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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.
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 fou
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