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I. Mechanics
A. Noun plurals
The plural of man is men, and the plural of woman is women. Follow
the rules in chapter 3, section II and make these nouns plural: bike, car,
kiss, policeman, policewoman, job, wife, laundress, nurse, pattern, person,
life­style.
B. The colon before a list of examples
The colon (:) is sometimes used to introduce a series or a list.
The members of the list are separated by commas.
In Grandmother’s day, a woman had many roles: wife, mother,
cook, laundress, nurse, and teacher.
Copy the sentences, and make all the corrections that are necessary.
Use capital letters where they are needed.
Example:
in grandmother s day a woman had many roles mother wife
cook laundress nurse and teacher
In Grandmother’s day, a woman had many roles: mother,
wife, cook, laundress, nurse, and teacher.
1. mr and mrs thomas share many jobs the cooking the housework the
shopping and a job on the police force
2. in modern families a man may help at home in many ways cleaning
shopping and cooking
3. in modern families many women have two jobs one at home and
one outside the home
4. in the past some jobs were always for men banking police work
business medicine and law
5. a few jobs were saved for women nursing teaching and waitress
work
6. now there are other patterns mother works mother and father work
or mother and father share a job
II. Grammar
The past tense of to be
Study the forms for the verb to be in the past. They are irregular, so
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