EXERCISE XXXIX.

Change these sentences so that the italicized, verbs will be either in the perfect tense or in the passive voice:—­

1.  The sleeper awakes. 2.  The Gauls beseech Caesar to be merciful. 3.  The wind blows my papers off the table. 4.  Ethel broke her arm. 5.  His wrongdoing breaks my heart. 6.  The pressure of the water breaks the pipes. 7.  They choose Mr. W. to be their chairman. 8.  The enemy come in force. 9.  The boys dive three times. 10.  John is driving the cows out of the corn. 11.  The boys are eating their supper. 12.  An absconding cashier flees to Canada. 13.  A robin flies to the vines by my window. 14.  The Ohio river overflows its banks. 15.  The water in my pitcher froze. 16.  I forget his name 17.  He gets along fairly well. 18.  They go by steamer. 19.  The sheriff hangs the condemned man. 20.  The maid hangs up my cloak. 21.  I lie on the couch twenty minutes to rest. 22.  Tramps lie by the road below the gate. 23.  Boys lay traps for hares. 24.  They lay burdens on me greater than I can bear. 25.  They plead their cause well. 26.  This proves the truth of my assertion. 27.  He rides alone from Litchfield to Waterbury 28.  A mist rises before my eye. 29.  I see the President often. 30.  I set the lamp on the table. 31.  He sits by the hour talking politics. 32.  Rab shakes the little dog by the neck. 33.  He is shoeing my horse. 34.  This fact clearly shows the prisoner’s guilt. 35.  He speaks his declamation well. 36.  They slay their prisoners. 37.  He stole my watch. 38.  Some one takes my hat. 39.  He throws cold water on my plan. 40.  He writes home. 41.  He wakes me every night by his restlessness.

NOTE.—­If the teacher thinks that the class needs more drill of this kind, Exercises XXXVIII. and XXXIX. may be reversed, that is, the verbs in XXXVIII. may be changed to perfect or passive forms; the verbs in XXXIX. to the past tense.  If this is done, some of the sentences will have to be slightly recast.  In the next exercise drill on the same forms is continued in a different way.

EXERCISE XL.

Insert the proper form in each of the blanks in the following sentences:—­

AWAKE, WAKE. 1.  I—­at six o’clock this morning; I have—­at about the same time ever
   since I came to school.
2.  Lord Byron one morning—­to find himself famous.  A certain Mr. Peck—­one
   day last week to find that the Nation had made him notorious.
3.  A few nights ago Mr. Michael Dixon was—­by a burglar in his bedroom. 4.  He—­me an hour before time. 5.  Have you—­your brother? 6.  He—­as I opened the door.