Checking the spelling of the third person simple present of verbs C – some fun, perhaps?

Can you complete these quotations with the verbs in the box? Some of them may be slightly unexpected because they are quips designed to amuse.

1 The brain is a wonderful organ. It …. working the moment you get up in the morning, and it … not stop until you get to the office. Robert Frost
2 Opera is when a guy … knifed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he … . Ed Gardner
3 Everything … to him who … Traditional saying
4 He’s fanatically tidy. After he … a bath, he … the soap. Hugh Leonard
5 Never marry a man who … his mother; he’ll end up hating you. Jill Bennett
6 It’s not that I’m afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it … . Woody Allen
7 A man who … whisky and … kids can’t be all bad. W C Fields
8 He who can … . He who cannot … . G B Shaw
9 The man who … no mistakes does not usually make anything. E J Phelps

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