LAY AND LIE

  1. I —— down this afternoon to rest.
  2. I —— in bed until late every morning.
  3. I have frequently —— in bed until eleven.
  4. He always —— his books on the desk.
  5. He just now —— his books on the desk.
  6. He has —— them there every morning.
  7. His books have sometimes —— there all day.
  8. His books have sometimes been ——ing there before I arrive.
  9. 9. After he —— down he remembered that he had left a letter on his desk.
  10. Will it not be well for you to —— down for a while?
  11. I —— on the grass yesterday for an hour or more.
  12. I have —— down and feel much better.
  13. Now I —— me down to sleep.
  14. The scene of the play is —— in rural Pennsylvania.
  15. The tramps —— behind the barn waiting for dawn.
  16. I had —— down to rest before (set or sit) ting out on my journey.
  17. The floor was —— by an expert carpenter.
  18. She told me to —— the matter before the teacher.
  19. —— down, Fido.
  20. When we are weary, we —— down.
  21. Who —— that on the table?
  22. He has repeatedly —— about the matter.
  23. He —— without the slightest hesitation.
  24. ——ing down is a good way to rest.
  25. ——ing is a sin.
  26. He —— to his father, and his father knew it.

RAISE AND RISE (ARISE)

  1. I will —— and go unto my father.
  2. He has —— early to-day.
  3. I do not know why he —— so early.
  4. —— your hand if you know.
  5. Everyone —— his hand.
  6. They have all —— their hands.
  7. All their hands were —— at once.
  8. The price of meat has ——.
  9. The bread would not ——.
  10. I —— in order that I might see better.
  11. The flag was very carefully ——.
  12. He tried to —— himself from the condition into which he had fallen.
  13. The curtain is to —— at eight. I myself shall see to ——ing it then.
  14. The boy —— and answers.
  15. He is —— rapidly to prominence.
  16. Will you please —— the window?
  17. The safe was —— by means of a rope.
  18. It is like trying to —— one's self by one's boot-straps.
  19. —— and march to the front of the room.
  20. The river —— rapidly.

FELL AND FALL

  1. Gladstone, when living, —— a tree each morning for exercise.
  2. To —— an ox with one blow of the fist is a feat of wonderful strength.
  3. He was —— to the earth by a blow from a club.
  4. To —— often is to be expected in learning to skate.
  5. ——ing down is a small matter to the young.
  6. He has often —— from the roof of the porch.
  7. After he —— once, he seemed to try to do so again.
  8. I did not see him——.
  9. Not a shot is fired but a bird ——.
  10. Let the tree be —— across the road.
  11. It is hard to avoid ——ing on the ice.

AWAKE AND WAKE

  1. Have them —— me very early.
  2. He went upstairs and —— his brother.
  3. His brother did not wish to be —— so early.
  4. This morning I —— at dawn.
  5. It is unpleasant to —— so early.
  6. You say that you have never —— after nine?
  7. Who —— so early, this morning?
  8. He would not say who —— him.
  9. ——ing in the dead of night is unpleasant.
  10. ——ing everybody up by their noise is an every night occurrence.
  11. The sun —— me early.
  12. The whole country-side seemed to —— at once.
  13. He had himself —— at six o'clock.

58. Mode. Mode is that form of the verb which indicates the manner in which the action or state is to be regarded. There are several modes in English, but only between the indicative and subjunctive modes is the distinction important. Generally speaking, the Indicative Mode is used when the statement is regarded as a fact or as truth, and the Subjunctive Mode is used when the statement expresses uncertainty or implies some degree of doubt.

59. Forms of the Subjunctive. The places in which the subjunctive differs from the indicative are in the present and past tenses of the verb be, and in the present tense of active verbs. The following outline will show the difference between the indicative and the subjunctive of be: