en would have been sad.
16. Waking at dawn, they renewed the journey.
17. He has set there all day.
18. He lay the papers before the judge.
19. The judge laid the papers aside.
20. Lieing in the shade is his most strenuous occupation.

EXERCISE 36

_In the following sentences fill the blanks with the proper forms
of the verbs indicated:_

SIT AND SET

1. I ---- in that seat all the evening.
2. Please ---- here until I return.
3. He was still ----ting there on my return.
4. The sun ---- in the west.
5. He ---- out for home yesterday.
6. ---- down and rest awhile.
7. James ---- down and talked to me.
8. He was engaged in ----ting out flowers.
9. I ---- the bucket on the rock above the bridge.
10. Last evening we ---- at the table for more than an hour.
11. ---- here until I call my mother.
12. ---- the lamp on the table.
13. He has ---- there all day.
14. The chair was ---- by the desk.
15. I usually ---- up until twelve.
16. She ---- the hen on some eggs and she remained ---- there.
17. She told me to ---- there, and I ---- down.
18. By whom has the lamp been ---- there?
19. I ---- my chair by the window and ---- there all the afternoon.
20. How can she ---- still for so long?
21. The moon ---- at twelve.

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. 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 goo