2. Write sentences in which the verb teach is used in the present progressive, past progressive, future progressive, perfect progressive, pluperfect progressive, and future perfect progressive tenses of the active voice.
3. Write ten questions containing some form of do (or did).
EXERCISE 35
([§§ 262–286], [pp. 115–123])
Point out all the verbs in the imperative or the subjunctive mood. Tell the subjects of the imperatives and explain the forms and uses of the subjunctives.
1. And now dispatch we toward the court, my lords.—Shakspere. 2. I think you had better speak to Lady Corisande yourself ([§ 285]). 3. My dear boy, God bless thee a thousand times over! 4. O that the desert were my dwelling place! 5. “Rest we here,” Matilda said.—Scott. 6. Go where thy destiny calls thee. 7. Now Hesper guide my feet.—Akenside. 8. O that such hills upheld a freeborn race!—Byron. 9. Perish those riches which are acquired at the expense of my honor or my humanity!—Goldsmith. 10. Would all were well! but that will never be.—Shakspere. 11. The distaff were more fitting for you. 12. Robert hesitated, as if he were inclined to refuse. 13. Do what they might, the hook was in their gills.—George Meredith. 14. Fare you well, fair gentlemen.—Shakspere. 15. Suffice it to say, the robbers were defeated. 16. Disclose thy treachery, or die! 17. Let us not be influenced by any angry feelings. 18. Be that as it may, Kidd never returned to recover his wealth.
19. I would to God my heart were flint, like Edward’s.—Shakspere. 20. Move we on.—Scott. 21. Mark that the signal-gun be duly fired.—Byron. 22. The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn. 23. I am glad that you liked my song, and, if I liked the others myself so well as that I sent you, I would transcribe them for you also.—Cowper. 24. I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts.—Shakspere. 25. If there be change, no change I see.—Landor. 26. Be it as thou wilt. 27. Weep you no more, sad fountains. 28. If thou leave thy father, he will die.—Wordsworth. 29. Come thou no more for ransom, gentle herald.—Shakspere. 30. Learn thou his purpose. 31. Come, go we in procession to the village.—Shakspere. 32. The destruction of property which took place within a few weeks would be incredible, if it were not attested by witnesses unconnected with each other and attached to very different interests.
33. I wish I were as I have been,
Hunting the hart in forest green.—Scott.34. Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.—Shakspere.35. Buried be all that has been done,
Or say that naught is done amiss.—Crabbe.
EXERCISE 36
([§§ 272–286], [pp. 118–123])
Fill each blank with a verb in the appropriate form.
- 1. O that he —— here!
- 2. Would that I —— there!
- 3. If he —— a little older, I should take him into partnership.
- 4. —— you asked me to go, I should have refused.
- 5. —— you to ask me, I should refuse.
- 6. If you —— there, I should have seen you.
- 7. I am glad I saw the play, even if I —— a little disappointed.
- 8. I should have been glad to see the play, even if I —— a little disappointed.
- 9. I should be glad to see the play, even if I —— a little disappointed.
- 10. I shall be glad to see the play, even if I —— a little disappointed.
- 11. Though he —— to increase my salary, I should not remain in his employ. [Use the copula.]
- 12. Unless he —— to increase my salary, I should not remain in his employ. [Use the copula.]
- 13. When Tom saw you, you looked as if you —— angry. [Use the copula.]
- 14. When Tom sees you, I suppose you will look as if you —— angry.
- 15. I must remind him to post this letter, lest he —— it.
EXERCISE 37
([§§ 287–295], [pp. 124–127])
Explain the meaning of each potential verb-phrase, and parse the phrase. In parsing such a phrase, describe it merely as a potential verb-phrase and tell the tense, voice, person, and number, without assigning it to any mood.