254.  To express simply expected action:—­

       ACTIVE VOICE.  PASSIVE VOICE.

      Singular. Singular.

1.  I shall choose.               I shall be chosen.
2.  You will choose.              You will be chosen.
3. [He] will choose.            [He] will be chosen.

       Plural. Plural.

1.  We shall choose.              We shall be chosen.
2.  You will choose.              You will be chosen.
3. [They] will choose.          [They] will be chosen.

  To express determination, promise, etc.:—­

       ACTIVE VOICE.  PASSIVE VOICE.

      Singular. Singular.

1.  I will choose.                I will be chosen.
2.  You shall choose.             You shall be chosen.
3. [He] shall choose.           [He] shall be chosen.

       ACTIVE VOICE.  PASSIVE VOICE.

       Plural. Plural.

1.  We will choose.            1.  We will be chosen.
2.  You shall choose.          2.  You shall be chosen.
3. [They] shall choose.       3. [They] shall be chosen.

Exercises on Shall and Will.

(a) From Secs. 252 and 253, write out a summary or outline of the various uses of shall and will.

(b) Examine the following sentences, and justify the use of shall and will, or correct them if wrongly used:—­

1.  Thou art what I would be, yet only seem.

2.  We would be greatly mistaken if we thought so.

3.  Thou shalt have a suit, and that of the newest cut; the wardrobe keeper shall have orders to supply you.

4.  “I shall not run,” answered Herbert stubbornly.

5.  He informed us, that in the course of another day’s march we would reach the prairies on the banks of the Grand Canadian.

6.  What shall we do with him?  This is the sphinx-like riddle which we must solve if we would not be eaten.

7.  Will not our national character be greatly injured?  Will we not be classed with the robbers and destroyers of mankind?

8.  Lucy stood still, very anxious, and wondering whether she should see anything alive.

9.  I would be overpowered by the feeling of my disgrace.

10.  No, my son; whatever cash I send you is yours:  you will spend it as you please, and I have nothing to say.

11.  But I will doubtless find some English person of whom to make inquiries.

12.  Without having attended to this, we will be at a loss to understand several passages in the classics.

13.  “I am a wayfarer,” the stranger said, “and would like permission to remain with you a little while.”

14.  The beast made a sluggish movement, then, as if he would have more of the enchantment, stirred her slightly with his muzzle.