fe.
25. PROVE. They ---- him a thief in the eyes of the people, even
if he was not ---- so to the satisfaction of the jury.
26. RUN. John ---- the race as though he had ---- races all
his life. The race was ---- very rapidly. Soon after that race,
he ---- in another race.
27. SEE. Smith, who has just arrived, says he ---- two men
skulking along the road. He was not ---- by them. That play
is the best I ever ----.
28. SEEK. The detectives ---- all through the slums for him.
Now they ---- him in the better parts of the city. No criminal
was ever more eagerly ----.
29. SHAKE. During the day his hand was ---- five hundred times. He
---- hands with all who came.
30. SHOE. The entire army was ---- with Blank's shoes.
31. SING. The choir ---- the anthem as they had never ---- it before.
They always ---- it well.
32. SINK. The stone ---- as soon as it is in the water. The
ship was ---- in forty fathoms of water. They ---- the ship in
1861.
33. SPEAK. Though they claimed that they always ---- to her, she was
really never ---- to by any member of the family.
34. STEAL. The money was ----; whether or not he ---- it I
do not know. Everyone believes that he has frequently ---- goods
from the store.
35. TAKE. I was ---- for him several times that day. No one ever
---- me for him before.
36. TEACH. John ---- school every day. He has ---- for ten years.
He first ---- when he was eighteen years old.
37. TEAR. The dog ---- at the paper until it was ---- entirely
to pieces. He ---- up everything he finds.
38. THROW. He was ---- by a horse which never before ---- anyone.
39. WEAR. The trousers were ---- entirely out in a month, but I ----
the coat and vest for six months.
40. WEAVE. This carpet was ---- at Philadelphia. The manufacturers
say they never ---- a better one, and they ---- the best in the
country.
41. WRITE. Although he has ---- several times, he has never ----
anything about that. He ---- to me just last week. He ---- at
least once a month.

EXERCISE 32

_Correct the errors in the use of verbs in the following sentences:_

1. He plead all day to be released.
2. The horse was rode to death.
3. The letter was wrote before he knowed the truth.
4. He was immediately threw out of the room.
5. She run around all day and then was sick the next day.
6. I never seen anything like it.