All-in-One Workbook Answer Key - CALA6

PRENTICE HALL 

WRITING COACH 

All-in-One Workbook Answer Key 

Grade 7 

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 

Boston, Massachusetts 

Chandler, Arizona 

Glenview, Illinois

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CONTENTS 

Part 1: Grammar Practice Answers....................................................................................... 1 

Part 2: Vocabulary and Spelling Practice Answers ........................................................... 56 

Part 3: Academic and Workplace Skills Activities Answers ........................................... 69 

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Chapter 13 People, Places, 

Things, and Ideas (1) 

Practice A Identifying Nouns 

1. Lily; apple; day 

2. star; sky 

3. dog; can 

4. Henry; Houston; month 

5. Lettuce; water 

6. Joe; grass 

7. People; snowflake; pattern 

8. United States; money 

9. Gandhi; nonviolence; life 

10. geese; noise; formation; Paul 

Practice B Labeling Nouns 

1. Heather, Tiffany, Nicole—people; 

mall—place 

2. brother—person; trucks, figures—things 

3. teacher—person; Chapter 3, 

Chapter 4—things 

4. music—thing, listeners—people; 

records—things 

5. rakes, shovels—things; corner—thing; 

garage—thing 

6. weekend—thing; Jan—person; 

house—thing 

7. lipstick, makeup—things; 

countertop—thing 

Part 1: Grammar Practice Answers 

8. Main Street—place; river—thing; 

Fairfield Street—place 

9. Pauli—person; Jon—person; 

picnic—thing 

10. Luis—person; Marta and 

Felipe—people; dinner—thing 

Chapter 13 Concrete and Abstract 

Nouns (2) 

Practice A Identifying Concrete and 

Abstract Nouns 

1. concrete: Annie; music—abstract: 

passion 

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2. concrete: day; beach 

3. concrete: Millers’; lives—abstract: 

simplicity 

4. concrete: Jack’s—abstract: goal; life; 

change 

5. abstract: Trust; key; friendship 

6. concrete: Lewis; Clark—abstract: 

exploration; scale 

7. concrete: Gavin’s; people—abstract: 

fear 

8. concrete: parents; money—abstract: 

Integrity 

9. concrete: Dr. Fox; creatures—abstract: 

empathy 

10. concrete: Einstein’s; bomb—abstract: 

humanism 

Practice B Labeling Concrete and 

Abstract Nouns 

1. abstract 

2. concrete 

3. abstract 

4. abstract 

5. abstract 

6. abstract 

7. concrete 

8. abstract 

9. concrete 

10. abstract 

Chapter 13 Collective Nouns (3) 

Practice A Finding Collective Nouns 

Sentences may vary. Sample sentences are 

given. 

1. flock; The flock of geese flew over the 

trees. 

2. crew; The crew on the ship treated us 

like royalty. 

3. swarm; A swarm of gnats landed on 

the light post. 

4. team; Jose’s baseball team won first 

place.

5. herd; The herd of sheep followed the 

farmer into the barn. 

6. school; A school of minnows swam 

past my feet. 

7. jury; The jury found Melanie guilty. 

8. mob; A mob of onlookers stopped to 

see the fire engines. 

9. cast; The cast of the play threw a party 

after the last show. 

10. litter; Our cat had a litter of five black 

and tan kittens. 

Practice B Identifying Collective 

Nouns 

1. class 

2. batch 

3. pack 

4. bunch 

5. staff 

6. audience 

7. swarm 

8. orchestra 

9. club 

10. cluster 

Chapter 13 Count and Non-count 

Nouns (4) 

Practice A Identifying Non-count 

Nouns 

1. mail 

2. juice; gravy 

3. noise 

4. rain; snow; dark 

5. salt; pressure 

6. flour 

7. hair 

8. mood; music 

9. mayonnaise 

10. Sunshine 



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Practice B Writing With Count and 

Non-count Nouns 

1. Justice is blind, people say. 

2. Cassie plays soccer at camp. 

3. Mercury makes water poisonous. 

4. I don’t like Monica’s fascination with 

vampires. 

5. Mom made enough spaghetti for all 

of us. 

6. I need equipment if I’m going to take 

up fishing. 

7. Lightning hit a transformer and 

knocked out the power. 

Chapter 13 Recognizing 

Compound Nouns (5) 

Practice A Identifying Compound 

Nouns 

1. cup | holders 

2. Ping | -Pong 

3. golf | clubs; back | yard 

4. library | card 

5. Cheese | burgers; milk | shakes 

6. wild | flower; blue | bonnet 

7. bath | robe; swim | suit 

8. slip | cover; living | room 

9. two | -step 

10. over | alls; paint | brush 

Practice B Writing Using 

Compound Nouns 

1. sunrise (or daybreak) 

2. blue jeans 

3. guest room 

4. lightbulb 

5. silverware 

6. My brother-in-law 

7. makeup 

8. remote control

Chapter 13 Using Common and 

Proper Nouns (6) 

Practice A Identifying Common and 

Proper Nouns 

1. common: cousin—proper: Damian; 

English 

2. common: neighbors—proper: 

India; Hindi 

3. common: basin—proper: Eurasia; 

Lake Baikal 

4. common: book; series—proper: The 

Last Battle; Narnia; C. S. Lewis 

5. common: artist—proper: Sistine 

Chapel; Michelangelo 

6. common: south; islands—proper: 

Antarctica; Tierra del Fuego. 

7. common: biologist—proper: Kenya; 

Nobel Peace Prize 

8. common: hero; girl—proper: 

“Solitude”; Ursula K. Le Guin 

9. common: volcano—proper: Mount 

Fuji; Japan 

Practice B Writing With Common 

and Proper Nouns 

Answers may vary. Sample answers are 

given. 

1. Mrs. Doyle works at Latronics, Inc. 

2. Carly is reasonably satisfied with 

Comcast. 

3. Grandpa Jake likes to sing along with 

“Smoke on the Water.” 

4. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon 

in July of 1969. 

5. Bob and Luisa are the winners of 

the Niels Bohr Science Prize. 

Chapter 13 Antecedents of 

Pronouns (7) 

Practice A Identifying Antecedents 

1. his—Carlos 

2. it—broccoli 

3. he—John Keats 

4. he; his—Bill 

5. she—Rayna; they—stones 

6. it—space heater 

7. she—Gina 

8. it—squid 

Practice B Writing Pronouns for 

Antecedents 

1. our 

2. they 

3. his; her 

4. it 

5. he 

6. you 

7. their 

8. mine 

9. she; it 

Chapter 13 Recognizing Personal 

Pronouns (8) 

Practice A Identifying Personal 

Pronouns 

1. its; us 

2. your; you 

3. mine; hers 

4. his; our 

5. I; you 

6. We; he 

7. My; me; you 

8. She; their 

9. they 

10. me; you; your 

Practice B Choosing Personal 

Pronouns 

1. we 

2. ours 

3. my 

4. she 

5. They 

6. her 

7. yours 

8. their 



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Chapter 13 Reflexive and 

Intensive Pronouns (9) 

Practice A Identifying Reflexive and 

Intensive Pronouns 

1. herself—reflexive 

2. myself—intensive 

3. yourself—reflexive 

4. yourself—reflexive 

5. themselves—reflexive 

6. themselves—reflexive 

7. myself—reflexive 

8. herself—reflexive 

9. himself—intensive 

10. itself—intensive 

Practice B Writing Reflexive and 

Intensive Pronouns 

1. myself 

2. yourself 

3. himself 

4. herself 

5. itself 

Chapter 13 Demonstrative 

Pronouns (10) 

Practice A Identifying Demonstrative 

Pronouns 

1. These—rules 

2. That—thunderstorm 

3. these—speakers 

4. This—song 

5. that—program 

6. those—guys 

7. that—idea 

8. this—partner 

9. those—photographers 

10. These—roses; those—daffodils 

Practice B Writing Demonstrative 

Pronouns 

1. That 

2. those 



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3. this 

4. that 

5. These 

6. this 

7. Those 

8. that 

9. this 

10. These 

Chapter 13 Using Relative 

Pronouns (11) 

Practice A Identifying Relative 

Pronouns 

Students will circle the first element and 

underline the second. 

1. that—fell last night 

2. whose—goal was to map the DNA of 

our species 

3. who—lived in Pennsylvania 

4. whom—I get along with fairly well 

5. which—can be very slow 

6. that—are in the ultraviolet range 

7. who—have diabetes 

8. which—can grow to 1,500 pounds 

9. whose—work sells for millions 

of dollars 

10. whom—I met for lunch 

Practice B Writing Relative Pronouns 

1. who 

2. which 

3. that 

4. whose 

5. which 

6. whom 

7. that 

8. whose 

9. that 

10. whom

Chapter 13 Interrogative 

Pronouns (12) 

Practice A Identifying Interrogative 

Pronouns 

1. What 

2. Which 

3. Who 

4. whom 

5. Whose 

6. What 

7. Who 

8. whom 

9. Which 

10. whom 

Practice B Writing Interrogative 

Pronouns 

1. What 

2. Who 

3. whom (or what) 

4. Which 

5. What 

6. Whose 

7. whom 

8. Which 

9. What 

10. Who 



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Chapter 13 Indefinite 

Pronouns (13) 

Practice A Identifying Indefinite 

Pronouns 

1. anyone—singular 

2. something—singular 

3. all—plural 

4. Nobody—singular 

5. each—singular 

6. Few—plural 

7. Neither—singular 

8. Most—singular 

9. Most—plural 

Practice B Writing Indefinite 

Pronouns 

1. Both 

2. something (or anything) 

3. little (or nothing or much) 

4. Most (or Some) 

5. few (or none) 

6. none (or few) 

7. any 

8. some (or several) 

9. Nobody (or no one); anything 

(or much or all)

Chapter 14 Using Transitive 

Verbs (14) 

Practice A Identifying Transitive Verbs 

1. feed 

2. none 

3. folded 

4. watched 

5. picked up 

6. none 

7. hit 

8. pushed 

9. sent 

10. none 

Practice B Writing Transitive Verbs 

1. B 

2. B 

3. A 

4. A 

5. B 

Chapter 14 Using Intransitive 

Verbs (15) 

Practice A Identifying Intransitive 

Verbs 

1. are learning; work 

2. swooped 

3. shone 

4. was 

5. rained 

6. spoke 

7. think; looks 

8. none 

9. flourished 

10. will be 

Practice B Labeling Transitive and 

Intransitive Verbs 

1. walked—transitive 

2. walked—intransitive 



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3. threw—transitive 

4. threw—intransitive 

5. reflected—transitive 

6. reflected—intransitive 

7. say—intransitive; rises—intransitive 

8. say—transitive 

9. looks—intransitive 

10. could kill—intransitive; would 

be—intransitive 

Chapter 14 Recognizing Forms 

of Be (16) 

Practice A Identifying Forms of Be 

1. was 

2. might be 

3. was being 

4. will be 

5. has been 

6. could be 

7. must be 

8. should have been 

Practice B Writing Forms of Be Verbs 

1. identify 

2. describe 

3. identify 

4. describe 

5. identify 

6. describe 

7. describe 

8. identify 

Chapter 14 Using Other Linking 

Verbs (17) 

Practice A Identifying Other Linking 

Verbs 

1. seemed 

2. looks 

3. grew 

4. am; become

5. sounds; is 

6. feel 

7. remain 

8. Stay; stay 

9. smells 

10. appears 

Practice B Writing Other Linking 

Verbs 


given. 

1. Martha claims that semolina tastes 

nutty. 

2. Andre has seemed upbeat ever since 

he finished his report. 

3. Nan appeared surprised when we 

remembered her birthday. 

4. The maple shelf feels very smooth 

since I sanded and treated it. 

5. Tansy’s homemade jelly turned bad 

when it wasn’t sealed properly. 

Chapter 14 Action Verb or 

Linking Verb? (18) 

Practice A Identifying Action Verbs 

and Linking Verbs 

1. smells—linking 

2. turned—action 

3. looks—action 

4. remained—linking 

5. grew—linking; flubbed—action 

6. looked—linking; sprayed—action 

7. claimed—action; appeared—action 

8. remained—action; went—action 

9. smells—action; reminds—action 

10. turned—linking 

Practice B Writing Action Verbs and 

Linking Verbs 


given. 

1. Sandra looked closely at the paintings 

in the museum. 



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2. My sister becomes sneezy around our 

neighbor’s cat. 

3. Estefan felt the soft, yielding texture of 

each ripe raspberry. 

4. Mary Ann feels terrible about the 

things she said to you. 

5. That caterpillar will turn into a 

monarch butterfly. 

Chapter 14 Recognizing Helping 

Verbs (19) 

Practice A Identifying Helping 

Verbs 

Students will underline the first element 

and circle the second. 

1. are—working on 

2. have—made 

3. must have—made 

4. should have—listened 

5. has been—found 

6. must—participate 

7. will be—re-enacting 

8. does—feel 

9. may have—been 

10. might have—been; had—studied 

Practice B Writing Helping Verbs 


given. 

1. I did hope the test would go smoothly. 

2. Shona promises that she will be 

waiting for you. 

3. I have been perfecting my cartwheels. 

4. You could try to reason with him. 

5. My friends and I are walking ten miles 

to raise money for cancer research.

Chapter 15 Articles (20) 

Practice A Identifying Definite and 

Indefinite Articles 

1. The—definite 

2. A—indefinite 


4. a—indefinite 



7. a—indefinite; the—definite 

8. The—definite; a—indefinite 

9. The—definite; a—indefinite 

10. a—indefinite; the—definite 

Practice B Writing Articles 

1. an 

2. an 

3. an 

4. a 

5. A 

6. a 

7. an 

8. an 

9. a 

10. an 

Chapter 15 Using Proper 

Adjectives (21) 

Practice A Identifying Proper 

Adjectives 

1. American 

2. Persian 

3. Balinese 

4. Irish 

5. English 

6. Swiss 

7. Dickensian 

8. Clapton 

9. Monet 

10. Bostonian 

Practice B Writing Proper Adjectives 

1. the Japanese language 

2. an ancient Russian epic 

3. Beatles music 

4. Floridian heat 

5. a Shakespearean actor 

6. the Norwegian flag 

7. Turkish coffee 

8. Oklahoman prairies 

9. a Brahms sonata 

10. a Rodin sculpture 

Chapter 15 Using Nouns as 


Practice A Identifying Nouns as 

Adjectives 

1. U2, concert 

2. oak, floor 

3. computer, club 

4. radio, program 

5. Boston cream, pie 

6. tile, counter 

7. eternity, ring 

8. water, bottle 

9. silver, vase; anniversary, present 

10. action, movie 

Practice B Writing Nouns as 

Adjectives 


given. 

1. dinner 

2. telephone 

3. brick 

4. glass 

5. hockey 



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6. Steven Spielberg 

7. aluminum 

8. plastic 

9. dog 

10. silk 

Chapter 15 Using Compound 



Adjectives 

1. two-year 

2. little-known 

3. wildflower 

4. record-breaking 

5. part-time 

6. problem-solving 

7. bantamweight 

8. twenty-third; supermarket 

9. so-called; user-friendly 

10. snow-covered 

Practice B Writing Compound 

Adjectives 


given. 

1. Danielle’s overused leg muscles rebelled. 

2. Raoul worked on a two-week project. 

3. The sun-drenched landscape is beautiful. 

4. The attic was filled with water-damaged 

books. 

5. Nearsighted people have their focal 

point in front of their retina. 

6. The overstuffed chair is the most 

comfortable one we have. 

7. Carter looked into Nicole’s sky-blue eyes. 

Chapter 15 Using Pronouns as 


Practice A Identifying Demonstrative 

and Interrogative Adjectives 

1. This—Dem 

2. whose—Int 



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3. Which—Int 

4. What—Int 

5. these—Dem 

6. that—Dem 

7. Whose—Int 

8. Which—Int 

9. These—Dem 

10. That—Dem 


and Interrogative Adjectives 

1. which 

2. that 

3. Those 

4. what 

5. These (or Those) 

Chapter 15 Using Possessive Nouns 

and Pronouns as Adjectives (25) 

Practice A Identifying Possessive 

Nouns and Pronouns as Adjectives 

1. underline: Jane Goodall’s 

2. circle: your—underline: night’s 

3. underline: Mr. Ramirez’s—circle: her 

4. circle: his 

5. underline: Mona’s—circle: her; her 

6. circle: their; your 

7. circle: My—underline: cat’s 

8. circle: my; his 

9. underline: Einstein’s—circle: our 

10. underline: person’s—circle: his; her 

Practice B Writing Possessive Nouns 

and Pronouns as Adjectives 

1. my belt 

2. a children’s book 

3. the Joneses’ yard 

4. a tiger’s tail 

5. their whiffle ball 

6. the rainbow’s colors 

7. Desiree’s hair ribbon 

8. the birds’ feathers

9. a reporter’s notebook 

10. a rose’s thorns 

Chapter 15 Using Demonstrative 


Practice A Identifying 

Demonstrative Adjectives 

1. these—toys 

2. This—card 

3. this—smoke detector 

4. That—airplane 

5. those—actors 

6. That—boy 

7. Those—contrails 

8. those—grapevines; these—wreaths 


Adjectives 

1. those 

2. These (or Those) 

3. Those (or These) 

4. This 

5. those 

6. these (or those) 

7. that (or this) 

8. these (or those) 

Chapter 15 Using Interrogative 


Practice A Identifying Interrogative 

Adjectives 

1. Whose—painting 

2. which—doll 

3. What—time 

4. whose—keys 

5. what—marine life 

6. what—animal 

7. Which—brother 

Practice B Writing Interrogative 

Adjectives 

1. What 

2. Which 

3. Whose 

4. Which 

5. What 

6. What 

7. Which 

8. what 

Chapter 15 Using Indefinite 


Practice A Identifying Indefinite 

Adjectives 

1. Most—nights 

2. Much—gossip 

3. Every—day 

4. both—baseball and soccer 

5. another—mother 

6. Each—student 

7. All—students 

8. Few—cats 

Practice B Writing Indefinite 

Adjectives 


given. 

1. All 

2. Neither 

3. Each 

4. Much 

5. several 

6. many 

7. Some 

8. Several 



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Chapter 15 Using Adverbs That 

Modify Verbs (29) 

Practice A Identifying How Adverbs 

Modify Verbs 

1. yesterday—When? 

2. slowly—In what way? 

3. here—Where? 

4. completely—To what extent? 

5. loudly—In what way? 

6. outside—Where? 

7. upward—Where? 

8. gracefully—In what way? 

Practice B Writing Adverbs That 

Modify Verbs 


given. 

1. soon 

2. not 

3. later 

4. nearby 

5. away 

6. never 

7. badly; worse 

Chapter 15 Using Adverbs That 

Modify Adjectives (30) 

Practice A Identifying Adverbs That 

Modify Adjectives 

Students will underline the first element 

and circle the second. 

1. annoyingly—cheerful 

2. truly—amazing 

3. slightly—upset 

4. teeny—little 

5. more—skilled 

6. frighteningly—misshapen 

7. essentially—hollow 

8. beautifully—carved 



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9. quite—hard 

10. somewhat—steep 


Modify Adjectives 


given. 

1. considerably 

2. still 

3. very 

4. extremely 

5. seriously 

6. so 

7. vitally 

8. too 

9. strangely 

10. disturbingly 

Chapter 15 Adverbs Modifying 

Other Adverbs (31) 

Practice A Identifying Adverbs That 

Modify Adverbs 

1. fairly 

2. hardly 

3. more 

4. almost 

5. mysteriously 

6. quite 

7. so; very 

8. extremely 

9. quite; similarly 

10. far; far 


Modify Adverbs 

1. quite (or rather) 

2. more 

3. really 

4. rather (or quite) 

5. hardly

Chapter 15 Finding Adverbs in 

Sentences (32) 

Practice A Locating Adverbs 

1. menacingly—glinted 

2. unfortunately—take; almost—forever; 

completely—degrade 

3. quickly, successfully—guided 

4. thoroughly—must have enjoyed 

5. Amazingly—spin 

6. perfectly—clear 

7. often, always—lonely; not—always 

8. barely—won; however, handily—won 

Practice B Writing Adverbs in 

Different Locations 


given. 

1. I have recently begun to learn karate. 

2. Clark quietly tiptoed up the stairs. 

3. The surf crashed loudly against the 

coast. 

4. Nita promised to use her powers 

wisely. 

Chapter 15 Adverb or 

Adjective? (33) 

Practice A Identifying Adverbs and 

Adjectives 

1. Unfortunately—adv; just—adv; 

here—adv; bit—adv; later—adv 

2. young—adj; later—adj; tired—adj; 

rumpled—adj 

3. still—adv; outside—adj; dance—adj 

4. hard—adj; truly—adv; exciting—adj; 

third—adj 



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5. little—adj; not—adv; too—adv; 

well—adj; yesterday—adv; 

much—adv; better—adj; now—adv 

6. one—adj; exceptionally—adv; 

well—adv; small—adj 

Practice B Writing Adverbs and 

Adjectives 


given. 

1. Shy but neighborly Tom arrived 

much later at the block party, looking 

distinctly nervous. 

2. Emma calmly scheduled a later 

doctor’s appointment, wondering if 

she might unknowingly be making a 

terribly big mistake. 

3. Letty spends a great deal of time 

outside, especially in the early autumn. 

4. Ian’s wild outside pitch suddenly 

lost the local softball team the 

championship game. 

5. Nikki abruptly turned right at the 

mall, deciding to do some longoverdue 

shopping. 

6. You know that returning Diane’s silver 

barrette that you accidentally took 

home yesterday is clearly the only 

right thing to do. 

7. The mallard duck with iridescent 

feathers suddenly flew quite close to 

Adrian’s surprised face. 

8. My younger cousin and I are happy to 

be such close friends. 

9. The early bird—which just happens 

to be a large, red, apparently hungry 

cardinal—gets the sleepy, frightened 

worm.

Chapter 16 Prepositions Used in 

Sentences (34) 

Practice A Identifying Prepositions 

1. on, in 

2. after 

3. in, through, with 

4. into, toward 

5. for, with 

6. after, to 

7. at, near, of 

8. in, without 

9. beside, under 

10. during, across from 

Practice B Labeling Prepositions 

1. location 

2. direction 

3. time 

4. time 

5. direction, details 

6. details 

7. location 

8. details 

9. time 

10. details 



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Chapter 16 Preposition or 

Adverb? (35) 

Practice A Identifying Prepositional 

Phrases and Objects 

1. on the hard chair 

2. about a crafty fox 

3. down the steps 

4. after practice 

5. about recycling 

6. into the boiling water 

7. at the new restaurant 

8. for the important competition 

9. During the holiday 

10. throughout the movie 

Practice B Distinguishing 

Prepositions and Adverbs 

1. adverb 

2. preposition 

3. adverb 



6. adverb 


8. adverb

Chapter 17 Coordinating 

Conjunctions (36) 

Practice A Identifying Coordinating 

Conjunctions 

1. or 

2. yet 

3. nor 

4. or 

5. and 

6. so 

7. and 

8. but 

9. but 

10. and 

Practice B Supplying Coordinating 

Conjunctions 


given. 

1. nor 

2. and 

3. so 

4. or 

5. but 

Chapter 17 Correlative 


Practice A Identifying Correlative 

Conjunctions 

1. Whether/or 

2. Not only/but also 

3. Both/and 

4. either/or 

5. Neither/nor 

6. both/and 

7. Whether/or 

8. neither/nor 

9. both/and 

10. Not only/but also 



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Practice B Supplying Correlative 

Conjunctions 

1. and 

2. Neither 

3. but also 

4. Either 

5. or 

Chapter 17 Subordinating 


Practice A Identifying 

Subordinating Conjunctions 

1. If 

2. Although 

3. while 

4. Since 

5. after 

6. Before 

7. When 

8. as soon as 

9. as if 

10. so that 

Practice B Using Subordinating 

Conjunctions 


given. 

1. My sister likes to talk on the phone 

while she does her chores. 

2. Tonya will go to the park if the 

weather is good. 

3. Our family bought a new computer 

because our old one broke. 

4. I answered all the questions on the 

test, although I’m not sure how I did. 

5. Jeff checked his messages as soon as he 

left school.

Chapter 17 Conjunctive 

Adverbs (39) 

Practice A Identifying and Labeling 

Conjunctive Adverbs 

1. instead—contrast 

2. finally—result 

3. moreover—compare 

4. however—contrast 

5. therefore—result 

6. thus—result 

7. consequently—result 

8. otherwise—contrast 

Practice B Using Conjunctive 

Adverbs as Transitions 


given. 

1. He is afraid of flying; therefore, he 

drove from Houston to New York. 

2. Steve had blisters on his feet; 

nevertheless, he finished the marathon. 

3. I don’t like the features of that cell 

phone; besides, it’s expensive. 

4. The club sold everything at the bake 

sale; consequently, the club made a lot 

of money. 

5. She is a loyal friend; moreover, she is a 

great listener. 



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Chapter 17 Interjections (40) 

Practice A Identifying Interjections 

1. Ow! 

2. Shhh! 

3. fine 

4. Oh, no! 

5. Whoa! 

6. Ugh! 

7. Wow! 

8. Fantastic! 

9. Well 

10. Whew 

Practice B Supplying Interjections 


given. 

1. Oh no 

2. What 

3. Ouch 

4. Really 

5. Hurray 

6. Oh 

7. Whew 

8. Wow

Chapter 18 The Two Basic Parts 

of a Sentence (41) 

Practice A Identifying Parts of a 

Sentence 

1. subject 

2. verb 

3. verb 

4. verb 

5. subject 

Practice B Finding Subjects and 

Verbs 

1. kittens, are 

2. dog, barks 

3. store, sells 

4. we, will set 

5. cars, pass 

6. people, stood 

7. library, got 

8. Lalo, seems 

9. restaurant, closes 

10. desk, wobbles 

Chapter 18 Using Subjects 

and Verbs to Express Complete 

Thoughts (42) 

Practice A Recognizing Complete 

Thoughts 

1. incomplete 


3. complete 

4. complete 


6. complete 

7. complete 



10. complete 



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Practice B Expressing Complete 

Thoughts 


given. 

1. My uncle has an amazing stamp 

collection. 

2. Her brother’s running shoes were next 

to the door. 

3. My mom works close to downtown. 

4. My friend Carey has a digital camera. 

5. I was waiting to get a ride home. 

Chapter 18 Complete Subjects 

and Predicates (43) 

Practice A Identifying Simple and 

Complete Subjects 

1. My friend Tiffany plays tennis on 

Saturdays. 

2. Our next-door neighbor has a large 

dog. 

3. The latest bus schedule contains an 

error. 

4. The mayor’s office is next to a 

restaurant. 

5. The tuna sandwiches sat in the sun too 

long. 

6. My basketball shoes got left at school. 

7. The fourth house on our block is 

empty. 

8. Our head librarian helps students with 

research. 

9. That last project took too much time. 

10. The horse with the white face got 

sunburned. 

Practice B Identifying Simple and 

Complete Predicates 

1. My aunt has two grown children. 

2. All of the cross-country runners 

participated in the meet. 

3. Tara has kept a diary since fifth grade.

4. My dad’s office chair scratches 

our floor. 

5. He wasn’t hungry for the snacks. 

6. The first assignment is the hardest one. 

7. They raise goats on their land. 

8. You can see the capitol from here. 

9. My friend helps me with my English 

homework. 

10. Our school cafeteria will serve 

pizza this Friday. 

Chapter 18 Recognizing Compound 

Subjects (44) 


Compound Subjects 

1. parents—simple 

2. James and Sylvia—compound 

3. You or I—compound 

4. Peacocks—simple 

5. Newspapers, magazines, and 

books—compound 

Practice B Recognizing Compound 

Subjects 

1. Plates, cups, and bowls 

2. My sister and I 

3. Cheese or peanut butter 

4. Students, teachers, and staff 

5. Corn and peas 

6. The players and coaches 

7. Farah and I 

8. The actors and singers 

9. Her coat and hat 

10. Stamina and patience 

Chapter 18 Recognizing 

Compound Verbs (45) 


Compound Verbs 

1. got—simple 

2. have written and edited—compound 



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3. swept, mopped, and dusted—compound 

4. prefers—simple 

5. skidded and rolled—compound 

Practice B Recognizing Compound 

Verbs 

1. has(n’t) cleaned or vacuumed 

2. imagined and drew 

3. pitched and caught 

4. bowed and smiled 

5. buys and pays 

6. wrote and asked 

7. rode and brushed 

8. listened but did(n’t) hear 

9. have cut, pasted, and copied 

10. ordered but was 

Chapter 18 The Subject of a 

Command or Request (46) 

Practice A Identifying Subjects in 

Commands and Requests 

1. you 

2. you 

3. you 

4. you 

5. you 

Practice B Rewriting Commands and 

Requests 

1. You turn off that alarm clock! 

2. Hallie, you let me know what you 

decide. 

3. You turn the page now. 

4. You trust me! 

5. You give me your hand. 

6. Kelly, you tell her you have the 

assignment. 

7. You put your boots on. 

8. You ring the doorbell only once. 

9. You come have lunch with me on 

Friday. 

10. You stop rolling your eyes like that!

Chapter 18 Finding Subjects in 

Questions (47) 

Practice A Changing Questions 

Into Statements and Identifying the 

Subject 

1. Dogs can see colors. 

2. Your baby sister’s first word was what. 

3. Clara does have brown eyes or green 

eyes. 

4. Your parents were going to drop you 

off. 

5. You did hang your clothes there why. 

Practice B Identifying Subjects 

1. Felicia 

2. DVD 

3. moon 

4. you 

5. Dad 

6. Cami 

7. napkins 

8. band 

9. we 

10. you 

Chapter 18 Finding the Subject in 

Sentences Beginning with There or 

Here (48) 

Practice A Rearranging Sentences 

With There or Here and Identifying the 

Subject 

1. More printer paper is in the cabinet. 

2. All my change is here. 

3. Nothing is under the doormat. 

4. My latest creation is here. 

5. Our last chance at winning goes there. 


1. car 

2. people 

3. peanuts 

4. teacher 

5. building 

6. answer 

7. article 

8. car wash 

9. bus stop 

10. hangers 

Chapter 18 Finding the Subject in 

Sentences Inverted for Emphasis (49) 

Practice A Rearranging Sentences 

With Inverted Word Order and 

Identifying the Subject 

1. A black spider was hanging right 

above the porch light. 

2. Her sister was sitting on the curb back 

at school. 

3. Neat rows of tomato plants stood in 

the garden. 

4. Sue was marching alone on the 

practice field. 

5. My dad was putting up the shelves all 

by himself. 


1. brother 

2. family 

3. chair 

4. keys 

5. hole 

6. coyote 

7. remote control 

8. sister 

Chapter 18 Recognizing Direct 

Objects (50) 

Practice A Recognizing Direct 

Objects 

1. music, poetry, art 

2. report cards 

3. jobs 



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4. brother 

5. meeting, appointment 

6. fiesta 

7. horror movies, musicals 

8. batches 

9. letter 

10. turkey 

Practice B Writing Direct Objects 


given. 

1. respect 

2. pasta, rice, potatoes 

3. sunscreen 

4. my sister 

5. cereal 

Chapter 18 Distinguishing 

Between Direct Objects, Adverbs, 

and Objects of Prepositions (51) 

Practice A Recognizing Direct 

Objects 

1. sailboat 

2. heater 

3. bus 

4. none 

5. yard 

6. bookshelf 

7. none 

8. none 

9. mother 

10. people 

Practice B Distinguishing Between 

Direct Objects, Adverbs, and Objects 

of Prepositions 

1. direct object 

2. object of preposition 

3. object of preposition 

4. direct object 

5. adverb 



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Chapter 18 Finding Direct 

Objects in Questions (52) 

Practice A Changing Questions Into 

Statements and Identifying the Direct 

Object 

1. You will wear which dress to the party. 

2. Cristina is driving whom to the 

basketball game. 

3. You do need what for your project. 

4. Your dog did chew which toy. 

5. You are reading what in English class. 

Practice B Identifying Direct Objects 

1. What 

2. peppers 

3. bike 

4. Whom 

5. What 

6. sweater 

7. What 

8. socks 

Chapter 18 Recognizing Indirect 

Objects (53) 

Practice A Identifying Indirect 

Objects 

1. cat 

2. Lucy 

3. coach 

4. children 

5. us 

6. me 

7. car 

8. donkey 

9. student 

10. Jake 

Practice B Recognizing Sentences 

With Indirect Objects 

1. none 

2. tourists

3. employee 

4. none 

5. patient 

6. none 

7. council 

8. none 

Chapter 18 Distinguishing 

Between Indirect Objects and 

Objects of Prepositions (54) 

Practice A Identifying Indirect 

Objects and Objects of Prepositions 

1. indirect object 

2. object of a preposition 







Practice B Supplying Indirect 

Objects and Objects of Prepositions 


given. 

1. I sent a card to my best friend. 

2. The firefighter showed school children 

the fire engine. 

3. Renata took the lost kitten to the 

animal shelter. 



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4. Mr. Martinez brought his supervisor a 

basket of fruit. 

5. The chef cooked a fine meal for 

the mayor. 

Chapter 18 Subject 

Complements (55) 

Practice A Identifying Predicate 

Nouns 

1. bluebonnet 

2. composting bin 

3. Houston 

4. doctor 

5. author 

6. mysteries 

7. retriever 

8. cherries 

9. friend 

10. Texas 

Practice B Identifying Predicate 

Adjectives 

1. worn 

2. sweet 

3. low 

4. confident 

5. delicious 

6. dangerous 

7. black 

8. uncomfortable

Chapter 19 Prepositional 

Phrases (56) 

Practice A Identifying Adjectival 

Phrases 

1. in my class 

2. with white paws 

3. in the brown hat 

4. of the game 

5. around the chicken yard 

6. of peppers 

7. on the hill 

8. about love 

9. on wheels 

10. to Marnie 

Practice B Identifying Adverbial 

Phrases 

1. around the block twice 

2. up drainpipes 

3. during our vacation 

4. for a particular audience 

5. about Eleanor Roosevelt 

6. into the house 

7. before dinner 

8. with confidence 

9. on the amendment 

Chapter 19 Using Appositives 

and Appositive Phrases (57) 

Practice A Identifying Appositives 

and Appositive Phrases 

1. my mom’s hometown 

2. my favorite jazz musician 

3. a huge fish 

4. Carol 

5. a true friend 

6. a series of planks on brackets 

7. Dove 

8. my least favorite side dish 



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9. a mix of car repair manuals and 

dictionaries 

10. her twin sister 

Practice B Combining Sentences, 

Using Appositives 

Answers may vary slightly. Sample 

answers are given. 

1. Janet Duncan, my mother, is our 

substitute teacher today. 

2. Vanessa, Darline’s daughter, speaks 

Spanish. 

3. Quinn, Jacob’s six-year-old brother, 

broke his arm. 

4. My mom, a nurse, was nominated for 

employee of the year. 

5. Cluny stopped playing football to 

concentrate on baseball, his favorite 

sport. 

Chapter 19 Using Verbals and 

Verbal Phrases (58) 

Practice A Identifying Participles 

and Participial Phrases 

1. crooked 

2. Wailing 

3. turning into the driveway 

4. blackened 

5. standing to the south of our house 

6. bitten by the snake 

7. Moving quickly 

Practice B Identifying Present and 

Past Participles 

1. scrambled—past participle 

2. falling—present participle 

3. yipping—present participle 

4. forked—past participle 

5. sunburned—past participle 

6. wriggling—present participle 

7. sniffing—present participle

8. satisfied—past participle 

9. rolled—past participle 

10. winding—present participle 

Chapter 19 Adjectival 

Clauses (59) 

Practice A Identifying Adjectival 

Clauses 

1. that you gave her 

2. that I spent in Port Isabel 

3. where Enrique gets his coffee 

4. whose collar is gone 

5. whose essay I read 

6. which I tasted 

7. that Sean wears 

8. that pass by 

Practice B Using Adjectival Clauses 

to Combine Sentences 


given. 

1. The barbecue restaurant serves potato 

salad, which is my favorite side dish. 

2. Ibrahim wrote an insightful article for 

the school paper, which I edit. 

3. That kind of pen that I like was out 

of stock. 

4. Victoria, who shops at the discount 

store, usually finds great bargains. 

5. My mom’s supervisor, who lives in the 

country, raises dachshunds. 

Chapter 19 Adverbial Clauses (60) 

Practice A Identifying Adverbial 

Clauses 

1. when she can’t play 

2. because Larissa spilled milk on it 

3. whenever she’s late 

4. even though she didn’t have to 

5. before she leaves home 

6. if he finishes his dinner 

7. unless he has class 



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8. Although Finn is short 

9. because the bus was late 

10. where her mother goes 

Practice B Using Adverbial Clauses 

to Combine Sentences 


given. 

1. I ran four miles even though I was 

tired after only one. 

2. Sheila let Lyle use her car because his 

had broken down. 

3. Jalla will need to get her passport 

before she goes to Israel next spring. 

4. We started walking to school so that 

we would get more exercise. 

5. Tyler cleans Mrs. Bosford’s gutters 

while Jerry mows her lawn. 

Chapter 19 The Simple 

Sentence (61) 

Practice A Recognizing Simple 

Sentences 

1. not simple 

2. not simple 

3. simple 

4. simple 

5. simple 

6. not simple 

7. not simple 

8. simple 

Practice B Writing Simple Sentences 


given. 

1. Farley’s dog showed up two days 

later. 

2. Genevieve took the jacket. 

3. Summer band camp lasts for four 

weeks. 

4. Sydney walked Veronica home after 

school. 

5. Scorpions have a painful sting.

Chapter 19 The Compound 

Sentence (62) 

Practice A Combining Simple 

Sentences to Form Compound 

Sentences 

1. The cat has a scratching post, and it 

has a feather toy. 

2. Vanessa could compete in the spelling 

bee, or she could go on the field trip. 

3. I needed a quiet place to do my 

homework, so I went to the library. 

4. She wants to do well in school, yet she 

doesn’t spend much time studying. 

5. I asked Dad for twenty dollars, but he 

gave me ten. 

Practice B Punctuating Compound 

Sentences 

1. Mitchell came home from school, and 

he did his homework. 

2. I baked a cake, but it didn’t turn out 

right. 

3. Alice must get to choose the movie, or 

she won’t go at all. 

4. It’s time to mow the lawn; the grass is 

past our ankles. 

5. Shana forgot her math book, so she 

went back home to get it. 

6. I enrolled in geometry, yet I haven’t 

passed algebra. 

7. My sister asked our mom for a new 

video game, and she got two of them. 

8. Tamara is going to Canada for the 

summer; she leaves tomorrow. 

Chapter 19 The Complex 

Sentence (63) 

Practice A Differentiating Between 

Main and Subordinate Clauses 

1. Although he is bruised 

2. which roost in a tree 

3. that had real feathers on it 

4. when he got sick 

5. When her mother called her at school 



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6. that would require a lot of research 

7. As soon as she woke up and ate 

breakfast 

8. who left the keys in the restroom 

Practice B Writing Complex 

Sentences 


given. 

1. Even though I had eaten enough 

already, I accepted Lauri’s offer of 

another slice of pie. 

2. Glen is traveling to New York City 

next summer so that he can visit his 

cousins there. 

3. I could not see a thing in our front 

yard because the fog was extremely 

thick. 

4. When Callum called my house last 

weekend, my sister Vanessa answered 

the phone. 

5. I will have to miss algebra on 

Thursday since I have a dentist’s 

appointment. 

Chapter 19 The Compound- 

Complex Sentence (64) 

Practice A Identifying Sentence 

Types 

1. compound-complex 

2. compound 

3. complex 

4. complex 

5. compound-complex 

Practice B Writing Compound- 

Complex Sentences 


given. 

1. Irv has three older sisters who baby 

him, and he is a bit spoiled. 

2. The store where we shop sells CDs, but 

it doesn’t sell DVDs. 

3. I like a good joke, which is why I go 

to comedy clubs, but I am unable to 

tell one.

4. Alanis built a large bookshelf so that 

she could keep her books organized, 

but it came apart. 

5. Mario plays the piano expertly, and he 

sings well when he tries. 

Chapter 19 Main and 

Subordinate Clauses (65) 

Practice A Differentiating Between 


1. subordinate clause 


3. main clause 





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Practice B Identifying and Using 



given. 

1. subordinate clause; Whenever I go 

to Cedar Park, I visit my friend 

Jonathan. 


3. subordinate clause; That’s the man 

who came to our front door. 


5. subordinate clause; Gladys couldn’t 

put the bike together because she did 

not understand the instructions.

Chapter 20 Classifying the Four 

Functions of a Sentence (66) 

Practice A Identifying the Four 

Types of Sentences 

1. imperative 

2. interrogative 

3. declarative 



6. exclamatory 

Practice B Punctuating the Four 

Types of Sentences 

1. ? 

2. . 

3. ! 

4. ! 

5. . 

6. ! 

7. . 

8. ? 

9. . 

10. . 

Chapter 20 Combining Sentence 

Parts (67) 


Parts in Sentences 

1. text message, e-mail 

2. made, put 

3. hammers, removes 

4. Ducks, geese 

Practice B Combining Main Clauses 

1. Eugene tried a new recipe, and the 

results were delicious. 

2. The climb up the mountain was 

difficult, yet I would do it again. 



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3. The movie was sold out, so we went 

bowling instead. 

4. You can buy the book, or you can 

borrow my copy. 

Chapter 20 Joining Clauses (68) 

Practice A Identifying Subordinate 

Clauses 

1. The road will be reopened after the 

police clear the accident. 

2. Carla studied German so that she 

could communicate on her trip to 

Berlin. 

3. George W. Bush was governor of Texas 

before he became president. 

4. Since David started a motorcycle 

business, he has gotten many 

customers. 

Practice B Combining Sentences 

Using Phrases 


given. 

1. Mr. Berg, a math teacher, is the math 

team advisor. 

2. The high school marching band 

practices before school. 

3. Our English class read short stories by 

Edgar Allan Poe. 

4. We drove to the Kimbell Art Museum 

in Fort Worth to see the exhibit. 

Chapter 20 Varying Sentence 

Length (69) 

Practice A Varying Sentence Length 

by Breaking Longer Sentences 

1. While he was doing his homework 

for science class , Bernie looked at 

his textbook , but he had a hard time 

concentrating because of the TV.

2. During our vacation , we went to the 

top of the university’s tower , we also 

took a boat ride on the river, and we 

toured the Capitol Building. 

3. In science class we studied the rain 

forest and the plants that grow there , 

and we watched a nature video about 

rain forest animals, which was my 

favorite part. 

4. At summer camp, we got to canoe , 

and we also got to swim, but I enjoyed 

camping the most because it was 

something that I had never done. 

5. The dogs that people had brought to 

the dog park were busy splashing in 

the pond , and while the dogs played, 

their owners chatted on the benches. 

Practice B Varying Sentence Length 

by Combining Sentences 


given. 

1. I worked on the math problems. They 

were challenging, so I wasn’t sure how 

to solve them. 

2. Zahri washed the dishes, and he dried 

them. He also cleaned the kitchen 

counters. 

3. The actors studied their lines, and they 

rehearsed. Then they put on the play. 

4. Mom cleared the snow from the car. 

After she warmed the car up, she 

drove to work. 

5. The concert tickets went on sale. We 

wanted to buy some, but they were 

all gone. 

Chapter 20 Varying Sentence 

Beginnings (70) 

Practice A Identifying Sentence 

Beginnings 

1. noun 

2. adverb 

3. infinitive 

4. prepositional phrase 

5. gerund 



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Practice B Varying Sentence 

Beginnings 

1. Walking at least 10,000 steps each day 

was Aunt Dot’s plan. 

2. In the shallow tropical waters, we 

could see colorful fish. 

3. Mysteriously, the cat food we put on 

the porch was gone by morning. 

4. Rick ran laps at the high school track 

in the evening. 

5. To see what would happen, the 

students put a celery stalk in colored 

water. 

Chapter 20 Correcting 

Fragments (71) 

Practice A Recognizing Fragments 

1. fragment 

2. fragment 

3. fragment 

4. sentence 

5. sentence 

6. fragment 

7. sentence 

8. fragment 

9. fragment 

10. sentence 

Practice B Correcting Phrase 

Fragments 


given. 

1. My sister wants to go to college in 

the fall. 

2. Rabbits ate the pansies in the 

flowerpot. 

3. The players were tired. They had been 

running up and down the court. 

4. Sacha studied every day. She wanted 

to pass the exam. 

5. Mom has a meeting on Monday 

morning.

Chapter 20 Correcting Clause 

Fragments (72) 

Practice A Recognizing Clause 

Fragments 

1. fragment 

2. fragment 

3. fragment 

4. sentence 

5. sentence 

6. fragment 

7. sentence 

8. fragment 

9. fragment 

10. sentence 

Practice B Correcting Clause 

Fragments 

Answers will vary. Sample answers are 

given. 

1. As soon as I go home, I check my 

e-mail. 

2. Before the day ends, I need to return 

the library book. 

3. We went to a concert that was held in 

the park. 

4. We tried Vietnamese food, which I 

liked the taste of. 

5. Melanie can’t remember where she 

parked her car. 

Chapter 20 Run-on Sentences (73) 

Practice A Recognizing Run-on 

Sentences 

1. run-on 

2. sentence 

3. run-on 

4. sentence 

5. sentence 

6. run-on 

7. run-on 

8. sentence 



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Practice B Identifying Types of 

Run-on Sentences 

1. comma splice 

2. fused sentence 









Chapter 20 Three Ways to Correct 

Run-ons (74) 

Practice A Identifying How to 

Correct Run-on Sentences 


given. 

1. Gary has a great voice ; he should sing 

the solo. 

2. Fiona is great with numbers ; she can 

do calculations very quickly. 

3. Fire ant bites are painful ; even worse, 

fire ants bite multiple times. 

4. We heard strange noises on the roof. 

then we realized that a squirrel was 

making them. 

5. Big Tex is a statue at the State Fair of 

Texas. he is 52 feet tall. 

Practice B Rewriting Run-on 

Sentences 


given. 

1. Our class visited Fort Worth, and we 

watched the cattle drive. 

2. I went to the market, but I forgot to 

buy apples. 

3. The roads were wet, so traffic was 

slow. 

4. We can go to the movie theater, or we 

can rent a movie.

5. Rhonda likes to sing, yet she can’t 

carry a tune. 

Chapter 20 Properly Placing 

Modifiers (75) 

Practice A Identifying Misplaced 

Modifiers 

1. The cat belongs to my neighbor 

with striped fur. 

2. The waiter gave the child a crayon 

in the high chair. 

3. Floating over their heads, the players 

jumped for the ball. 

4. I discovered a bookstore walking 

through my neighborhood. 

5. Ginny found the missing sock 

cleaning behind her dresser. 

Practice B Recognizing and 

Correcting Misplaced Modifiers 


given. 

1. I returned the ring that was too big to 

the jewelry store. 

2. We ate pasta that was filling before 

the movie. 

3. Opening the door, I saw that the 

delivery person was walking away. 

4. While I was carrying an armload of 

books, the walk home seemed endless. 

5. I watched the dolphins leaping 

through the ocean waves. 

Chapter 20 Avoiding Double 

Negatives (76) 

Practice A Identifying Double 

Negatives 

1. The governor hasn’t had no help 

passing the law.—double negative 

2. I never saw nothing like the rock 

formations in Arches National 

Park.—double negative 



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3. The noise from our neighbor’s party 

didn’t keep us awake.—correct 

4. I didn’t like any of the clothes that 

I tried on at the mall.—correct 

5. None of the students knew nothing 

about the pop quiz.—double negative 

Practice B Correcting Double 

Negatives 

1. The weather forecast hadn’t mentioned 

anything about thunderstorms. 

2. I don’t ever again want to ride a roller 

coaster that goes upside down. 

3. We didn’t have anything to make for 

dinner at home. 

4. Richard has done nothing to help his 

sister with the chores. 

5. My friend didn’t want to see any of the 

movies playing at the theater. 

Chapter 20 Avoiding Common 

Usage Problems (77) 

Practice A Choosing the Correct 

Usage 

1. There 

2. to 

3. accept 

4. to 

5. they’re 

Practice B Correcting Usage 

Problems 

1. The turtles come onto the beach to lay 

their eggs. 

2. The store said it could accept cash but 

not personal checks from customers. 

3. The students in our geography 

class wrote to students in Adelaide, 

Australia. 

4. Vicki had two major concerns about 

the location of the new store. 

5. If there are strong winds, planes can’t 

take off from the airport.

Chapter 21 Using Regular 

Verbs (78) 

Practice A Writing Principal Parts of 

Regular Verbs 

1. announced, (have) announced 

2. attended, (have) attended 

3. floated, (have) floated 

4. rained, (have) rained 

5. occurred, (have) occurred 

6. snapped, (have) snapped 

7. abandoned, (have) abandoned 

8. located, (have) located 

9. believed, (have) believed 

10. trapped, (have) trapped 

Practice B Using Regular Verbs in 

Sentences 

1. Jim talked all the way to school. 

2. It has rained all night. 

3. A lion roared at me. 

4. The colors faded in the wash. 

5. The Cubs have connected for ten hits. 

6. Ink has stained my shirt. 

7. The bridges spanned the river. 

8. He intended to be early. 

9. My brothers have ironed their clothes. 

10. The clown has slipped on the 

banana peel. 

Chapter 21 Using Irregular 

Verbs (79) 

Practice A Writing Principal Parts of 

Irregular Verbs 

1. (have) stolen 

2. find 

3. (have) begun 

4. fly 

5. brought 

6. saw 



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7. (have) spoken 

8. come 

9. set 

10. (have) eaten 

Practice B Correcting Irregular Verbs 

in Sentences 

1. The monkey swung through the trees. 

2. Hiro bought a new backpack. 

3. Snow has fallen for three days. 

4. Who has won the playoff game? 

5. A balloon burst with a loud pop. 

Chapter 21 Identifying the Basic 

Forms of the Six Tenses (80) 

Practice A Identifying Verb Tenses 


1. packed—past 

2. has begun—present perfect 

3. will compete—future 

4. will have used—future perfect 

5. had bought—past perfect 

Practice B Forming Verb Tenses 

1. had come 

2. will arrive 

3. have tuned 

4. rode 

5. will have concluded 

Chapter 21 Conjugating the Basic 

Forms of Verbs (81) 

Practice A Conjugating the Basic 

Forms of Verbs 

1. We choose. You choose. They choose. 

2. I have drawn. You have drawn. He, 

she, or it has drawn. 

3. We will help. You will help. They will 

help.

4. We have hurt. You have hurt. They 

have hurt. 

5. I wandered. We wandered. 

Practice B Using Verb Forms in 

Sentences 

1. has asked 

2. built 

3. will order 

4. have gone 

5. will determine 

Chapter 21 Conjugating Be (82) 

Practice A Conjugating the Basic 

Forms of Be 

1. will be 

2. has been 

3. was 

4. are 

5. have been 

Practice B Using Forms of Be in 

Sentences 

1. The next feature will be “Monsters in 

the Mall.” 

2. Kerry has been the team’s top scorer. 

3. Several tires were piled inside the 

garage. (past) 

4. Tim and you will be in the first row. 

5. Inside the box was my pet turtle. 

Chapter 21 Recognizing the 

Progressive Tenses of Verbs (83) 

Practice A Recognizing the 

Progressive Tenses in Sentences 

1. have been practicing—present perfect 

progressive 

2. was falling—past progressive 

3. will be cheering—future progressive 

4. will have been training—future perfect 

progressive 

5. had been napping—past perfect 

progressive 



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Practice B Using Progressive-Tense 

Verbs in Sentences 

1. was jogging 

2. is beginning 

3. had been running 

4. will have been fasting 

5. has been soaking 

6. will be arriving 

Chapter 21 Progressive Tenses 

of Sing (84) 

Practice A Recognizing the 

Progressive Tenses in Sentences 

1. future progressive 

2. past progressive 

3. future perfect progressive 

4. past perfect progressive 

5. present perfect progressive 

Practice B Using Progressive-Tense 

Verbs in Sentences 

1. will be visiting 

2. will have been jumping 

3. had been rubbing 

4. is staying 

5. have been lifting 

Chapter 21 Identifying Active 

and Passive Voice (85) 

Practice A Recognizing Active and 

Passive Voice 

1. PV 

2. AV 

3. AV 

4. PV 

5. PV 

6. PV 

7. AV 

8. PV 

9. AV 

10. AV

Practice B Using Active Voice 


1. Sal changed the tires. 

2. Lori has bought the book. 

3. The children collected the cans. 

4. Calvin found a notebook. 

5. The mayor led the meeting. 

6. Betsy Byars wrote this book. 

7. An architect drew up the plans. 

8. A thief opened the safe. 

9. He has stolen all of the money. 

10. Later, the police caught him. 

Chapter 21 Troublesome 

Verbs (86) 

Practice A Using the Correct Verb 

1. lay 

2. dragged 

3. said 



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4. had done 

5. has lain 

6. could have 

7. isn’t 

8. had gone 

9. said 

10. saw 

Practice B Using Troublesome 

Verbs Correctly 

1. saw 

2. sat 

3. said 

4. isn’t 

5. correct 

6. lay 

7. should have 

8. has lain 

9. correct 

10. saw

Chapter 22 The Nominative 

Case (87) 

Practice A Identifying Nominative 

Pronouns 

1. I 

2. We 

3. she 

4. she 

5. I 

6. she 

7. they 

8. she 

9. they 

10. he 

Practice B Using Nominative 

Pronouns in Sentences 


given. 

1. she 

2. I 

3. he 

4. she 

5. they 

Chapter 22 The Objective 

Case (88) 

Practice A Identifying Objective 

Pronouns 

1. her—IO 

2. them—OP 

3. her—IO 

4. him—DO 

5. me—OP 

6. her—OP 



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7. me—IO 

8. them—DO 

9. us—OP 

10. them—OP; us—OP 

Practice B Using Objective Pronouns 



given. 

1. her 

2. her 

3. me 

4. them 

5. them 

6. us 

7. us 

8. her 

9. him 

10. him 

Chapter 22 The Possessive 

Case (89) 

Practice A Identifying Possessive 

Pronouns 


2. your 

3. ours 

4. yours 

5. their 

6. His 

7. Their 

8. its 

9. Your 

10. my

Practice B Using Possessive 

Pronouns Correctly in Sentences 


given. 

1. your 

2. my 

3. your 

4. my 


6. Their 

7. its 

8. his 

9. hers 

10. yours 



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Chapter 23 Singular and Plural 

Subjects (90) 

Practice A Identifying Number in 

Nouns and Pronouns 

1. plural 

2. singular 

3. plural 

4. both 


6. both 


8. plural 


10. plural 

Practice B Identifying Singular and 

Plural Subjects 

1. plural 


3. plural 





8. plural 



Chapter 23 Singular and Plural 

Verbs (91) 

Practice A Identifying Number in 

Verbs 



3. plural 

4. plural 


6. plural 



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7. plural 


9. plural 


Practice B Determining Singular and 

Plural Verbs in Sentences 

1. carries 

2. holds 

3. share 

4. eats 

5. has 

6. own 

7. read 

8. cross 

9. comes 

10. play 

Chapter 23 Making Verbs 

Agree With Singular and Plural 

Subjects (92) 

Practice A Making Subjects and 

Verbs Agree 

1. require—plural 

2. visits—singular 

3. belong—plural 

4. was—singular 

5. asks—singular 

Practice B Revising for Subject-Verb 

Agreement 

1. The people in the crowd are very 

excited. 

2. Each fan cheers loudly for our team. 

3. correct 

4. The gymnasts perform different 

exercises. 

5. A woman in the stands claps loudly.

Chapter 23 Making Verbs Agree 

With Collective Nouns (93) 

Practice A Identifying the Number 

of Collective Nouns 



3. plural 

4. plural 



7. plural 


9. plural 

10. plural 

Practice B Making Verbs Agree 

With Collective Nouns 

1. sits 

2. disagree 

3. come 

4. is 

5. meets 

6. plan 

7. is gathering 

8. are sharing 

Chapter 23 Making Verbs Agree 

With Compound Subjects (94) 

Practice A Making Verbs Agree With 

Compound Subjects 

1. are 

2. is 

3. have found 

4. owns 

5. are 

Practice B Revising for Agreement 

Between Verbs and Compound 

Subjects 

1. has played 

2. are being cleaned 



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3. are being recycled 

4. correct 

5. has been offered 

Chapter 23 Agreement in 

Inverted Sentences (95) 

Practice A Identifying Subjects and 

Verbs in Inverted Sentences 

1. Gino and Vince, have been—plural 

2. flowers, are—plural 

3. anyone, is going—singular 

4. sheep, go—plural 

5. boys, were—plural 


in Inverted Sentences 

1. Where are the raincoat and boots you 

bought? 

2. Here come my best friends. 

3. correct 

4. Have Luke and LaRonda practiced 

their solos? 

5. Near the factory were several 

abandoned houses. 

Chapter 23 Verb Agreement With 

Indefinite Pronouns (96) 

Practice A Making Verbs Agree With 

Indefinite Pronoun Subjects 

1. were cheering 

2. has been eaten 

3. include 

4. requires 

5. changes 


Between Verbs and Indefinite 

Pronouns 

1. Each of the ties was hand painted. 

2. Few of my friends have joined the 

club.

3. Everyone in the audience was 

applauding. 

4. correct 

5. Both were searching for a bargain. 

Chapter 23 Making Personal 

Pronouns and Antecedents 

Agree (97) 

Practice A Making Personal 

Pronouns Agree With Their 

Antecedents 


given. 

1. their 

2. her 

3. her 

4. our 

5. their 

6. she 

7. its 

8. their 

9. his 

10. it; his 

Practice B Revising for Pronoun- 

Antecedent Agreement 

1. Either Emily or Dee has offered her 

help. 

2. Both girls said they would be in the 

play. 

3. One of the disks was not put back in 

its case. 

4. My brother and I plan to visit our 

grandmother. 

5. Where did Robby store his suitcase? 

Chapter 23 Avoiding Problems 

With Number and Gender (98) 

Practice A Making Pronouns and 

Antecedents Agree 

1. their 

2. his 

3. his or her 



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4. their 

5. its 

Practice B Supplying Pronouns That 

Agree With Their Antecedents 

1. her 

2. its 

3. their 

4. his or her 

5. their 

Chapter 23 Making Personal 

Pronouns and Indefinite Pronouns 

Agree (99) 

Practice A Supplying Pronouns 

That Agree With Indefinite Pronoun 

Antecedents 

1. our 

2. her 

3. his or her 

4. their 

5. its 

6. his or her 

7. they 

8. his 

9. their 

10. his or her 

Practice B Revising for Pronoun- 

Antecedent Agreement 

1. All of the women offered their help. 

2. One of the men agreed to bring his set 

of tools. 

3. Few of us have read our books yet. 

4. Everybody was given his or her own 

poem to analyze. 

5. The parakeet sat on its perch and sang.

Chapter 24 Three Forms of 

Comparison (100) 

Practice A Identifying the Forms of 

Adjectives and Adverbs 

1. superlative 


3. positive 

4. comparative 





9. positive 


Practice B Identifying Forms of 

Modifiers in Sentences 



3. positive 




7. positive 

Chapter 24 Regular Modifiers 

With One or Two Syllables (101) 

Practice A Identifying Degrees of 

Regular Adjectives and Adverbs 

1. cheaper, cheapest 

2. slimmer, slimmest 

3. more deeply, most deeply 

4. more nearly, most nearly 

5. more charming, most charming 

6. more warmly, most warmly 

7. fiercer, fiercest 

8. more handsome, most handsome 

9. lovelier, loveliest 

10. more happily, most happily 



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Practice B Using Forms of Modifiers 

1. handiest 

2. hardest 

3. more painful 

4. more relaxed 

5. more strangely 

Chapter 24 Regular Modifiers 

With Three or More Syllables (102) 

Practice A Using Forms of Longer 

Modifiers 

1. most 

2. more 

3. more 

4. more 

5. most 

6. more 

7. more 

8. most 

9. more 

10. most 

Practice B Using Forms of Modifiers 

1. most experienced 

2. more noisily 

3. most incredible 

4. most valuable 

5. more ferociously 

Chapter 24 Adverbs Ending 

in -ly (103) 

Practice A Identifying Degrees of 

Adverbs Ending in -ly 

1. more genuinely, most genuinely 

2. more nearly, most nearly 

3. more carelessly, most carelessly 

4. more tensely, most tensely 

5. more coldly, most coldly 

6. more dearly, most dearly

7. more impatiently, most impatiently 

8. more desperately, most desperately 

9. more certainly, most certainly 

10. more intensely, most intensely 

Practice B Using Correct Forms of 

Adverbs 

1. most amazingly 

2. more favorably 

3. more carefully 

4. most eagerly 

5. more sensitively 

Chapter 24 Using Less and 

Least (104) 

Practice A Identifying Decreasing 

Degrees of Modifiers 

1. less valuable, least valuable 

2. less strictly, least strictly 

3. less protective, least protective 

4. less affectionate, least affectionate 

5. less honest, least honest 

6. less hopeful, least hopeful 

7. less ably, least ably 

8. less tentatively, least tentatively 

9. less careful, least careful 

10. less beautifully, least beautifully 

Practice B Using the Correct Form of 

Modifier 

1. less 

2. less 

3. least 

4. least 

5. less 

6. less 

7. least 

8. less 

9. least 

10. less 



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Chapter 24 Irregular Adjectives 

and Adverbs (105) 

Practice A Supplying Comparative 

and Superlative Degrees of Irregular 

Modifiers 

(row 1) worse 

(row 2) worst 

(row 3) farther 

(row 4) furthest 

(row 5) best 

(row 6) better 

(row 7) most 

(row 8) more 

Practice B Using Forms of Irregular 

Modifiers 

1. best 

2. worse 

3. farther 

4. better 

5. more 

6. best 

7. further 

8. further 

9. most 

10. worst 

Chapter 24 Using Comparative 

and Superlative Degrees (106) 

Practice A Determining the Correct 

Form of Modifier 

1. fastest 

2. noisiest 

3. shortest 

4. slimmer 

5. more quickly

Practice B Revising for Correct Use 

of Modifiers 

1. Who is the best player on the team? 

2. They are the poorest family in the 

neighborhood. 

3. Which of the two brothers do you 

think looks younger? 

4. That bread is the softest you can buy. 

5. correct 

Chapter 24 Making Logical 

Comparisons (107) 

Practice A Recognizing Logical 

Comparisons 

1. unbalanced 

2. unbalanced 

3. balanced 

4. unbalanced 

5. balanced 

Practice B Revising to Make 

Comparisons Logical 

1. I like spinach more than any other 

vegetable. 

2. Kerry’s answer was more complete 

than Brian’s. 

3. This chair is more comfortable than 

any other in the room. 



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4. correct 

5. Dave’s speech was more interesting 

than anyone else’s. 

Chapter 24 Troublesome 

Adjectives and Adverbs (108) 

Practice A Using Bad and Badly, 

Good and Well, Fewer and Less 

1. well 

2. bad 

3. good 

4. well 

5. fewer 

6. well 

Practice B Fixing Troublesome 

Modifiers 

1. We received fewer than six letters. 

2. I have only one clean shirt. 

3. correct 

4. Lew slipped and turned his ankle 

badly. 

5. The band sounds bad tonight. 

6. correct

Chapter 25 Using Periods (109) 

Practice A Adding Periods 

1. The law firm handling the case is 

D§ L§ Roberts, Ltd§ 

2. Mr§ Towers asked me if I had done my 

homework§ 

3. Emily lives at 4404 Oak St§ 

4. Rep§ Matthews is in Springfield 

campaigning for re-election§ 

5. Please speak to Col§ Woods about the 

decision§ 

6. Bill Martin Jr§ writes books for 

children§ 

7. Don’t do it, K§ C§ 

8. Olivia asked Kyle if he had seen 

Dr§ Moore yet§ 

9. See that your name is on your paper§ 

10. Ms§ Foster is in charge of the science 

fair§ 

Practice B Using Periods 

1. Please take Benjamin to the park. 

2. Morgan is going with us to the P.O. 

3. My cousin W. T. lives in St. Paul, 

Minnesota. 

4. Mrs. Dylan told us about Rev. Martin 

Luther King Jr. 

5. Don’t touch the hot stove. 

6. Go to the mall and you will find H. A. 

Beck and Co. 

7. Gov. Peters will sign the bill. 

8. My best friends, James and P. J., are 

here. 

9. Dad has a B.A. degree in history. 

10. The party will be on Dec. 5 at 

303 Main St. 



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Chapter 25 Using Question 

Marks (110) 

Practice A Identifying Questions 

1. own§ 

2. books§ 

3. published§ 

4. store§ 

5. Park§ Canyon§ 

6. Where§ 

7. Why§ 

8. Yankees§ 

9. program§ 

10. books§ / them§ 

Practice B Writing Questions 

1. You said you pitched today. How 

many innings? 

2. Where will the new stadium be built? 

3. Will it be completed this year? Or 

next? 

4. How long does it take to build a 

stadium? 

5. You weren’t at the last game. Why? 

6. Did you know my uncle played 

minor-league baseball? 

7. The manager will be replaced next 

season. By whom? 

8. Has your team found a coach yet? 

Mine hasn’t. 

9. Will you wish me luck? I’ll need it. 

10. Haley says Mom will be home soon. 

When?

Chapter 25 Using Exclamation 

Marks (111) 

Practice A Identifying When to Use 

Exclamation Marks 

Answers may vary. Sample answers 

are given. 

1. Go away! 

2. What a glorious day! 

3. You are my best friend! 

4. Absolutely not! I can’t help you again. 

5. I cannot! It’s not right. 

6. Of course! I would like to come. 

7. Wow! I can’t believe my eyes! 

8. How fortunate! 

9. What a shame! 

10. You look beautiful! 

Practice B Writing Using 

Exclamation Marks 

1. Look, that’s Justin at the counter! 

2. Have pity! I’m just learning to skate. 

3. Whew! That was a close call. 

4. Your recipe is super! 

5. This is the best party ever! 

6. Eek! I saw a mouse over there. 

7. Whoops! There goes my tray. 

8. Ah, now I get it! 

9. Ouch! That dish is hot. 

10. Bingo! I just won. 

Chapter 25 Using Commas in 

Compound Sentences (112) 

Practice A Adding Commas in 

Compound Sentences 

1. C 

2. zoo, 

3. camping, 

4. Smokies, 

5. deer, 

6. C 

7. crackers, 

8. tent, 



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Practice B Rewriting Sentences 

1. Black bears are fun to see, but you 

must be careful of them. 

2. Black bears can run very fast, and they 

climb trees well. 

3. C 

4. C 

5. Campers leave food out, and raccoons 

find it. 

Chapter 25 Avoiding Comma 

Splices (113) 

Practice A Recognizing Comma 

Splices 

1. The airport was crowded , a storm in 

Chicago closed the airport there.—I 

2. C 

3. Finally our flight was called , we got in 

line to board.—I 

4. Three of our family sat in one 

row , two sat across the aisle.—I 

5. It was fun to see our city from the 

air , I could see all the highways.—I 

6. C 

7. My aunt and her family met us at the 

airport , my cousins had changed 

a lot.—I 

8. C 

9. They took us downtown to the 

museum , we had lunch at a 

restaurant there.—I 

10. C 


Answers may vary but should correct the 

comma splice. Sample answers are given. 

1. Aunt Terri invited us to visit her in 

New York. Maybe we will go next 

summer. 

2. Mom wants to shop on Fifth Avenue. 

Dad wants to see Times Square. 

3. My older sister insists we see a 

Broadway play. She wants to decide 

which one!

4. We will have to wait and see about 

the play because tickets are very 

expensive. 

5. I would like to see a baseball game. 

Maybe the Yankees will be in town. 

Chapter 25 Using Commas in a 

Series (114) 

Practice A Recognizing Commas 

in a Series 

1. math, 

2. C 

3. constantly, 

4. C 

5. house, 

6. monkeys, 

7. down, 

8. Amazon, 

9. Peru, 

10. C 

Practice B Adding Commas 

1. C 

2. door, 

3. C 

4. wildflowers, 

5. Los Angeles, 

6. swamp, 

7. rice, 

Chapter 25 Using Commas 

Between Adjectives (115) 

Practice A Identifying Correct 

Comma Use 

1. Your stained, dirty shirt should be 

washed.—Add 

2. Mr. Riser is an honest, truthful 

person.—Add 

3. He has huge, swollen , feet and 

hands.—Omit 

4. The job is tough, backbreaking , 

work.—Omit 

5. Her actions are unkind, greedy, and 

dishonest.—Add 

6. The principal gives fair, helpful 

advice.—Add 

7. Start learning about art with a basic 

introductory , course.—Omit 

8. We shared the enormous, green 

salad.—Add 


1. I don’t want expensive, fragile dishes. 

2. How many old, worn pairs of jeans do 

you need? 

3. Mom prefers handy, unbreakable, and 

wood utensils. 

4. She is a sweet, caring, and wholesome 

child. 

5. Trevor is a serious music student. 

Chapter 25 Using Commas After 

Introductory Words, Phrases, and 

Clauses (116) 

Practice A Adding a Comma 

1. yesterday, 

2. early, 

3. Patrick, 

4. left, 

5. homework, 

6. sounds, 

7. Certainly, 

8. board, 

9. Yeah, 

10. snowstorm, 



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1. No, I do not agree with your plan. 

2. Before the time was up, I finished the 

test. 

3. When you want to talk, please call me. 

4. In front of the house, Mom planted 

new flowers. 

5. Olivia, are you planning to go to the 

meeting?

6. Till we meet next summer, take care. 

7. Though Matt did not want to go, he 

did. 

Chapter 25 Using Commas With 

Parenthetical Expressions (117) 

Practice A Recognizing Parenthetical 

Expressions 

1. shirt, not that one, 

2. now, not tomorrow 

3. sweater, Monica 

4. is, of course, 

5. Atlanta, however, 

6. promises, therefore, 

7. was, in my opinion, 

8. Cats, I think, 

9. dogs, not cats, 

10. prefer, Rachel 

Practice B Rewriting Sentences With 

Parenthetical Expressions 

1. Call me when you get there, Erica. 

2. Their apartment building, not ours, 

has been sold. 

3. The choice, of course, is a difficult one. 

4. Your clothes need to be picked up, too. 

5. His excuse, however, did not work. 

6. When you finish here, Angela, you can 

do laundry. 

7. Their decision, in my opinion, is the 

best one. 

8. Class is going to start, Mitchell. 

9. My homework, therefore, never got 

finished. 


Nonessential Expressions (118) 

Practice A Labeling Essential and 

Nonessential Sentences 

1. Essential 

2. Nonessential 

3. Essential 



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5. Essential 


Practice B Using Commas With 

Nonessential Expressions 

1. C 

2. The doctor, checking his records, 

found the prescription. 

3. My uncle, who lives next door, pops in 

often. 

4. The monkey, chattering constantly, 

annoys us. 

5. The child, a little boy, plays while we 

watch him. 

Chapter 25 Using Commas 

With Dates and Geographical 

Names (119) 

Practice A Adding Commas 

1. Mom went to Los Angeles, California, 

on business. 

2. Our neighbors moved to Houston, 

Texas, last year. 

3. My dad was born on February 14, 

1972, on a Monday. 

4. The team is traveling to Springfield, 

Illinois, for a meet. 

5. Your postcard came on Thursday, July 

24, in the morning. 

6. Abraham Lincoln was born on 

February 12, 1809, in Kentucky. 

7. Memorial Day was celebrated on 

Monday, May 29, last year. 

8. On Saturday, December 17, we will go 

into the city. 

9. My aunt had a baby boy on 

Wednesday, August 1, at noon. 

10. We are going to Boston, Massachusetts, 

for vacation. 


1. On Friday, March 30, we celebrate my 

parents’ anniversary. 

2. He lived in Tampa, Florida, for a year.

3. What is the average temperature in 

Juneau, Alaska, in July? 

4. He lives in Frankfort, Kentucky, now. 

5. The mountains around Denver, 

Colorado, are beautiful. 

Chapter 25 Using Commas in 

Numbers (120) 

Practice A Using Commas 

1. 1,500,000 dollars 

2. 935,000 workers 

3. 5,492 new laws 

4. correct 

5. 5,450 mammals 

6. correct 

7. 2,689,500 people 

8. correct 

9. correct 

10. correct 

Practice B Identifying Correct 

Comma Use 

1. The population of our city is 378,021. 

2. Read Chapters 33, 34, and 35 for next 

week. 

3. The Second World War ended in the 

year 1945. 

4. The shop is at 3060 Pine Street. 

5. There are about 10,080 minutes in a 

week. 

6. The community center is in ZIP Code 

44456. 

7. Call me back at (798) 635-1234. 

8. Our company uses 12,500 postcards a 

month. 

9. The diameter of Jupiter is about 

88,800 miles. 

10. The library has 32,665 square feet. 



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Addresses and in Letters (121) 

Practice A Adding Commas 

1. correct 

2. Albany, New York 46512 

3. Fondly, 

4. correct 

5. Liberty, NE 69782 

Practice B Identifying Missing 

Commas 

1. San Diego, 

2. Grandmother, 

3. Drive, 

4. Houston, 

5. Love, 


Direct Quotations (122) 


Comma Use With Direct Quotations 

Correct sentences are given. 

1. Ms. Rice said, “Open your books, 

please.” 

2. “Look at page 240,” she said, “and you 

will see a photograph.” 

3. “It shows,” she went on, “the 

Transcontinental Railroad.” 

4. “Many workers were needed to build 

the railroad,” she said. 

5. “We will read,” she said, “how it 

connected the East and the West.” 


1. “I like action movies,” said Dominic. 

2. “I do, too,” replied James, “but I like 

science fiction movies more.”

3. Leslie said, “I prefer comedies.” 

4. “My favorite movies,” said Melissa, 

“are love stories.” 

5. “My grandmother says she went to 

double features,” said Zoe. 

Chapter 25 Using Semicolons to 

Join Independent Clauses (123) 

Practice A Identifying Words Used 

With Semicolons 

1. I hope to do well; indeed, I want 

to excel. 

2. It’s early in the season; at this time, 

we can still win. 

3. I studied very hard; nevertheless, 

I didn’t do well on the test. 

4. My aunt thinks we should come to 

visit; in fact, she sent us tickets. 

5. I enjoy history; as a result, I decided to 

write about ancient Egypt. 

Practice B Writing Sentences With 

Semicolons 


given. 

1. It’s easy to care for a cat; first, you feed 

it regularly. 

2. I can’t sing a note; however, I love to 

dance. 

3. I offered to help at the game; 

otherwise, I would go to the concert. 

4. Everyone is coming on Sunday; we are 

serving turkey and all the trimmings. 

5. Dan doesn’t plan well; he is never 

prepared. 

Chapter 25 Using Semicolons to 

Avoid Confusion (124) 

Practice A Rewriting Sentences 

1. The movie has action, including two 

car chases; suspense, featuring a 

missing person; and good acting. 

2. We finished Chapter 4, “Courage”; 

Chapter 5, “Goals”; and Chapter 6, 

“Connections.” 



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3. The characters are Merry, a mermaid; 

Phil, a big fish; and Wallie, a whale. 

4. I must work on Thursday, December 

15; Friday, December 16; and Monday, 

December 19. 

5. Our friends went to Las Vegas, 

Nevada; Houston, Texas; and Phoenix, 

Arizona. 

Practice B Writing Sentences With 

Semicolons 

1. My dad; my brother, Carter; my sisters, 

Naomi and Bella; and I are going to the 

fair next week. 

2. I’ll visit on Thursday, May 4; 

Wednesday, May 10; and Tuesday, 

May 16. 

3. The assignments are to read a story; 

to do the math problems, pages 46–49; 

and to write a descriptive paragraph 

about a person. 

4. Swimming lessons will be on 

Wednesday, June 23; Wednesday, June 

30; and Tuesday, July 6. 

Chapter 25 Using Colons (125) 

Practice A Using Colons 

1. Mrs. Stevens served pasta with sauce, 

salad, and bread. 

2. correct 

3. correct 

4. Dear Sir or Madam: 

Practice B Using Colons 

1. For the art project, you will need the 

following: glitter, glue, paints, and a 

brush. 

2. The game starts at 1:20 on Sunday. 

3. Caution: Falling Rocks

Chapter 25 Using Quotation 

Marks With Quotations (126) 

Practice A Labeling Direct and 

Indirect Quotations 

1. D 

2. D 

3. D 

4. I 

5. D 

6. D 

7. I 

8. D 

9. I 

10. D 

Practice B Punctuating Expressions 

1. Alex asked, “When is the book sale?” 

2. “That’s one thing we have to decide,” 

said Zoe. 

3. “Why are we planning the sale?” 

asked Daniel. 

4. Zoe said, “It’s to raise money for the 

class trip.” 

5. “That sounds like a good reason,” said 

Alex. 


Marks With Other Punctuation 

Marks (127) 


Sentences 

1. I 

2. I 

3. C 

4. C 

5. C 


1. “Will you tutor after school?” Ms. 

Jones asked. 

2. “Gosh!” said Melissa. “We’re late 

already.” 



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3. I can’t believe she said, “Yes, you can 

borrow it”! 

4. “I’d like to see that television show,” 

Emma said. 

5. Didn’t Aunt Mae say, “Come at five”? 

Chapter 25 Using Single 

Quotation Marks for Quotations 

Within Quotations (128) 


Sentences 

The correct sentences are given. 

1. “Did Mrs. Brown say, ‘Open the store,’ 

or ‘Open the door’?” asked Caleb. 

2. Maria said, “I heard someone yell, 

‘Come quickly,’ so I am here.” 

3. Jay asked, “What did you say when 

Brooke said, ‘I didn’t do it’?” 

4. “Did you say, ‘Pass the potatoes’ or 

‘Pass the tomatoes’?” asked Sean. 

5. Isaac said, “I heard him scream, ‘Help!’ 

and came running.” 


1. Melanie said, “Mr. Collins asked, ‘How 

many are going on the field trip?’” 

2. Destiny commented, “When you said, 

‘Come to my party,’ I was surprised.” 

3. Ms. Miller said, “All who oppose this 

plan, say, ‘Nay.’” 

4. Lillian asked, “Did Gavin say, ‘Let’s go 

to the show,’ or ‘Let’s go to see Joe’?” 

5. Addison asked, “Why did you say, 

‘Yes,’ when you didn’t want to go?” 

Chapter 25 Punctuating 

Explanatory Material Within 

Quotes (129) 

Practice A Identifying Explanatory 

Material Within Quotes 

1. [two surrounding counties] 

2. [Best All-Around Athlete] 

3. [The Red Pony]

Practice B Using Brackets for 

Explanatory Material Within Quotes 

1. “We [the nominating committee] are 

announcing our choices to run for the 

state legislature.” 

2. “We [the students of the seventh 

grade] wish to thank our principal, Ms. 

Waller, for her support. 

3. The radio talk show host said, “It 

is with regret that I am leaving this 

station for another station [BGS in 

Chicago, Illinois].” 


Marks for Dialogue (130) 

Practice A Using Quotation Marks in 

Dialogue 

The teacher asked, “Who can name some 

other favorite stories?” 

“I liked the story about the people waiting 

for the rain to stop,” said Mark. “I think I 

liked it because I like science fiction,” he 

explained. 

Leah said, “I remember a story about a 

parrot. The bird kept the father from being 

lonely in his store,” she added. 

Practice B Revising Dialogue for 

Punctuation and Paragraphs 

“We studied plot when we read the 

mongoose story,” said Bill. “The story 

had suspense. What is that high point of 

suspense called?” he asked. 

“I remember,” responded Cindy. “It is the 

climax,” she said. 

“We learned about character and setting, 

too,” said Rebecca. 


Marks in Titles (131) 

Practice A Adding Quotation Marks 

1. You must read the article “How to 

Train Your Dog.” 

2. “September Song” is my grandfather’s 

favorite song. 



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3. The best chapter so far is “The Keeper 

of the Keys.” 

4. The short story “The Third Level” is 

science fiction. 

5. Have you seen “The Last Cowboy” on 

The Sports Network? 

Practice B Using Quotation Marks 

for Titles 

1. Did you watch “Dual Citizenship” on 

How Do You Do? 

2. Mom is looking for “Casseroles You 

Will Love” in that magazine. 

3. Dad remembers reading “Stolen Day” 

when he was in school. 

4. On what page does “Rattlesnake 

Hunt” begin? 

5. Ogden Nash wrote “The 

Hippopotamus.” 

Chapter 25 Using Underlining 

and Italics in Titles (132) 

Practice A Identifying Titles 

1. I took my little brother to see Beauty 

and the Beast onstage. 

2. Have you seen Renoir’s The Laundress 

at The Art Institute? 

3. I found the album Sgt. Pepper’s 

Lonely Hearts Club Band on the shelf. 

4. We saw the modern sculpture The 

Chicken by Calder. 

5. Have you read Lizzie Bright and the 

Buckminster Boy? 

Practice B Using Underlining for 

Titles 

1. Have you seen Star Trek reruns? 

2. Grandpa likes the old songs on the 

album It’s Time. 

3. My parents went to the opera Madame 

Butterfly at Orchestra Hall. 

4. The World Book Encyclopedia contains 

the information I need. 

5. My sister’s babysitter is reading 

Evangeline, and it’s a really long 

poem.

Chapter 25 Using Hyphens in 

Numbers (133) 

Practice A Using Hyphens in 

Numbers 

1. correct 

2. eighty-three passengers 

3. a two-thirds majority 

4. twenty-four geraniums 

5. thirty-nine contributions 

6. one-third cup of milk 

7. fifty-three of the boxes 

8. correct 

9. one-quarter yard 

10. ninety-two senators 

Practice B Proofreading for Hyphens 

1. Seventy-five people attended the 

meeting. 

2. The recipe calls for one-eighth 

teaspoon nutmeg. 

3. correct 

4. Thirty-seven students were on the bus. 

5. correct 

Chapter 25 Using Hyphens for 

Prefixes and Suffixes (134) 

Practice A Using Hyphens 

1. self-insured homeowner 

2. mid-January snowstorm 

3. ex-senator from Kansas 

4. post-British rule 

5. self-conscious teen 

6. trans-American flight 


1. An all-homeowner meeting is today. 

2. The ex-mayor wants to run again. 

3. Robert has little self-discipline. 

4. The legislation is pro-Texan. 

5. Many people built homes in the 

post-World War II days. 

6. He is an ex-member of the squad. 



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Chapter 25 Using Hyphens in 

Compound Words (135) 

Practice A Using Hyphens in 

Compound Words 

1. my great-grandmother 

2. a mother-in-law 

3. a great-great-grandchild 

4. a stand-in for the lead 

5. a great-uncle 

6. gained self-knowledge 

7. president-elect 


1. Mrs. Rey and her sister-in-law are in 

the living room. 

2. My great-granddad came from Puerto 

Rico. 

3. Mom planted forget-me-nots in the 

garden. 

4. I’m the new class vice-president. 

5. Dad and his brother-in-law are in 

China. 

6. Aunt Rosie is a writer-editor. 

Chapter 25 Using Hyphens With 

Compound Modifiers (136) 

Practice A Using Hyphens With 

Compound Modifiers 

1. correct 

2. cutting-edge technology 

3. a three-way stop 

4. a one-year contract 

5. correct 

6. jam-packed roads 

7. correct 

8. a well-known rule 

9. correct 

10. a well-deserved award 


1. correct 

2. We live on a weather-beaten farm.

3. It was time for a well-calculated risk. 

4. Mom and Dad made a clear-headed 

decision. 

5. Well-built cabinets were installed. 

6. correct 

Chapter 25 Using Hyphens at the 

Ends of Lines (137) 

Practice A Identifying Correct Use of 

Hyphens 

1. suf | fix 

2. pur | pose 

3. spell |bind | ing 

4. orn | a | ment 

5. crim | i | nal 

6. up | hill 

7. cas | cade 

8. com | i | cal 

9. con | trap | tion 

10. dif | fi | cult 

Practice B Using Hyphens in Words 

1. It has rained all week, and the drizzle 

per-sists today as well. 

2. correct 

3. Grace worked for a long time to conquer 

her fear of the dark. 

4. correct 

Chapter 25 Using Hyphens 

Correctly to Divide Words (138) 

Practice A Identifying Hyphens 

Used Correctly 

1. pierced 

2. Brazil 

3. correct 

4. picky 

5. closed-circuit 

6. correct 

7. clapped 

8. hab-its 



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9. along 

10. self-respect 

Practice B Using Hyphens to 

Divide Words 

1. The street was dark, and then I heard a 

blood-curdling scream. 

2. Last year, Miranda and I pledged our 

friendship. 

3. We went to the dock to launch the 

boat. 

4. Judi has been kind and good-tempered 

every time I’ve seen her. 

5. I am going to the movie with Kimberly 

at three today. 

Chapter 25 Using Apostrophes 

With Possessive Nouns (139) 

Practice A Using Apostrophes to 

Show Ownership 

1. a day’s work 

2. my cousins’ home 

3. the boys’ uniforms 

4. Dion’s question 

5. the maid of honor’s dress 

6. Chris’s books 

Practice B Fixing Apostrophes 

1. Children’s 

2. shop’s 

3. restaurant’s 

4. arena’s; team’s 

5. Mars’; Earth’s 


With Pronouns (140) 

Practice A Using Apostrophes 

1. sweater is mine 

2. someone’s baseball 

3. their team 

4. idea is ours

5. your cap 

6. house is hers 

Practice B Using Pronouns 

1. That cell phone is not mine. 

2. Yours is on the table. 

3. Nobody’s report is finished. 

4. Is this his pen? 

5. Ellen’s treats are left on the table. 

7. Could this bike be hers? 

8. Someone’s knit hat is on the shelf. 

9. Does this shopping bag belong to 

them? 

10. Their desks are next to each other. 


With Contractions (141) 

Practice A Using Apostrophes in 

Contractions 

1. They’re or aren’t 

2. Where’s 

3. Eric’s 

4. won’t 

5. couldn’t 

6. I’d or would’ve; I’d 

7. They’ll 

8. What’s 

9. doesn’t 

10. isn’t 

Practice B Proofreading for 

Apostrophes 

1. I’ve been busy. 

2. Will you see if she’s in the yard? 

3. Hasn’t Tiffany baby-sat? 

4. She can’t leave until three. 

5. You haven’t seen the kitten, have you? 

6. They’ll bring a salad. 

7. Dad won’t be happy about the broken 

window. 



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Chapter 25 Using Apostrophes to 

Create Plurals (142) 

Practice A Using Apostrophes 

1. correct 

2. m’s 

3. so’s 

4. q’s 

5. correct 

6. correct 

7. n’s 

8. u’s 

9. A’s 

10. 5’s 


Apostrophes 

1. My little brother mixes up his p’s and 

f’s. 

2. Connecticut has three c’s in it. 

3. Don’t forget to cross your t’s when you 

write. 

4. Will all the J’s line up behind James? 

5. Does license have one c or two c’s? 

Chapter 25 Parentheses (143) 

Practice A Using Parentheses 

1. Patriots complained about the king of 

England (King George III). 

2. In 1773, a group of colonists dumped 

tea into water (Boston Harbor) to 

protest taxes. 

3. According to the news report, tea (342 

chests of it!) was dumped into the sea. 

4. Two lanterns (remember “Paul 

Revere’s Ride”?) signaled that the 

British were coming by sea.


Parentheses 

1. After most airline tickets (domestic 

and international) are sold, they cannot 

be refunded. 

2. The best months for good weather in 

Alaska are in the summer (June, July 

and August). 

3. You may choose a free gift (choices 

include Fresh Roses bath gel, soap, or 

lotion) if you spend $25. 

4. If you buy a video, you will receive not 

only a free item (a $10 gift card) but 

also a surprise item. 

Chapter 25 Brackets (144) 

Practice A Using Brackets 

1. My grandmother said, “I always 

admired Dwight Eisenhower during 

the war [World War II].” 

2. “He [President Eisenhower] was 

popular, and he easily won a second 

term in office.” 

3. The waitress said, “You may want to 

try today’s special [chicken with rice] 

because it’s very good.” 

4. Dad asked, “How many of these 

[pointing to the windows] did you 

wash this morning?” 

Practice B Proofreading for Brackets 

1. The basketball player said, “The loss 

yesterday [February 10, 2011] was 

unfortunate, because we played hard.” 

2. The superintendent announced, “This 

year’s recognition for most improved 

scores [math scores] goes to Coolidge 

Middle School.” 

3. Ulysses S. Grant (a commander of 

Union troops during the Civil War 

[1861–1865]) later became president. 



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4. The newspaper reported, “The 

House of Representatives passed the 

bill [health-care reform] after much 

debate.” 

5. Dad said, “You all have been asking 

for this [a new television], but you 

must cooperate in choosing the shows 

to watch.” 

Chapter 25 Using the 

Ellipsis (145) 

Practice A Using Ellipses 

1. pause 

2. pause 

3. omission 

4. omission 

5. pause 

6. pause 

7. omission 

8. pause 

9. pause 

10. omission 

Practice B Using Ellipses 

1. pause 

2. incomplete statement 

3. pause 



6. pause 

7. pause 


9. pause

Chapter 25 Dashes (146) 

Practice A Using Dashes 

1. We went through three states— 

New York, Connecticut, and 

Massachusetts—on the trip. 

2. Dad has been in forty-nine of the fifty 

states—there’s only Hawaii left to see. 

3. We came over to apologize—we were 

wrong to say what we did. 

4. The alarm didn’t go off, my jeans were 

lost—oh, I don’t have time to explain. 



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Practice B Using Dashes 

1. Please explain why you did that—and 

be sure to include everything. 

2. How many business trips—my guess 

is thirty—did Mom take last year? 

3. Three o’clock—that’s when you think 

you will finish? 

4. The hurricane winds—they were 

clocked at more than one hundred 

miles per hour—uprooted old trees.

Chapter 26 The Word I (147) 

Practice A Supplying Capitalization 

1. What can I do to help you get ready? 

2. Akemi and I will watch your little 

sister. 

3. If I can’t go to camp, I’ll take 

swimming lessons. 

4. I will never forget how much you 

helped. 

5. Stephen, Luis, and I are teammates. 

6. I am sure I can finish my homework 

early. 

7. I will make dinner for Mom’s birthday. 

8. If I cook, will you do the dishes? 

9. When I am tired, I make mistakes. 

10. Chris and I are studying together this 

afternoon. 


Capitalization 

1. Cheyenne and I are next-door 

neighbors. 

2. If I sign up, will you? 

3. I count three i’s in invisible. 

4. When I babysit, I have extra money. 

5. I like to go out to eat in a restaurant. 

6. The twins and I have been friends 

since first grade. 

7. Since I enjoy swimming, my dad said 

we can join the fitness club. 

8. I need to finish my report that’s 

due Friday. 

9. May I please have more mashed 

potatoes? 

10. For how many people should I set 

this table? 



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Chapter 26 Sentences (148) 

Practice A Supplying Capitalization 

1. There’s no doubt. 

2. The coach asked us to come for 

practice today. 

3. What is your reason? 

4. Find a partner and talk about your 

sentences. 

5. Do you like to read? 

6. When? 

7. The time is three, on the dot. 

8. Will you share your essay, Caleb? 

9. My sister starts college this year. 

10. Look at the diagram on page 433. 



1. You should come early and stay late to 

help me. 

2. Dinner is here on Sunday at one. 

3. Bring extra pencils and an eraser on 

Thursday. 

4. How many? 

5. What do you think of Mr. Hall’s new 

car? 

6. Don’t let Jesse bully you. 

7. Oh, well. 

8. That’s good news! 

9. Can you show me how to search the 

Internet? 

10. Gate H7 is down this corridor on 

the right.

Chapter 26 Quotations (149) 

Practice A Recognizing 


1. o nce, Once 

2. w ind, Wind; i t’s, It’s 

3. i n, In 

4. y ou, You; i t’s, It’s 

5. w ell, Well 



1. “What time was it on?” asked Mike. 

2. “It was on at eight, I think,” replied 

Liam. 

3. “Why did you like it?” asked Mike. 

“Should I try to see it next week?” 

4. “The main characters have funny 

lines,” said Liam. 

5. “That’s right,” said Crystal, “because 

I saw it, too.” 

Chapter 26 Using Capitalization 

for Proper Nouns (150) 

Practice A Using Capitalization for 

Names of People 

1. Georgia O’Keeffe 

2. Jillian, Javier 

3. Lynne Rae Perkins 

4. Meriwether Lewis, William Clark 

5. Stephanie N. Morgan 

6. Brendan E. Brown 

Practice B Using Capitalization for 

Names of Places and Things 

1. U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. 

2. Amazon River 

3. Jackson Hole, Wyoming 

4. Art Institute of Chicago 

5. San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge 

6. New Orleans, Gulf of Mexico 

7. Seattle, Washington, Ohio 



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for Proper Adjectives (151) 


Proper Adjectives 

1. indonesian , Indonesian 

2. korean , Korean 

3. swedish , Swedish 

4. south african , South African 

5. jamaican , Jamaican 

6. crispy crunch , Crispy Crunch 


Proper Adjectives 

1. asian , Asian 

2. korean american , Korean American 

3. russian , Russian 

4. north american , North American 

5. roman , Roman 

6. saudi arabian , Saudi Arabian 


for Titles of People (152) 


Titles of People 

1. My question, Senator, is about your 

decision on educational reform. 

2. Moby Dick tells the story of Captain 

Ahab and a whale. 

3. correct 

4. Where is Uncle Giovanni staying? 

5. correct 

6. What do the test results show, Doctor? 

Practice B Writing Titles of People 

Correctly 

1. May I borrow your necklace for a day, 

Aunt Maria? 

2. correct 

3. The record shows that Representative 

Davis was absent for the vote.


for Titles of Works (153) 


Titles of Things 

1. Shrek 

2. The Food Network 

3. Portrait of Dr. Gachet 

4. “Amigo Brothers” 

5. correct 

6. “The Cremation of Sam McGee” 


Titles of Things 

1. School of Rock 

2. The Music Man 

3. “Don’t Touch My Hat” 

4. The Little Engine That Could 


in Letters (154) 


Capitalization in Letters 

1. 36 Bluebonnet Lane 

2. correct 

3. correct 

4. Dear Grandmother, 

5. Love, 

6. correct 

5. 76 Magnolia Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 

70821 

Practice B Using Capitalization in 

Letters 

1. Mockingbird Lane, Nashville 

2. Dear Mr. Jackson 

3. Your 

4. Tenth Street, Columbus, OH 



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5. truly 

6. Hawthorne Lane, Jefferson City, MO 

7. Sincerely 

8. Sincerely 

9. Ninth Street, Trenton, NJ 

10. December 


in Abbreviations, Acronyms, and 

Initials (155) 


Abbreviations 

1. Sammy Davis Jr. 

2. correct 

3. Dominic Thompson, M.D. 

4. Harbor View Dr. 

5. correct 

6. Ms. Jennifer Andrews 

7. Samuel L. Gompers 

8. McAllen, TX 78505 

9. correct 

10. Dr. Neva Wallace 


Initials and Acronyms 

1. M. J. 

2. CORE 

3. IRA 

4. correct 

5. J. P.

Part 2: Vocabulary and Spelling Practice Answers 

Vocabulary Practice 1: Prefixes (p. 157) 

A. 1. improbable 

2. indecisive 

3. inflexible 

4. immature 

5. inexplicable 

6. inexcusable 

7. impenetrable 

8. incompetent 

9. insurmountable 

10. incoherent 

B. 1. incompetent 

2. inexplicable 

3. improbable 

4. incoherent 

5. immature 


A. 1. deplete 

2. decompose 

3. defunct 

4. dehydrate 

5. deformity 

6. deface 

7. default 

8. deter 

9. degrade 

10. denounce 

B. 1. defunct 

2. deplete 

3. deter 

4. denounce 

5. deface 


A. 1. undaunted 

2. unscathed 

3. unkempt 

4. unwary 

5. untenable 

B. Possible answers: 

1. to go backward 

2. to pay back 

3. to put back in position 

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4. the act of getting back at 

5. to bring back; to get back again 

C. 1. unscathed 

2. unwary 

3. retrieve 

4. unkempt 

5. retaliation 


A. Possible answers: 

1. to work together 

2. secret agreement or cooperation 

3. to put together 

4. to entrust for care; to praise 

5. trade 

6. to be in agreement or harmony; to act in 

accordance with 

7. to keep in a safe state; to save 

8. to put one’s trust in; to tell in confidence 

or secretly 

9. a group with a common purpose; a 

unified or interacting group; a state 

10. to meet; to begin a meeting 


1. If you have a problem, you can confide 

in me. 

2. The group will convene in January in 

Akron, Ohio. 

3. All applications must conform to this 

standard. 

4. There was collusion between the state 

official and the realtor. 

5. The parents commend the children to 

their uncle’s care. 


3. obstruct 

4 j 

5. obtain 

6. h 

7. obvious 

8. a 

9. opponent 

10. c (or d) 

11. opposition 

12. d (or c)

13. oppress 

14. b 

15. obligation 

16. f 

17. obstacle 

18. i 

19. occupation 

20. e 

Vocabulary Practice 6: Suffixes (p. 162) 

A. 1. endurance 

2. maintenance 

3. persistence 

4. preference 

5. resemblance 

B. 1. plenty 

2. pride; exaggerated sense of one’s own 

worth 

3. something that makes clear or obvious; 

something showing proof 

4. acceptance 

5. hesitation or unwillingness 


A. 1. temporary 

2. voluntary 

3. sensory 

4. advisory 

5. dietary 

B. 1. laboratory 

2. dormitory 

3. category 

4. flattery 

5. forgery 

C. 1. flattery 

2. dietary 

3. sensory 

4. forgery 

5. advisory 


A. 1. deliberate 

2. exaggerate 

3. interrogate 

4. motivate 

5. segregate 

6. enumerate 

7. initiate 


8. liquidate 

9. participate 

10. violate 


1. The family will liquidate the bonds to buy 

the home. 

2. I will enumerate the reasons for Larry’s 

success. 

3. The attorney will interrogate the witness 

on the stand. 

4. The school will initiate some additional 

computer policies in the fall. 

5. Those who violate the rules will be 

punished. 


A. 1. possession 

2. liberation 

3. succession 

4. ignition 

5. persuasion 

6. confusion 

7. provision 

8. inversion 

9. infection 

10. emission 

B. succession 

inversion 

emission (or emissions) 

infection (or infections) 

persuasion 

possession 

ignition 

confusion 

liberation 

provision (or provisions) 

Vocabulary Practice 10: Word Roots 

(p. 166) 

A. 1. video 

2. visionary 

3. visual 

4. revision 

5. visor 

6. convivial 

7. revive 

8. viable 

9. vital 

10. improvise

B. (The order of the answers in each category 

may vary.) 

Meaning Related to Seeing: 

1. improvise 

2. revision 

3. video 

4. visionary 

5. visor 

6. visual 

Meaning Related to Life 

7. convivial 

8. revive 

9. viable 

10. vital 


(p. 167) 

The explanations are possible answers. 

1. kind—gender means type or kind of sex 

2. birth—genealogy traces birth lines 

3. birth—everyone in a generation is born at 

almost the same time 

4. birth—coming into being is birth 

5. birth or kind—what is genetic comes at 

birth, but it also determines kind 

6. kind—gentry is a kind or level of class 

7. kind—heterogeneous means consisting of 

many kinds or types 

8. birth—progeny are those who are born 

9. kind—generic means having no specific 

type or kind 

10. birth—regenerate means to produce, or 

give birth to, again 


(p. 168) 

A. 1. prescribe 

2. spectator 

3. scripture 

4. spectacular 

5. suspect 

6. inspector 

7. nondescript 

8. script 

9. subscribe 

10. inscription 

B. (The order of the answers in each category 

may vary.) 

Meaning Related to Writing 


2. script 


3. scripture 

4. nondescript 

5. prescribe 

6. subscribe 

Meaning Related to Seeing 


8. spectacular 

9. suspect 

10. spectator 


(p. 169) 

A. The following words should be underlined: 

versatile 

extrovert 

introvert 

reverse 

converted 

diversion 

adverse 

version 

controversy 

versus 

B. 1. converted 

2. version 

3. controversy 

4. adverse 

5. introvert 

6. diversion 

7. reverse 

8. versus 

9. extrovert 

10. versatile 

Vocabulary Practice 14: Synonyms 

(p. 170) 

A. 1. affluent 

2. irritate 

3. mar 

4. mock 

5. regal 

6. intriguing 

7. scrutiny 

8. meager 

9. squalid 

10. synthetic 

B. 1. mock 

2. synthetic 

3. regal

4. irritate 

5. squalid 

6. mar 

7. intriguing 

8. scrutiny 

9. affluent 

10. meager 


(p. 171) 

A. 1. craftsperson, artisan 

2. loud, boisterous 

3. curious, inquisitive 

4. take back, recant 

5. mild, temperate 

6. powerful, potent 

7. devoid, lacking 

8. necessary, indispensable 

9. enraged, infuriated 

10. difficult, arduous 

B. 1. potent 

2. infuriated 

3. indispensable 

4. inquisitive 

5. devoid 


(p. 172) 

A. 1. worsen, deteriorate 

2. alone, solitary 

3. sign, symptom 

4. useless, futile 

5. feeble, weak 

6. thorough, comprehensive 

7. lacking, deficient 

8. annoy, harass 

9. think carefully, contemplate 

10. aptitude, ability 

B. 1. harass 

2. aptitude 

3. symptom 

4. deteriorate 

5. feeble 

C. Possible answers; 

1. George presented a comprehensive plan 

for rebuilding the playground. 

2. I like to contemplate living in a warmer 

climate. 


3. Make sure your daily diet is not deficient 

in calcium. 

4. It is futile to try to catch that rabbit. 

5. My grandfather lives a solitary life in the 

woods of Alaska. 

Vocabulary Practice 17: Antonyms 

(p. 173) 

A. 1. amicable 

2. loathe 

3. taut 

4. luxurious 

5. dubious 

6. disclaim 

7. chaotic 

8. apprehension 

9. coarse 

10. exotic 

B. 1. exotic 

2. loathe 

3. disclaim 

4. amicable 

5. dubious 

Vocabulary Practice 18: Antonyms 

(p. 174) 

A. 1. fruitful, barren 

2. condemn, condone 

3. hostile, cordial 

4. unattractive, comely 

5. boring, exhilarating 

6. impolite, civil 

7. noble, ignoble 

8. impromptu, planned 

9. extroverted, shy 

10. safe, perilous 

B. 1. condone 

2. cordial 

3. exhilarating 

4. comely 

5. impromptu 

Vocabulary Practice 19: Homophones 

(p. 175) 


1. O, I would love to walk around in the 

capitol. 

2. Patience is the capacity to put up with 

inconvenience.

3. Person and serf are both spelled with er. 

4. You need a light to see a sight; or site is 

like place: long vowel, consonant, and 

silent e. 

5. A duel is trouble: both are spelled 

with an e. 


1. sight 

2. patience 

3. serf 

4. surf 

5. patients 

6. duel 

7. dual 

8. capital 

9. site 

10. capitol 

Vocabulary Practice 20: Homophones 

(p. 176) 


1. a. There were only a few cents lying on the 

dresser. 

b. The scents at the perfume counter always 

gave her a headache. 

c. The first two sentences of this paragraph 

do not make sense to me. 

2. d. I have my great-grandfather’s medals 

from World War II. 

e. I begged Erik not to meddle in this 

decision-making process. 

3. f. The weather has been dreary for days 

now. 

g. I don’t know whether to pack an 

umbrella. 

4. h. Belinda is quite vain about her hair. 

i. Look at the beautiful weather vane on top 

of that old barn. 

j. Your veins look blue under the skin at 

your wrist. 

B. 1. vain 

2. vein 

3. whether 

4. sense 

5. meddle 

Vocabulary Practice 21: Analogies 

(p. 177) 

A. 1. graceful 

2. microscope 

3. temperature 


4. film crew 

5. computer 

6. brawl 

7. self-control 

8. donation 

9. shirt 

10. regret 


1. swimming 

2. jigsaw 

3. constellation 

4. chain 

5. library 

Vocabulary Practice 22: Connotations 

(p. 178) 

A. 1. a. oversight 

b. blunder 

c. Possible answer: The careless 

mistakes I made on my math test hurt 

my grade. 

2. d. dislike 

e. detest 

f. Possible answer; The environmentalists 

abhor new laws that encourage logging 

and other activities that destroy 

habitats. 

3. g. flexible 

h. fickle 

i. Possible answer: The weather is 

changeable today: It started out cool 

and dry but got hot and humid. 

4. j. determined 

k. firm 

l. Possible answer: Renée would not 

apologize for her actions: She was 

much too stubborn. 

5. m. homely 

n. hideous 

o. Because the woman neglected her 

personal care, she had begun to look 

ugly. 


booboo, loathe, mercurial, consistent, 

unsightly

Vocabulary Practice 23: Commonly 

Misused Words (p. 179) 

1. to make fit 

to take into one’s own family; to make 

part of one’s own practice or use 

adapt 

The couple is hoping to adopt a child. 

2. to give recommendations or counsel 

recommendations, guidance 

advice 

The counselors will advise you on which 

courses to take. 

3. vertical elevation above sea level; height 

feeling or emotion toward something; 

mental state; physical state 

altitude 

The coach stresses that all players must 

have a positive attitude. 

4. order 

step or state in a process; the extent of 

something; unit used to measure 

temperature; title given by a college or 

other school 

decree 

My brother is pursuing a degree in 

engineering. 

5. something made for a particular purpose 

or created for a particular effect 

to invent; to plan or bring about 

devised 

My neighbor’s grandfather invented the 

device for detecting smoke. 

6. to leave one’s country for another country 

to go to another country to live 

emigrated 

Record numbers of people immigrated to 

this country at the beginning of the 

twentieth century. 

7. at one time 

in a formal manner; publicly 

formerly 

The superintendent formally announced 

the closing of the school library. 

8. private; relating to one’s own business or 

concerns 

those who work in a particular capacity 

or for a particular enterprise 

personnel 

No one wanted to discuss the personal 

information contained in the letter. 

9. to hold back; to use physical objects to tie 

up or otherwise hold something or 

someone back 


to keep, despite other factors 

retain 

Possible answer: Owners must restrain 

their dogs in this park. 

10. a three-dimensional representation of a 

person, animal, or other object usually 

made by carving, modeling, or casting 

a law, a regulation; an act of a 

corporation 

statute 

In Central Park, there is a statue 

honoring a dog. 

Vocabulary Practice 24: Commonly 

Misused Words (p. 180) 

1. altogether 

all together 

2. bathe 

bath 

3. choose 

chose 

4. county 

country 

5. elder 

older 

6. humane 

human 

7. lend 

loan 

8. phrase 

phase 

Vocabulary Practice 25: Specialized 

Vocabulary (p. 181) 

A. 1. larceny 

2. arson 

3. cross-examine 

4. parole 

5. perjury 

6. plaintiff 

7. slander 

8. vandalism 

9. annul 

10. defendant 

11. counterfeit 

12. felony 

13. indict 

14. affidavit 

15. testimony

B. In each group of answers, words may be in 

any order. 

1–2. defendant, plaintiff 

3–6. arson, counterfeit, larceny, vandalism 

7–8. slander, perjury 

9–10. testimony, affidavit 



A. 1. windward 

2. starboard 

3. leeward 

4. helm 

5. shoal 

6. stern 

7. bow 

8. keel 

9. buoy 

10. ballast 

B. 1. rudder 

flat piece of wood or metal in the stern of 

a boat used to turn the boat 

2. scuttle 

small hole in the deck of a boat, with a 

lid, and large enough for a person 

3. navigate 

sail; steer; find a direction or way 

4. mast 

a long pole or spar that supports the 

rigging for the sails 

5. capsize 

overturn 



A. 1. monsoon 

2. peninsula 

3. hemisphere 

4. fossil 

5. oasis 

6. latitude 

7. longitude 

8. dune 

9. crater 

10. eclipse 

11. Arctic 

12. equator 

13. glacier 


14. Tropics 

15. humidity 

B. In each group of answers, words may be in 

any order. 

1–3. latitude, longitude, equator 

4–6. monsoon, glacier, humidity 

7–8. Tropics, Arctic 

9–10. oasis, dune 



A. 1. RAM 

2. CD/ROM 

3. laptop 

4. terminal 

5. download 

6. password 

7. modem 

8. fonts 

9. network 

10. software 


1. indicator that shows where information is 

being entered 

2. magnetic object inserted into the 

computer for memory storage 

3. picture or symbol representing a function 

or a task 

4. file containing the styles for various parts 

of like documents 

5. screen display device 



A. 1. retail 

2. wholesale 

3. monopoly 

4. merger 

5. gross income 

6. inventory 

7. proprietor 

8. inflation 

9. profit margin 

10. overdraft 

B. 1. refund 

2. assets 

3. deficit 

4. invoice 

5. embezzle

C. In each pair of answers, word order may be 

reversed. 

1. deficit, overdraft 

2. retail, wholesale 

3. net worth, assets 

4. gross income, inventory 

5. monopoly, merger 

Spelling Practice 1: Short Vowel 

Spellings (p. 186) 

A. 2. tense, first e 

3. structure, first u 

4. adjust, u 

5. credit, e, i 

6. astonish, o, i 

7. profit, o, i 

8. skeleton, first and second e, 

9. plunge, u 

10. budget, u, e 

11. dramatic, second a, i 

12. mascot, a, o 

13. strategy, a, e 

14. cafeteria, first a, first e 

15. attempt, e 

16. dentist, e, i 

17. cancel, a, 

18. smudge, u 

19. abandon, first a 

20. avalanche, first and last a 

B. Answers should include three of the following: 

1. credit, astonish, profit, dramatic, 

cafeteria, dentist, filter 

2. exercise, tense, credit, skeleton, budget, 

attempt, dentist 

3. astonish, profit, mascot 

Spelling Practice 2: Long Vowel 


A. 2. attain, ai 

3. quotation, o, a 

4. radar, a 

5. idle, i 

6. motivate, o, a-consonant-e 

7. trophy, o, y 

8. decrease, e, ea 

9. donor, o 

10. previous, e, i 

11. noble, o 


12. oval, o 

13. raisin, ai 

14. acquire, i-consonant-e 

15 creature, ea 

16. gaze, a 

17. hesitate, a-consonant-e 

18. grease, ea 

19. empire, i-consonant-e 

20. proclaim, o, ai 

21. preach, ea 

22. mutual, u 

23. sleeve, ee 

24. zenith, e 

25. engagement, a-consonant-e 

B. Answers should include five of the following: 

1. attain, quotation, radar, motivate, raisin, 

gaze, hesitate, proclaim, engagement 

2. deceit, trophy, decrease, previous, 

creature, grease, preach, sleeve, zenith 

3. quotation, motivate, trophy, donor, noble, 

oval, proclaim 

Spelling Practice 3: Digraphs (p. 188) 

A. 1. pronounce, ou 

2. drowned, ow 

3. boundary, ou 

4. foul, ou 

5. rookie, oo 

6. scour, ou 

7. wooden, oo 

8. shrewd, ew 

9. browse, ow 

10. launch, au 

11. mountain, ou 

12. applause, au 

13. outrage, ou 

14. encounter, ou 

15. exhaust, au 

16. neutral, eu 

17. pouch, ou 

18. foundation, ou 

19. drought, ou 

20. tycoon, oo 

B. 1. launch 

2. mountain 

3. scour 

4. drowned

Spelling Practice 4: Vowels Before r 

(p. 189) 

A. Words in each category may appear in any 

order. 

ar 

or 

er 

ur 

our 

ear 

ier 

eer 

1. artificial 

2. barbecue 

3. bargain 

4. charcoal 

5. gargle 

6. ordinary 

7. parcel 

8. regard 

9. snare 

10. sparkle 

11. adore 

12. enormous 

13. fortunate 

14. majority 

15. morning 

16. normal 

17. ordinary 

18. concern 

19. nervous 

20. murmur 

21. courtesy 

22. journey 

23. earnest 

24. earth 

25. pierce 

26. career 

B. Any four of these answers: 

courtesy, journey, earnest, earth, concern, 

nervous 

Spelling Practice 5: Compound 

Words (p. 190) 

A. 1. eyewitness, one word 

2. happy-go-lucky, hyphenated 


3. passageway, one word 

4. yearbook, one word 

5. wristwatch, one word 

6. watercolor, one word 

7. teen-ager, hyphenated 

8. playwright, one word 

9. nighttime, one word 

10. headquarters, one word 

11. string bean, two words 

12. well-known, hyphenated 

13. trustworthy, one word 

14. paperback, one word 

15. heartbroken, one word 

16. high school, two words 

17. part-time, hyphenated 

18. post office, two words 

19. sea gull, two words 

20. toothache, one word 

Spelling Practice 6: Adding Suffixes 

That Begin with Vowels (p. 191) 

A. 1. combined 

2. donated 

3. simplest 

4. sensible 

5. gravest 

6. developing 

7. agreed 

8. believable 

9. differed 

10. braver 

11. secluded 

12. paler 

13. movable 

14. canceling 

15. transferring 

B. 1. enforcing 

2. forbidding 

3. valuable 

4. propelling 

5. illustrated 

6. lovable 

7. beginning 

8. including 

9. rebelled 

10. saddest

Spelling Practice 7: Changing y to i 

(p. 192) 

A. 1. memories 

2. discoveries 

3. identified 

4. varieties 

5. supplies 

6. necessarily 

7. notified 

8. families 

9. qualified 

10. batteries 

11. pitiful 

12. costliest 

13. facilities 

14. mysterious 

15. carriage 

B. 1. colonies 

2. emergencies 

3. plentiful 

4. marriage 

5. gloomiest 

6. flimsiest 

7. qualities 

8. applied 

9. hastily 

10. groceries 

Spelling Practice 8: Plurals (p.193) 

A. 1. chimneys 

2. heroes 

3. studios 

4. wristwatches 

5. businesses 

6. geniuses 

7. skis 

8. loaves 

9. cupfuls 

10. knives 

11. taxis 

12. stereos 

13. tornadoes 

14. stitches 

15. thieves 

B. 1. themselves 

2. zeros 

3. correct 


4. echoes 

5. correct 

6. halves 

7. shelves 

8. memos 

9. heroes 

10. correct 

Spelling Practice 9: Syllable Patterns 

(p. 194) 

A. 1. vie/tim 

2. sum/mit 

3. ab/stract 

4. cor/rode 

5. sum/mon 

6. lo/cust 

7. e/ject 

8. cri/sis 

9. lob/ster 

10. fo/cus 

11. ro/tate 

12. pol/len 

13. er/rand 

14. mi/nor 

15. ig/nlte 

16. con/cert 

17. de/ny 

18. so/cial 

19. sa/cred 

20. im/age 

21. ob/struct 

22. mi/nus 

23. de/cent 

24. tor/ment 

25. em/blem 

B. 1. obstruct 

2. rotate 

3. social 

4. eject 

5. deny 

6. emblem 

7. abstract 

8. ignite 

9. concert 

10. corrode

Spelling Practice 10: Three-Syllable 


A. 1. ap-pe-tite 

2. typ-i-cal 

3. de-li-cious 

4. suf-fi-cient 

5. ab-so-lute 

6. nov-el-ty 

7. e-ter-nal 

8. schol-ar-ship 

9. a-bun-dant 

10. neg-a-tive 

11. max-i-mum 

12. doc-u-ment 

13. clas-si-fy 

14. di-a-gram 

15. e-quip-ment 

16. of-fi-cial 

17. med-i-um 

18. del-i-cate 

19. en-clo-sure 

20. def-i-nite 

21. re-luc-tant 

22. pol-i-tics 

23. ex-hi-bit 

24. cab-i-net 

25. ad-he-sive 

B. 1. typical 

2. negative 

3. maximum 

4. document 

5. diagram 

6. medium 

7. delicate 

8. definite 

9. politics 

10. cabinet 

Spelling Practice 11: Foreign Words 

and Spellings (p. 196) 

A. 

et spells long a sound 

1. beret 

2. buffet 

3. crochet 

ends with ue 

4. antique 


5. plague 

6. rogue 

ch spells the sh sound 

7. chauffeur 

8. chef 

9. crochet 

10. parachute 

ends with etti 

11. confetti 

12. spaghetti 

g spells the j sound 

13. corsage 

14. dungeon 

15. pigeon 

16. prestige 

B. The spelling rules are possible answers. 

2. alligator, ends with or 

3. boulevard, first vowels are ou 

4. caribou, ends with ou 

5. geyser, two e’s, one y 

6. giraffe, one r, two f’s 

7. pizza, two z’s 

8. sequoia, see with one e, quoi with a qu 

9. tortoise, us is spelled oise 

10. yacht, silent ch 

Spelling Practice 12: Unusual 


A. 

silent h 

1. asthma 

2. gingham 

3. rhyme 

4. rhythm 

5. schedule 

6. shepherd 

7. sought 

8. stomach 

silent g 

9. campaign 

10. foreign 

11. gnarled 

12. resign 

13. sought 

silent p 

14. cupboard 

15. psalm 

16. raspberry

B. The spelling rules are possible answers. 

2. cemetery, one c, three e’s 

3. cousin, with an s 

4. suede, with ue and e 

5. soldier, what sounds like jer is dier 

6. license, c comes before s 

7. guarantee, ua at the beginning, ee at the 

end 

8. league, ends with ue 

9. hymn, y instead of i, silent n 

10. gauge, silent u after the a 

Spelling Practice 13: Related Words 

(p. 198) 

A. 2. converse – e + ation = conversation 

3. regulate – e + ion = regulation 

4. reserve – e + ation = reservation 

5. observe – e + ation = observation 

6. admire – e + ation = admiration 

7. congratulate – e + ion = congratulation 

8. oblige – e + ation = obligation 

9. graduate – e + ion = graduation 

10. predict + ion = prediction 

11. direct + ion = direction 

12. discuss + ion = discussion 

13. investigate – e + ion = investigation 

B. 1. regulate 

2. oblige 

3. congratulate 

4. investigate 

5. observe 

6. discuss 

7. reserve 

8. converse 

9. admire 

10. invite 

Spelling Practice 14: More Related 


A. 2. televise – e + ion = television 

3. examine – e + ation = examination 

4. demonstrate – e + ion = demonstration 

5. circulate – e + ion = circulation 

6. select + ion = selection 

7. compete – e + ition = competition 

8. discriminate – e + ion = discrimination 

9. express + ion = expression 

10. inspect + ion = inspection 

11. consider + ation = consideration 


12. revise – e + ion = revision 

13. associate – e + ion = association 

B. 1. discriminate 

2. associate 

3. compete 

4. inspect 

5. examine 

6. televise 

7. revise 

8. consider 

9. cooperate 

10. circulate 

Spelling Practice 15: Words with 

Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes (p. 200) 

A. 1. objection 


3. enforcement 

4. unbearable 

5. arrangement 

6. eruption 

7. combination 


9. subdivision 

10. irresponsible 

11. inspiration 

12. contradiction 

13. disappointment 

14. corruption 

15. enjoyment 

16. unconscious 

17. immovable 

18. rejection 

19. assorted 

20. imported 

21. irresistible 

22. unfriendliness 

23. depression 

24. disruption 

25. expensive 

B. Words in each group may appear in any 

order. 

1–4. enforcement, disappointment, 

arrangement, enjoyment 

5–7. combination, contradiction, corruption 

8–10. corruption, disruption, eruption 

11–13. unbearable, irresponsible, irresistible 

14–15. rejection, objection

Informal Speaking Skills (p. 203) 

Exercise 1 Preparing for a Classroom Discussion 

Require students to give specific details. 

Exercise 2 Giving Directions 

Require students to give specific details while writing 

clear and accurate directions. 

Formal Speaking Skills (p. 204) 

Exercise 1 Choosing a Topic 

Sample answers are given. 

1. Creating a new multimedia computer lab for 

middle school students 

2. A government law that commissions artists to 

paint portraits of presidents and world leaders 

3. A new discovery about genetic cloning 

4. A public viewing of the space shuttle launch 

5. The invention of E-mail with person-to-person 

digital imaging capabilities 

6. The recordings of a well-known improvisational 

jazz musician 

7. The tax increase for the construction of a new 

school 

8. The new government subsidy paid to authors of 

books 

9. Welcoming home the army officers who have 

returned from a battle 

10. A new interactive toy that talks to you and your 

friends 

Exercise 2 Planning a Speech 

Require students to give specific details about their 

speeches. 

Delivering a Speech (p. 205) 

Exercise 1 Introducing and Concluding Your Speech 

Students’ introductions and conclusions will vary. 

Remind students that their introductions should grab 

the attention of their audience, and their conclusions 

should pull together the key points of their speech. 

Self-Assessment of a Speech (p. 206) 

Exercise 1 Evaluating Yourself 

Encourage students to strive to answer “always” and to 

prepare well for their speeches. 

Listening Effectively (p. 207) 

Exercise 1 Preparing Yourself to Listen 

1. Hearing occurs naturally; listening takes effort. 

2. Concentrating is important in order to 

understand what is being said. 

3. A paper and pencil are necessary to take notes. 

4. You can begin with a partial understanding of the 

subject. 

5. If you are not feeling well, you may be distracted 

by your discomfort. 

Exercise 2 Evaluating Your Listening Skills 

Encourage students to strive to answer “Always.” 

Interpreting Maps and Graphs (pp. 208, 20 9) 

Exercise 1 

1. The title of the map is “Today’s Weather.” 

2. A cold front is represented by a line of triangles. 

3. The temperature in Los Angeles is in the 70’s; in 

Denver it is in the 40’s. 

4. The equivalent of 750 miles is 3/4 of an inch. 

5. The distance from Washington, D.C. to Miami is 

1,000 miles, or 1,500 kilometers. 

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Skills Activities Answers 

6. Seattle is the northernmost city shown on the 

map. 

7. You would travel northeast. 

8. Seattle and Washington, D.C. 

Exercise 2 

1. The subject of the line graph is the Native 

American Population of Central Mexico. 

2. The information source is Nicolás 

Sánchez-Albornoz, The Population of Latin 

America. 

3. The graph covers the time period from 1500 

to1620. 

4. The decline in the population of Native Americans 

of Central Mexico in the sixteenth and early 

seventeenth centuries is being measured. 

5. Approximately 25 million Native Americans lived 

in central Mexico before 1520; in 1580, 

there were 

about 2 million Native Americans. 

6. The population had greatly declined during this 

time period. 

Viewing Information Media Critically (p. 210) 

Exercise 1 Viewing Media 

Require students to give specific details about the 

information media they view. 

Viewing Fine Art Critically (p. 211) 

Exercise 1 Examining Fine Art 

Suggest that students find a well-known piece of fine 

art, such as Winslow Homer’s Snap the Whip or 

Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night, in order to answer 

the questions. 

Creating Graphic Organizers for 

Comprehension (pp. 212, 213) 

Exercise 1 Creating a Venn Diagram 

1. Both countries share a common heritage and the 

same continent. Both countries had major 

portions settled by French and English explorers. 

Cities in both countries have French names. 

2. The French maintained a stronger hold in 

Canada than they did in the United States. In 

Canada, people speak French, and there are 

advertisements in both English and French. In 

the United States, most people speak English, 

and there are few places reflecting the French 

influence. 

3. The word both signals a comparison. 

The words however, different, on the contrary, yet, 

and but signal contrasts. 

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Exercise 2 Creating a Chart 

Shape Texture Color Taste Color 

of skin of fruit of skin 

Cantaloupe round rough orange sweet light 

brown 

Honeydew round smooth pale very pale 

Melon green sweet green 

Exercise 3 Creating a Pie Chart 

1. 50% pepperoni 

2. 25% cheese 

3. 14% peppers 

4. 8% olives 

5. 3% anchovies 

Formatting to Create Effect (p. 214) 

Exercise 1 Using Formatting 


1. Tourist Sights in Ireland 

Heads of articles in magazines are set in boldface type 

with capitals. 

2. It is helpful to answer the five W’s—who, what, 

when, where, why—in the opening paragraph of 

areportforanewscast. 

The five W’s named or defined in this sentence are set 

in italics. 

3. Nine of our team members are playing in the 

softball game. 

Here are their positions: 

1 Tobias is the pitcher 

2 Lucy is the catcher 

3 Henry plays first base 

4 Janet plays second base 

5 Alex plays third base 

6 Kristine plays shortstop 

7 Jacob is an outfielder 

8 Jennifer is an outfielder 

9 Daniel is an outfielder 

The team members are numbered because there are 

many names and positions, and they are easier to read 

as a numbered list. 

4. Here are the types of blood: 

• type A 

• type B 

• type AB 

• type O 

The four types of blood are called out in a bulleted 

list. 

5. Zoo Rules 

Petting the animals is permitted, but please DO 

NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. 

The title, “Zoo Rules,” is set in boldface type above the 

next sentence because it is the heading. The words, 

“DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS,” are set in capital 

letters because this warning needs to be clearly 

emphasized. 

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Developing a Multimedia Presentation (p. 215) 

Exercise 1 

Students should choose topics suitable to their media. 

Encourage them to be sure to use large images that are 

easily seen by classmates and equipment that is in 

working condition. 

Exercise 2 

Students’ outlines should be helpful in planning their 

presentations. 

Creating a Video (p. 216) 

Exercise 1 

Look for a clear sequence of events in students’ 

storyboards. Make sure all important shots have been 

included. 

Using Context (p. 217) 

Exercise 1 Using Context Clues 

Sample written answers are given. 

1. b Inca Indians 

2. a collected 

3. b many things about the Indians 

4. c produced enough food 

5. a created a large empire 

6. b large empire 

7. a paid to the Inca leader 

8. c created to hold their empire together 

9. a for centuries 

10. c to Spanish conquerors 

Exercise 2 More Work With Context Clues 


1. hurried 

2. bold 

3. deep 

4. expected outcome 

5. decided 

Studying Meanings in the Content Areas (p. 218) 

Exercise 1 Creating Science Categories 

1. inchoation—a beginning; early stage 

2. diverticulosis—the abnormal condition of having 

anumberofdiverticulaprotrudingfromthewall 

of the intestinal tract 

3. exacerbated—made more intense 

4. distensible—able to be expanded 

5. excisement—removal 

Numbers 3 and 5 are a category because both words 

begin with the prefix ex, whichmeans“forth,”“from,” 

or “out.” 

Exercise 2 Creating Social Studies and Current 

Events Categories 

1. gubernatorial—of the governor 

2. habiliment—clothing; dress 

3. hermeneutics—the art of interpretation of 

literature 

4. postern—a small back door 

5. tallit—in Judaism, a prayer shawl 

Numbers 2 and 5 are a category because they both 

have to do with clothing.

Keeping a Vocabulary Notebook (p. 219) 

Exercise 1 Setting Up a Vocabulary Notebook 


1. (at* mNs fir*) envelopeofgasessurroundingthe 

earth. The balloon rose into the atmosphere. 

2. (ref* yooj) shelter or protection. The animals 

found a refuge from the storm. 

3. (ē vap* Nrāt*) changeintovapor.Thewater 

evaporated from the pond. 

4. (prē sip’ N tā* shNn) any form of rain or snow. The 

precipitation began in the evening. 

5. (shN nook*) warm,drywindintheRockies.This 

chinook melted the snow. 

6. (step) vast semi-arid plain, having few trees. 

Those Indians live on the steppe. 

7. (mar* itīm*) locatedonornearthesea.The 

maritime winds are very strong. 

8. (tī* gN) evergreenforest.Avasttaigastretches 

across Canada. 

9. (män soon*), a large wind system found in 

Southwest Asia. The monsoon brought rain to 

the land. 

10. (tôr nā* dō) afunnel-shapedcloud.Thistornado 

caused great destruction. 

Exercise 2 Using Other Study Methods 

1. clothing 

2. punish 

3. rejoice 

4. one who has withdrawn and lives alone 

5. able to read 

Studying New Words (p. 220) 

Exercise 1 Using Words in Sentences 


1. prototype: the first thing or being of its kind; 

original. 

The prototype for our band’s uniform looks kind 

of like a superhero’s costume. 

2. insipid: without flavor, dull 

Acarefulwriteroflovepoemsmightfindsome 

greeting cards rather insipid. 

3. indubitably: unquestionably, undoubtedly 

This is indubitably the coldest my fingers have 

ever been, and I hope I don’t have frostbite. 

4. copiously: abundantly; sufficiently Hans 

covered his bread copiously with peanut butter. 

5. minion: a favorite or servile follower 

Any important minion of King Henry VIII had to 

be fairly good at learning new names. 

Exercise 2 Using Flashcards andAudio Recorders 

to Study 

1. clandestine: secret; hidden 

2. winsome: charming; sweet 

3. lugubrious: mournful in a way that seems 

exaggerated 

4. liberate: to set free; release 

5. anterior: at or toward the front 

Using a Dictionary and Other Reference 

Aids (p. 221) 

Exercise 1 Using a Dictionary 

1. mongooses 

2. theater 

3. racket 

4. a perennial weedy plant, usually with blue 

flowers; leaves used in salad; roasted root as or 

with coffee 

5. quantize 


Exercise 2 Using a Thesaurus 


1. fallacy, mirage, misimpression 

2. pause, delay, falter 

3. unselfish, ample, charitable 

4. fearless, heroic, lionhearted 

5. egregious, glaring, gross 

Exercise 3 Using a Glossary 


1. The glossary is found right before the index at 

the back of the textbook. 

2. I can learn definitions of terms and phrases, 

where they are located in the textbook, and 

pronunciations in the glossary. 

3. A culture is the entire way of life that a people 

has developed. 

4. hieroglyphics, isthmus, proprietor 

5. hieroglyphics: system of writing that uses 

pictures to represent words and ideas 

isthmus: narrow strip of land 

proprietor: owner of a proprietary colony 

Using Roots (p. 222) Exercise 1 Using Roots to Define Words 

1. send forth 

2. turn inside out 

3. able to be moved 

4. not able to be seen 

5. move down in rank 

6. easily seen 

7. ambassadors sent to a foreign country 

8. to keep from coming about 

9. to turn aside 

10. to turn around 

Exercise 2 Using Roots to Build Words 


1. adverse, hostile or turned against you 

2. transmission, something sent from one place to 

another 

3. immovable, not capable of being moved 

4. television, a device used to transmit pictures and 

sound across distances 

5. invent, come upon or conceive 

Using Prefixes (p. 223) 

Exercise 1 Using Prefixes to Define Words 


1. spread 

2. inform wrongly 

3. not clear 

4. hire again 

5. name again 

6. understand wrongly 

7. transfer between ships 

8. send abroad 

9. not fortunate 

10. placed across 

Exercise 2 Using Prefixes to Build Words 


1. rewind, wind again 

2. explode, burst out 

3. misdirect, direct incorrectly 

4. transplant, transfer from one place to another 

5. unimportant, not important 

Using Suffixes (p. 224) 

Exercise 1 Using Suffixes to Define Words 

1. capable of being afforded 

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2. in a soft way 

3. the result of being merry 

4. the act of being attracted 

5. the act of being confused 

6. in a slow way 

7. capable of being defended 

8. the result of being excited 

9. capable of being reasoned 

10. act of being decided 

Exercise 2 More Work With Suffixes 

1. the result of being involved 

2. capable of being predicted 

3. in a fresh way 

4. the state of being polluted 

5. the state of being promoted 

6. in a happy way 

7. capable of being employed 

8. the act of colliding 

9. the result of being arranged 

10. capable of being worked 

Examining Word Origins (p. 225) 

Exercise 1 

Words 

Discovering the Origins of Borrowed 

1. French 

2. Eskimo 

3. French 

4. Italian 

5. Spanish 

6. French 

7. French 

8. Spanish 

9. Spanish 

10. Native American 

Exercise 2 Finding the Origins of Invented Words 

1. a machine for beheading, named after Joseph 

Guillotin, a French physician 

2. the telegraphic alphabet, named after its 

American inventor, Samuel Morse 

3. a breed of dogs, named after the monk St. 

Bernard, 

who founded a monasteryin the Alps 

4. acronym for Women’s Army Corps 

5. a noxious mixture of fog and smoke. The term 

was probably first used in 1905 by H.A. Des 

Voeux to describe atmospheric conditions over 

many British towns. 

Starting a Personal Spelling List (p. 226) 

Exercise 1 

Answers will vary. 

Studying Your Spelling Words (p. 227) 

Exercise 1 Working With Problem Words 

1. abundant 

2. careless 

3. brilliant 

4. weather 

5. surprise 

6. principal 

7. recommend 

8. guidance 

9. forty 

10. disappoint 

Exercise 2 More Work With Spelling Problems 

1. C 

2. consider 

3. appreciate 

4. concede 

5. C 


Applying Spelling Rules (p. 228) 

Exercise 1 Spelling Words With ie or ei 

1. deceived 

2. thief 

3. reigned 

4. vein 

5. received 

6. piece 

7. weighs 

8. ceiling 

9. field 

10. neither 

Exercise 2 Spelling Words With Suffixes 

1. deferred 

2. spoonful 

3. annoyance 

4. slapped 

5. conferred 

6. scariest 

7. shipping 

8. flowing 

9. fixed 

10. argument 

11. peaceable 

12. preference 

13. disposable 

14. winning 

15. saying 

16. gaily 

17. magnifying 

18. reducible 

19. waxed 

20. supplied 

Adding Prefixes and Using Memory Aids (p. 229) 

Exercise 1 Spelling Words With Prefixes 


1. unnatural 

2. misplace 

3. transfer 

4. exceed 

5. dismiss 

6. recall 

7. exhale 

8. redirect 

9. mismanage 

10. unselfish 

11. express 

12. discontinue 

13. rebuild 

14. export 

15. recover 

16. transship 

17. disobey 

18. exterior 

19. rework 

20. misunderstand 

Exercise 2 Developing Memory Aids 

1. anniversary 

2. capitol 

3. desert 

4. library 

5. rehearse 

6. capital 

7. foreign

8. lightning 

9. dessert 

10. barrel 

Understanding the Influence of Other 

Languages and Cultures (p. 230) 

Exercise 1 Words From Other Languages 

1. Spanish/Nahuatl 

2. French 

3. Greek 

4. Greek 

5. French 

6. Spanish 

7. French 

8. Italian or Spanish 

9. Greek 

10. French 

Exercise 2 Choosing the Correct Spelling 

1. piano 

2. pseudonym 

3. somnolent 

4. phony 

5. indication 

6. telephone 

7. synonym 

8. education 

9. mythology 

10. democracy 

Forming Plurals (p. 231) 

Exercise 1 Writing Plurals 

1. fathers-in-law 

2. berries 

3. knives 

4. muffs 

5. banjos 

6. toys 

7. batches 

8. salmon 

9. countries 

10. brushes 

11. oxen 

12. geese 

13. waxes 

14. elves 

15. tomatoes 

16. altos 

17. sheep 

18. editors-in-chief 

19. wives 

20. basketballs 

Exercise 2 Forming Plurals 

1. calves 

2. sopranos 

3. canoes 

4. glasses 

5. foxes 

6. reefs 

7. flashes 

8. mothers-in-law 

9. men 

10. thieves 

11. heroes 

12. hunches 

13. studios 

14. footballs 

15. trousers 

16. roofs 


17. halves 

18. dishes 

19. ranches 

20. chiefs 

Spelling Homophones (p. 232) 

Exercise 1 

1. a. hear 

b. here 

2. a. hole 

b. whole 

3. a. principal 

b. principal 

c. principle 

4. a. stationary 

b. stationery 

5. a. their 

b. there 

c. they’re 

6. a. to 

b. two 

c. too 

d. too 

7. a. weather 

b. whether 

8. a. Whose 

b. who’s 

9. a. your 

b. You’re 

10. a. compliment 

b. complement 

Proofreading and Using References (p. 233) 

Exercise 1 Checking Your Spelling (underlined words 

have been corrected) 

1. “Rikki-tikki-tavi,” by Rudyard Kipling, presents 

the classic conflict of good versus evil. The 

mongoose, Rikki-tikki-tavi, represents good. He is 

curious, resourceful, brave, protective, and 

friendly. The two cobras Nag and Nagaina, are 

sneaky, deceitful, and vengeful. They represent 

evil. 

2. Rikki-tikki is washed from his home in a flood 

and is adopted by an English family who found 

him in their garden. He soon proves his worth by 

killing Karait, a snake that was about to bite the 

young boy, Teddy. 

3. Nag and Nagaina plan to murder the innocent 

family while they are sleeping in an effort to get 

rid of Rikki-tikki. They think that if the family is 

no longer around, then Rikki-Tikki will have no 

reason to remain. 

Using Sections in Textbooks (p. 234) 

Exercise 1 Examining a Textbook 

Suggest that students look at their science textbooks. 

Exercise 2 Using a Textbook to Study 

Suggest that students look at their science textbooks. 

Using Features of Textbooks (p. 235) 

Exercise 1 Using Features in a Selection of Text 

Samples are given. 

1. The article contains three headings. 

2. The article is about health conditions in times 

when communicable diseases killed thousands of 

people. The three sections are about the London

plague, the conditions in the colonies, and 

microbes, the cause of the diseases. 

3. Were the health conditions in the Virginia colony 

any better than the conditions in London? Why 

or why not? 

4. The first paragraph explains that the health 

problems in the United States today are not as 

bad as they were in times when diseases killed 

thousands of people. The last paragraph explains 

that two hundred years had passed before 

microbes were seen with a microscope and better 

understood as a cause of disease. 

Using Reading Strategies (p. 236) 

Exercise 1 Skimming the Headings of a Table of 

Contents 


Exercise 2 Scanning for Specific Information 

Samples answers are given. 

1. The topic of the paragraphs is Jazz in the 1920’s. 

2. The paragraph describes the South and 

migration to the North, specifically New York’s 

Harlem. 

3. Bessie Smith was a singer; Duke Ellington was a 

pianist; and Louis Armstrong was a trumpeter. 

4. America’s youth saw jazz as the symbol of their 

new generation. 

Using Graphic Organizers (p. 237) 

Exercise 1 Reading a Grid 

1. a. The marbled murrelet and the bald eagle 

share the most in common. 

b. They share a habitat (seacoasts) and main 

food (fish). 

2. Spotted owls exist in old-growth forests. 

3. The trumpeter swan eats vegetation. 

Exercise 2 Reading a Venn Diagram 

1. Tolkien set the fantasies he wrote in Middle 

Earth. 

2. C. S. Lewis has used the plots “good versus evil” 

and “humans to the rescue” in his fantasies. 

3. Both writers have plots that include good versus 

evil; and both writers’ characters include 

dwarves. 

Comprehending Nonfiction (pp. 238, 239) 

Exercise 1 Answers will vary. 

30.2 Distinguishing Fact From Opinion (p. 240) 

Exercise 1 Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion 

1. fact 

2. fact 

3. fact 

4. opinion 


6. fact 

7. fact 


9. fact 

10. fact 

Exercise 2 Analyzing Facts and Opinions 

Sources of verification will vary; samples are given. 

3. valid 

4. not valid 

5. valid 

7. not valid 

8. valid 


Identifying the Author’s Purpose (p. 241) 

Exercise 1 

1. Her purpose is to offer an opinion about racial 

diversity. She knows how crucial it is for people 

of all races and backgrounds to learn to live 

together in harmony. 

2. The author’s purpose is to sell. He or she is 

promoting Hinton’s novel The Outsiders by 

describing it as remarkable, powerful, and filled 

with drama. 

3. He is writing the piece to entertain readers. He 

creates a funny picture of kids walking around 

with Band-Aids covering one eye in an attempt to 

imitate their heroes. 

4. His purpose is mainly to instruct or inform. He 

tells readers to identify the authors or creators of 

Web sites to judge whether or not the information 

is reliable. 

5. His purpose is to inform. He tells readers that the 

list of items in life for which we can be grateful is 

endless. The writer explains that he is preparing 

for Thanksgiving. 

Applying Forms of Reasoning (p. 242) 

Exercise 1 Analyzing Forms of Reasoning 

1. generalization 


3. inference 








Exercise 2 More Work With Analyzing Forms of 

Reasoning 

1. invalid 

2. valid 



5. valid 



8. valid 


10. valid 

Analyzing the Text (p. 243) 

Exercise 1 Analyzing the Uses of Language 

1. connotation 

2. jargon 


4. denotation 

5. denotation 

6. jargon 


8. denotation 


10. jargon 

Exercise 2 Identifying Text Structures 

1. spatial order 

2. chronological order 

3. order of importance 

4. cause and effect 

Reading Fiction (pp. 244, 245) 


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Reading Drama (pp. 246, 247) 


30.3 Reading Poetry (pp. 248, 249) 


Reading Myths, Legends, and Folk Tales 

(p. 250) 


Reading From Varied Sources (p. 251) 

Exercise 1 

1. h 

2. e 

3. d 

4. a 

5. k 

6. j 

7. f 

8. i 

9. b 

10. c 

Forming a Study Plan (p. 252) 

Exercise 1 Evaluating Your Study Area 


Exercise 2 Making a Weekly Study Schedule 


Taking Notes (p. 253) 

Exercise 1 Organizing a Notebook 

1. Notes should be labeled by subject and date. 

2. The notebook should be divided by subject area, 

using dividers. 

3. Notes from the same subject should be kept in 

the same notebook section. 

4. If you don’t need notes, you should remove and 

file them. 

5. Record homework assignments in a special 

section or special book. 

Exercise 2 More Work With Organizing a Notebook 

1. It allows you to remove, replace, and rearrange 

your notes as necessary. 

2. Keep a supply of paper so that you always have 

enough to take notes. 

3. Use gummed reinforcements so they do not fall 

out of your notebook. 

4. Keep them in their subject section. They may be 

useful for future study. 

5. Attach your class and study schedules, for easy 

reference. 

Using the Library (pp. 254, 255) 

Exercise 1 Finding Information in the Electronic Card 

Catalog 

1. Jacques Y. Cousteau; about underwater 

exploration 

2. 574.92 

3. Nick Lyons Books 

4. 250 pages 

5. Title: Silent, World 

Subject: Underwater exploration; Cousteau, 

Jacques 

Exercise 2 Library Scavenger Hunt 

1. Look in the fiction section under the author’s last 

name. 

2. a. 1, b. 2, c. 4, d. 3 

3. Alaska was purchased from Russia on March 30, 

1867, at 4:00 a.m., for $7,200,000. 


4. The cities you would arrive at in order are Milan, 

Florence, Rome, and Naples. 

5. The museum is in Cooperstown, NY, and it was 

dedicated June 12, 1939. 

6. Shakespeare wrote it in Julius Caesar. 

7. They are supernatural winged beings who carry 

off persons. They are also birds with women’s 

faces (Greek mythology). They personify the 

demonic forces of storms. 

8. Sample answers are given. 

(a) The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man, 

biography by Howard Pollack; Copland 

Since 1943, autobiography 

(b) Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan 

Doyle, biographybyDanielStashower;The 

Biographical Sherlock Holmes: An 

Anthology/Handbook: His Career From 

1881–1914, biographybyArthurLiebman 

(c) One Writer’s Beginnings, autobiography; 

Stories, Essays, and Memoir, autobiography 

9. The abbreviation means “Bachelor of Nursing.” 

10. (a) Robert Frost wrote the poem. 

(b) “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe begins with 

that line. 

11. Richard Donner was born in New York City in 

1939. He directed films including Ladyhawke, 

Lethal Weapon, andConspiracy Theory. 

12. The area of New Zealand is 103,736 square 

miles. 

Using Periodicals and Periodical Indexes 

(p. 256) 

Exercise 1 Interpreting The Readers’ Guide 

1. The main subject is travel literature. 

2. The title of the article is, “The Pleasures and 

Perils of Travel Writing.” 

3. The author is C. Wakefield. 

4. The article appears in Writer. 

5. The article is not illustrated. 

Exercise 2 Using The Readers’ Guide 


Using the Dictionary (p. 257) 

Exercise 1 Understanding Main Entries 

1. 3 

2. The stress is on the first syllable. 

3. It is a noun. 

4. pleasing succession of sounds; musical quality 

5. melodic, adjective 

Exercise 2 Using a Dictionary 

1. an apparent aptitude for making 

fortunate decisions by accident 

2. 4 

3. Eskimo, Eskimos 

4. rare 

5. lobbyist, lobbyism 

6. verb, noun 

7. persistent, illogical fear 

8. 4 

9. raise, hoist, boost 

10. haughtily 

Using Other Print and Electronic 

References (p. 258) 

Exercise 1 Finding Information in General Reference 

Books 

1. atlas 

2. encyclopedia

3. almanac 

4. atlas 

5. atlas 

Exercise 2 Internet Search 

1. Southern Oregon 

2. The Mona Lisa, his masterpiece, is featured on 

the site. 

3. A tourist might see Château Frontenac, the Parc 

de la Chute, and the Parliament Building. 

4. 1902 

5. Hurricanes . are formed over warm, tropical 

oceans when the right combination of heat, 

moisture, and wind conditions occurs. 

Answering Different Types of Test 

Questions (pp. 259, 260) 

Exercise 1 Multiple Choice 

1. c 

2. b 

3. b 

4. a 

5. d 

Exercise 2 True/False 

1. T 

2. T 

3. F 

4. T 

5. F 

Exercise 3 Matching 

1. b 

2. a 

3. c 

4. e 

5. d 

Exercise 4 Analogy 

1. c 

2. d 

3. c 

4. d 

5. a 

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