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44 PART FOUR: HANDBOOK OF SENTENCE SKILLS Section I: Grammar Chapter 23: Subjects and Verbs Activity 1 on Subjects and Verbs (page 460) 1. The ripening tomatoes glistened on the sunny windowsill. 2. Acupuncture reduces the pain of my headaches. 3. Elena twisted a strand of hair around her fingers. 4. My brother built his bookshelves from cinder blocks and planks of wood. 5. A jackrabbit bounds up to fifteen feet in one leap. 6. The singer’s diamond earrings sparkled in the spotlight. 7. Walt Disney created the cartoon character Mickey Mouse. 8. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) pursues violators of federal laws. 9. Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain sponsored Columbus's voyages. 10. On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant. Activity 2 on Subjects and Verbs (462-463) 1. A large segment of the population supports the new legislation . 2. Two of the films we chose to write about were first released in the 1970's. 3. After more than 2,000 years, some Roman aqueducts are still supplying water to large European cities. 4. Every plant in the dim room bent toward the small window. 5. A glaring headline about the conviction of a local congressman attracted my attention. 6. The novels of John Steinbeck portray the lives of the poor and powerless. 7. The battery tester’s tiny red lights suddenly started to flicker. 8. A neighbor of mine does all her work at home and e-mails it to the office. 9. The jar of peppercorns tumbled from the spice shelf and shattered on the floor. 10. A memorial of beautifully sculpted granite stands as tribute to Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president. Review Test (463-464) 1. Besides winning a Nobel Prize for physics (1903), he Marie Curie won a second Nobel Prize in chemistry (1911). 2. Like human mothers, sheep and goat mothers develop close bonds with their babies. 3. Before class, Antonietta and Jorge rushed to the coffee machine in the hall. 4. Michaelangelo, who spent four years painting the ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, was also a great sculptor.
45 5. In 1954, the United States Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, disallowed segregation of the races in public schools. 6. Ancient Egyptians were branding cattle more than four thousand years ago. 7. Dogs and cats crowded the veterinarian’s office on Monday morning. 8. The driver abruptly halted her Jeep and backed up toward a narrow parking place. 9. During the American Revolution, some brides rejected white wedding gowns and wore red as a symbol of rebellion. 10. To spur economic growth, President John F. Kennedy lowered federal income taxes. Chapter 24: Fragments Activity 1 on Dependent Word Groups (467-468) Note: Answers will vary; examples are shown. 1. If I don’t get a raise soon, I’ll quit. 2. After visiting the museum, we went for pizza. 3. Becausee I had just gotten paid, I was able to buy all my textbooks. 4. Until the new mall opened, we shopped in town. 5. The restaurant that we tried was disappointing. Activity 2 on Dependent-Word Fragments (468) 1. Whenever I spray deodorant, my cat arches her back. 2. Philadelphia was originally a Quaker colony that was founded by William Penn in 1681. 3. If Kim takes too long saying good-bye to her boyfriend, her father will start flicking the porch light. 4. Scientists are studying mummified remains that are thousands of years old. 5. It lasted for many centuries until the fall of the eastern Roman Empire nearly 2,000 years later. Activity 3 on -ing Fragments (470) 1. Ramses II ruled over Egypt from 1279 to 1212 B.C., making his country stronger than ever before. 2. It came to a stop at my house. 3. The reason for this was that a research paper had just been assigned to students in an ancient history class. Activity 4 on -ing and to Fragments (470-471) Note: Answers may vary.
46 1. Looking at the worm on the table, Shelby groaned. 2. I put a box of baking soda in the freezer to get rid of the musty smell. 3. Searching for the right filament for his incandescent light bulb, Thomas Edison (1847-1931) found that a strip of carbonized bamboo could glow for 1,200 hours.. 4. Fantasizing about the upcoming weekend, Jerome sat quietly at his desk. 5. To get his company to grow rapidly, Harvey Firestone launched a vigorous marketing campaign. Activity 5 on Added-Detail Fragments (472) 1. For example, he sees the new movies first. 2. Several nineteenth-century inventors had designed self-propelled vehicles like the one that ran on high-pressure steam.. 3. Electronic devices, such as video cameras and cell phones, keep getting smaller. Activity 6 on Added-Detail Fragments (473) Note: Methods of correction may vary. 1. Left-handed students face problems. For example, they must sit at right-handed desks. 2. Some European countries remained neutral during World War II, such as Switzerland and Portugal. 3. Hundreds of moths were swarming around the stadium lights like large flecks of snow. 4. For instance, he buys and sells comic books and movie posters. 5. I wonder now why I had to learn certain subjects, such as geometry. Activity 7 on Missing-Subject Fragments (474) Note: Methods of correction may vary. 1. Then she does fifty sit-ups. 2. I like all kinds of pizza but refuse to eat frozen pizza. 3. They break out in hives when they eat it, and they can even have trouble breathing. 4. When we arrived in Chicago, we took a train from the airport to the center of the city. Then we walked a few blocks to our hotel. 5. Next fall, I plan to take a course In calculus and to join the mathematics club. Review Test 1 (475-476) 1. C 5. C 9. C 13. C 17. C 2. F 6. F 10. C 14 F 18. C 3. F 7. F 11. F 15. C 19. F 4. C 8. C 12. C 16. F 20. C
47 Corrections Note: Methods of correction may vary. 2. I’m starting to think there is no safe place left to ride a bicycle. 3. When I try to ride in the highway, in order to go to school, I feel like a rabbit being pursued by predators. 6. Drivers whip past me at high speeds and try to see how close they can get to my bike without actually killing me. 7. When they pull onto the shoulder of the road or make a right turn, drivers completely ignore my vehicle. 11. Regardless of an approaching bike rider, street-side car doors will unexpectedly open. 14. Frustrated drivers who are stuck in traffic will make nasty comments or shout out obscene propositions. 16. While jaywalking across the street, the pedestrian will treat me, a law-abiding bicyclist, to a withering look of disdain. 19. Pedestrians may even cross my path deliberately, as if to prove their higher position in the pecking order of the city streets. Review Test 2 (476-477) 1. We both began to tire as we passed the halfway mark in the race. But whenever I’d hear Reggie’s footsteps behind me, I would pump my legs a little faster. 2. The American Southwest is home to several Native American nations, such as the Navajo, the Apache, and the Pueblo. The East is the land of the Huron and Iroquois, along with the Delaware and the Mohegan. 3. Punching all the buttons on the radio in sequence, Phil kept looking for a good song. He was in the mood to cruise down the highway and sing at the top of his voice. 4. My children joke that we celebrate “Hanumas” with our Jewish neighbors. We share Hanukkah and Christmas activities, including making potato pancakes at their house and decorating our tree. 5. Pop artists gained fame in the 1950s, reacting to the more established art forms like expressionism, whichh preceeded them. They portrayed common images from everyday life, such as Coke bottles and soup cans. 6. Our landlord often invites her tenants to dinner, and allows them to use her washer and dryer. By doing such things, she has become known as the kindest person in our neighborhood. 7. The alley behind our house was flat except for a wide groove in the center. We used to sail paper boats down the groove whenever it rained hard enough to create a “river” there. 8. Don passed the computer school’s aptitude test. This qualifies him for nine months of training. Don kidded that anyone could be accepted if he or she had $4000.