Practical Exercises in English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 193 pages of information about Practical Exercises in English.

Practical Exercises in English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 193 pages of information about Practical Exercises in English.

BEGIN. 7.  He had—­his speech before we arrived. 8.  The Senators—­to ask him questions.  Then he—­to be confused.

BID. 9.  When the Major passed us he—­us good-morning very politely. 10.  Father has for—­us to go there.

BLOW. 11.  Before the sunset gun was fired the bugler—­a strain on his bugle. 12.  The top-mast of the sloop was—­away.

BREAK. 13.  Did you hear that Waldo has—­his leg? 14.  The window was—­by Jack.

BURST. 15.  When the South Sea bubble—­, thousands of families were made poor. 16.  The cannon was—­by an overcharge of powder.

CHOOSE. 17.  If they had—­him, they would have—­more wisely. 18.  A better day for a drive could not have been—.

COME.
19.  Harry—­running up to me and asked me to lend him my cap.

DIVE. 20.  The loon saw the flash of my gun and—. 21.  It had—­several times before.

DO. 22.  I know he—­it; for it could not have been—­by any one else. 23.  Ask him why he—­it.

DRIVE. 24.  He was—­out of town by his indignant neighbors. 25.  This stake has been—­in deep.

EAT. 26.  The scraps were—­up by the dog. 27.  The men have—­their dinner.

FLEE, FLY, FLOW. 28.  During the night the river had over—­its banks. 29.  Benedict Arnold was forced to—­the country.  He—­to England. 30.  The birds have—­away. 31.  The guilty man has—.  He—­with his family to Mexico. 32.  Our meadow was over—­during the freshet. 33.  The yacht—­like a bird before the wind. 34.  The lotus-eaters watched the gleaming river as it—­seaward. 35.  It had—­through the same channel hundreds of years. 36.  The terrified savages—­to the mountains. 37.  They shall—­from the wrath to come. 38.  The plantations along the Mississippi are over—.

FORGET.
39.  Once Sydney Smith, being asked his name by a servant, found to his
    dismay that he had—­his own name.
40.  Maude is late; she must have—­the time.

FREEZE. 41.  I thought my ears were—. 42.  He would have—­to death if he had not been found by the St. Bernard dogs.

GET. 43.  They have—­home. 44.  Whenever any milk was wanted it could be—­from the magic pitcher. 45.  Grace has—­three seats for to-night. 46.  Franklin asked the boy where he had—­the bread.

GO. 47.  The price of coal has—­up since last year. 48.  He would have—­with us if he had been invited.

HANG. 49.  Judas, overwhelmed with remorse, went and,—­himself. 50.  In olden times in England a man was—­for stealing a sheep.

LAY, LIE. 51.  Two men—­under the hay-stack all yesterday morning.  They must
    have—­there all night.
52.—­down and rest. 53.  He came in and—­his books on his desk. 54.  After he—­down he remembered that he had left his pocket-book—­ing
    by the open window.
55.  He played until he was so tired that he had to—­down. 56.  He has—­himself at full length on the grass. 57.  You had better—­down for a while after dinner. 58.  I have—­down,

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