and our little life | ||
| Is rounded with a sleep.—Shakespeare. |
EXERCISE II.
1. Write four examples of the verb be used as an independent verb.
2. Write four examples of the verb be used in making the progressive form.
3. Write four examples of the verb be used in forming the passive voice.
LESSON XLVIII.
OTHER AUXILIARY VERBS.
In the last three lessons we have studied the auxiliaries used in distinguishing the time of an action. We shall now study the auxiliaries can, may, must, ought, should and would, which enable us to express other distinctions.