Part 22 (1/2)

35 I think I ---- like to go

EXERCISE 50

_Write five sentences in which SHOULD is used independently, and five in which SHOULD is used dependently_

_Write five sentences in which WOULD is used independently, and five in which WOULD is used dependently_

_Write five sentences in which SHOULD is used in questions, and five in which WOULD is used in questions_

69 USE OF MAY AND MIGHT, CAN AND COULD _May_, with its past tense, _ht_, is properly used to denote permission _Can_, with its past tense, _could_, refers to the ability or possibility to do a thing These tords are often confused

EXERCISE 51

_Fill the blanks in the following sentences:_

1 ---- I go hoet tickets at that store?

3 ---- the mountain be climbed?

4 ---- we co as you wish

6 ---- you finish the work in an hour?

7 How ---- you say such a thing?

8 Several people ---- use the same book

9 We ---- afford to delay a while

10 ---- John go with me?

11 You ---- often hear the noise

12 What ---- not be done in a week?

13 That ---- be true, but it ---- not be relied on

14 What ---- he do to prevent it?

15 When ---- we hand in the work?

70 PARTICIPLES AND GERUNDS The past participle has already been mentioned as one of the principal parts of the verb Generally, the PARTICIPLES are those for seen, being seen, having been seen, seen, playing, having played_, etc In the following sentences note that the verb form in each case modifies a substantive: _He, HAVING BEEN INVITED TO DINE, came early, John, BEING SICK, could not come_ The verb form in all these cases is called a participle, and must be used in connection with either a nominative or objective case of a noun or pronoun

The GERUND is the same as the participle in its forms, but differs in that, while the participle is always used adjectively, the GERUND IS ALWAYS USED SUBSTANTIVELY; as, _I told OF HIS WINNING the race, AFTER HIS assERTING it, I believe the statement_

71 MISUSES OF PARTICIPLES AND GERUNDS

1 A participle should not be used unless it stands in a graical relation to some substantive that is present in the sentence Failure to follow this rule leads to the error known as the ”dangling participle” It is wrong to say, _The dish was broken, RESULTING frorammatical relation to any word in the sentence But it would be right to say, _The dish was broken as a result of its fall_ Exa: I spent a week in Virginia, _followed_ by a week at Atlantic City