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Answers to Exercises in The Everyday Writer with Exercises
2. have feared/have been fearing — action
begun in past continues
3. emigrated— completed action
4. has been/was— started in the past and
still ongoing; if action is completed,
then simple past tense may be used
5. will direct/will be directing — future
(continuing) action
6. ate/were eating — past action, completed
7. will have received — future action
completed by a certain time
8. will have watched — future action
completed by a certain time
9. expresses— literary work
10. last — general truth
EXERCISE 31.4: Answers
1. When she saw Chicago, it made her
want to become an actress even more.
2. Having left England in December, the
settlers arrived in Virginia in May.
3. I had hoped to finish reading the book
before today.
4. Having worked with great dedication
as a summer intern at the magazine,
Mohan called his former supervisor
in the fall to ask about a permanent
position.
5. When we walked home from school,
we often stopped for ice cream.
EXERCISE 31.5: Answers
1. The lifeguard informed the surfers of a
shark sighting.
2. A superhero with amazing crimefighting
powers was drawn by the
comic-book artist.
3. For months, the mother kangaroo protects
her baby, feeds it, and teaches it
to survive.
4. The first snow of winter covered the
lawns and rooftops.
5. The board members chose a new advertising
company.
EXERCISE 31.6: Answers
1. was → were
2. was → were
3. (correct)
4. was → were
5. remains → remain
EXERCISE 32.1: Answers
1. deserve
2. races
3. appears
4. supplies
5. stops
6. was
7. comes
8. contributes
9. cause
10. leaves
EXERCISE 32.2: Answers
1. (correct; rhythm and blues is considered
a single unit)
2. are → is; Green Eggs and Ham is singular,
a title
3. is → are; the subject, stations, is plural
4. (correct; Most refers to students)
5. are → is; the subject, Each, is singular
6. were → was; “neither/nor”
7. make → makes; the subject, jury, is
treated as singular
8. (correct; who refers to one)
9. was (second verb) → were; that refers
to countries
10. involve → involves; the subject, Economics,
is treated as singular
EXERCISE 32.3: THINKING CRITICALLY:
Suggested Answers
none of these assumptions about marriage
add up; plural, none refers to assumptions
Between the public statistic and the private
reality lies a sea of contradictions; singular
subject is sea
Marriage seems to me; Marriage is singular
the divorce rate — with or without new
babies in the house — remains constant;
divorce rate is singular
The fabric of men-and-women-as-theyonce-were
is so thick; fabric is singular
no amount of patching can weave that
cloth together; amount is singular