English Grammar Drills

308 Answer Key
Exercise 9.7
1. was baking 2. was walking 3. was grading 4. were living 5. were controlling
Chapter 10
Exercise 10.1
1. vi; broke with a loud crash. 2. vt; broke the window. 3. vi; melted in the toaster oven.
4. vi; dripped all night long. 5. vi; spoke at the meeting. 6. vi; was practicing on the athletic
field. 7. vi; rang for several days after the accident. 8. vi; will retire at the end of next year.
9. vi; tore when I tried to bend it. 10. vi; counted in the election. 11. vt; counted the ballots.
12. vi; succeeded despite all of our misgivings. 13. vi; have declined over the past decade.
14. vi; laughed uproariously at the cartoons. 15. vi; spread slowly across the floor.
Exercise 10.2
1. They heard what you said./it 2. The lawyers confirmed that we needed to consult a patent
attorney./it 3. They emphasized always being on time to meetings./it 4. I anticipated having
to get a taxi to get to work on time./it 5. We finally chose to look for a new apartment closer to
our jobs./it 6. The contract specified that all the work had to be finished by June 30./it 7. We
resumed what we had been doing before we had to stop./it 8. The audience appreciated how well
they had performed./it 9. We looked into taking a vacation in Mexico this summer./it
10. You need to be more careful in the future./it 11. The witness swore that the defendant
had not been at the scene./it 12. I couldn’t resist making fun of such a ridiculous idea./it
13. Nobody could understand his excited shouting./it 14. Finally we recovered what we had
initially invested in the company./it 15. Please forgive what I said earlier./it
Exercise 10.3
1. my parents/them; I dropped them off at the station. 2. the message/it; Jordan wrote it down
on a slip of paper. 3. the report/it; He looked it over carefully. 4. the next course/it; The waiter
brought it in promptly. 5. the memo/it; Susan read it back to me. 6. the answer/it; I looked
it up on Google. 7. all the complexities/them; George thought them through very carefully.
8. all the major points/them; We talked them over before the meeting. 9. my stolen bicycle/it;
Finally, I got it back from the police station. 10. her troubles/them; She poured them out to her
closest friend. 11. the kids’ toys/them; We picked them up quickly. 12. the company’s generous
offer/it; Albert turned it down regretfully. 13. all the loose ends/them; I put them together
in a neat package. 14. their company/it; Our company is taking it over in a friendly merger.
15. his case/it; The lawyer summed it up simply and forcefully.