- Perhaps I (shall, will) be able to go.
- I tell you, I (shall will) not allow that dog in the car.
- It is odd what a person (shall, will) do in a time of excitement.
- They have never seen anything like it, and probably they never (shall, will).
- "Johnny, you (shall, will) not go!" Johnny knew that further begging was useless.
- As we (shall, will) find by investigation, our coast fortifications are few.
- I (shouldn't, wouldn't) do that for anything.
- I (should, would) think you (should, would) enjoy your bicycle.
- (Shall, will) you go driving with us?
- Do you think it (shall, will) rain?
- Where (shall, will) I hang my hat?
- (Should, would) you go if I (should, would) ask you?
- Rover (should, would) stay in the house all the time, if we (should, would) let him.
- I promised that I (should, would) be at the station early, lest we (should, would) miss the train.
- You (shall, will) have much trouble with that cold, I'm afraid.
[D. Lie, lay; sit, set; rise, raise]
Fix in mind the following principal parts:
| I lie | I lay | I have lain |
| I lay | I laid | I have laid |
| I sit | I sat | I have sat |
| I set | I set | I have set |
| I rise | I rose | I have risen |
| I raise | I raised | I have raised |
Lie, sit, rise are used intransitively; lay, set, raise are used transitively. Lay, set, raise are causatives; that is, to lay means to cause to lie, etc.
Insert a correct form of the verb lie or lay:
- I —— here and watch the clouds. My dog is ——ing at my feet.
- In the evening I —— aside all cares. I —— down on the couch and read. Yesterday I —— there an hour.
- The children have —— in bed until seven o'clock. John has —— his coat on a chair. He —— there asleep now.
- —— the shovel down. The garden is now —— out in rows. —— down and take a little rest.
- Smoke —— along the horizon. Snow was ——ing here yesterday. He is ——ing plans for the future.
Insert a correct form of the verb sit or set:
- Jerome —— the box on the floor. Then he —— on the box.[class="transnotes" this list should start from 6...]
- Four people are ——ing at the table. Who —— the lamp there?
- I had —— there an hour. They had —— the pitcher outside the door.
- I often —— up late. Last night I —— up late. I must ——the alarm clock.
- —— the package down. —— down and rest. While we are ——ing there the gardener is ——ing out the plants.
Insert a correct form of the verb rise or raise: