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7. Some people / think / alcohol / poison .
8. Some people / think / alcohol / very good .
9. Some people / think / work / very good .
10. Some people / think / work / poison .
V. Grammar . Articles .
Decide whether an article is needed in each blank. Write either a, an,
or X (if no article is needed). The only single count nouns below are
man, sandwich, and dinner.
__________ pelicans eat __________ fish, __________ vegetarians eat
__________ vegetables, and __________ Americans eat __________
hamburgers. __________ people all over the world have __________
customs about __________ food. __________ man will eat almost any
food when he is very hungry. He will eat __________ bread, __________
meat, __________ vegetables, or __________ sandwich. When I am
hungry, I will eat anything. .
VI. Controlled Composition . Dicto­comp .
Your teacher will read the paragraph above three times. Listen carefully,
but do not take notes. After the third reading, write the paragraph
as well as you can from memory. Check your paper for articles and for
subject­verb agreement. .
VII. Controlled Composition “You Are What You Eat” .
The unit of writing that is longer than the sentence is the paragraph.
To write a good paragraph, put together a group of sentences that all
talk about the same topic. Each paragraph must have one clear theme.
The beginning of a paragraph is indented.
Write a paragraph about your food habits. Indent the beginning of the
paragraph. Answer all the questions below in good sentences to make
a unified paragraph.
1. What kind of food do you eat?
2. What do you eat for breakfast?
3. What do you eat for dinner?
4. Do you follow any food laws?
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