Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Words Often Confused C Review the Words Often Confused covered on pages 424–426 of your textbook for information on the correct spelling and usage of the following words: formally, formerly lead (n.), led, lead (v.) passed, past hear, here loose, lose peace, piece its, it’s moral, morale E XERCISE Underline the word in parentheses that correctly completes the sentence. Example 1. Dad asked who found the (peace, piece) of driftwood. 1. Elia’s father had (lead, led) us on a tour of the older part of town. 2. I was careful not to (loose, lose) the name of the restaurant that Elia recommended. 3. It was (formally, formerly) called Hunan Palace, but now it is the Canton Kitchen. 4. She said it was well known for (its, it’s) terrific service, as well as the wonderful food. 5. We had almost walked (passed, past) it before we saw the sign. 6. After spending the afternoon at the noisy market, we enjoyed the (peace, piece) inside the restaurant. 7. When we started to look at the menus, Sarah took the (lead, led). 8. Yes, you can order bird’s-nest soup (hear, here). 9. A good meal can do wonders for the (moral, morale) of a group of tired visitors. 10. Since all the food was in the center of the table, no one (passed, past) around dishes. 11. If you have never used chopsticks before, it is easy to (loose, lose) your grip. 12. When you place your chopsticks across your bowl, (its, it’s) a sign that you’re finished. 13. The fortune in Sarah’s cookie was the same as the (moral, morale) of the fable she had read. 14. I wore very (loose, lose) clothes because I knew that I would eat many different foods. 15. Some of the other diners were dressed (formally, formerly), but others were more casual. 16. Each food is chosen for (its, it’s) taste, texture, and color. 17. The sounds that you (hear, here) are the bustling kitchen staff preparing orders. 18. For dessert you may take one (peace, piece) of orange and one of apple. 19. While Jenny was trying to compute the tip on a napkin, the (lead, led) in her pencil broke. 20. During the week we spent with Elia, we drove (passed, past) the restaurant several more times. NAME CLASS DATE MECHANICS for CHAPTER 16: SPELLING pages 424=426 Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics: Language Skills Practice 287 L09NAGUML9_268-293.qxd 10/20/07 2:59 PM Page 287 Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com 288 ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE Third Course Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. NAME CLASS DATE Words Often Confused D Review the Words Often Confused covered on pages 427–428 of your textbook for information on the correct spelling and usage of the following words: plain, plane shone, shown than, then principal, principle stationary, stationery their, there, they’re quiet, quite E XERCISE A Underline the word in parentheses that correctly completes the sentence. Example 1. Were (plains, planes) or helicopters named for the designer Sikorsky? 1. The letter was written on very elegant (stationary, stationery). 2. Each freshman was (shone, shown) around the building by a senior. 3. The crowd was eerily (quiet, quite) while the last free throws were taken. 4. Since I already have the theater tickets, we can meet (their, there) just before eight. 5. Suddenly, the beam of a flashlight (shone, shown) through the window. 6. I’m training my dogs, since (they’re, their) going to grow to be very large. 7. If you hand me that (plain, plane), I’ll shave the edge of the door. 8. Mrs. Jefferson asked the school (principle, principal) to introduce her to the staff. 9. Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, and Beverly Sills all changed (their, there) names. 10. It is very important to remain (stationary, stationery) while observing wildlife. EXERCISE B Draw a line through each incorrect word in the following paragraph, and write the correc- tion above it. Example [1] How do I decide which author I like best if their all fascinating? [11] Dorothy Sayers, John Dos Passos, and Vladimir Nabokov are known for they’re writing. [12] Yet each author had more then one talent. [13] Sayers studied medieval times and held strong religious principals. [14] Dos Passos drove an ambulance in World War I, than later sailed the Bahamas with Ernest Hemingway. [15] In numerous articles he published, it was plane that Nabokov had studied butterflies. MECHANICS for CHAPTER 16: SPELLING pages 427=428 they’re L09NAGUML9_268-293.qxd 10/20/07 2:59 PM Page 288 Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Words Often Confused E Review the Words Often Confused covered on pages 429–430 of your textbook for information on the correct spelling and usage of the following words: threw, through weak, week who’s, whose to, too, two weather, whether your, you’re waist, waste E XERCISE Underline the word in parentheses that correctly completes the sentence. Example 1. (Your, You’re) surprised that I knew that Notah Begay won a PGA golf tournament in 1999. 1. The (whether, weather) in the Caribbean does not change as dramatically as it does here. 2. Don’t throw out that (waist, waste) paper; it may be useful for someone else. 3. We walked (threw, through) the old part of the city, which is now a historic zone. 4. If you want (to, too, two) work on the play, you must attend the audition. 5. The waitress asked (weather, whether) you want the soup or the salad. 6. They had to make reservations to visit the caves, since the tour can’t take (to, too, two) many people at once. 7. Did you turn in (your, you’re) permission slip on time? 8. My legs feel very (week, weak) after a whole afternoon of skiing. 9. After you go (threw, through) that intersection, take the next left turn. 10. Send in the next (to, too, two) contestants. 11. Will the (weather, whether) be nice enough for us to have the carnival outside? 12. The rainbow trout glided effortlessly (threw, through) the water. 13. Secure the safety line firmly around your (waist, waste). 14. Manuel went to the park and (threw, through) a ball for his dog to fetch. 15. Have you heard (who’s, whose) headlining the concert? 16. Let’s have the study session at (your, you’re) house this time. 17. This menu has (to, too, two) many delicious choices! 18. (Who’s, Whose) jacket is this lying on the floor? 19. When are you going (to, too, two) the gym? 20. For the next (week, weak), we’ll be studying Romeo and Juliet. NAME CLASS DATE MECHANICS for CHAPTER 16: SPELLING pages 429=430 Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics: Language Skills Practice 289 L09NAGUML9_268-293.qxd 10/20/07 2:59 PM Page 289 Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com 290 ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE Third Course Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. NAME CLASS DATE Review A: Spelling Rules E XERCISE In each of the groups of words below, underline the misspelled word. On the line provided, write the word correctly. Example 1. naturally, happiness, infinitely, sliness 1. height, believe, recieve, achieve 2. sieze, neither, relief, reign 3. usually, hopeing, amusement, immortal 4. reccommend, truly, admiration, unnecessary 5. women, tomatos, cupfuls, rodeos 6. definitly, comparable, transformed, dining 7. largely, grayest, terrifiing, determination 8. continous, advantageous, becoming, ridiculous 9. comparison, useage, advertisement, saying 10. controlled, denial, exciting, swimer 11. lovely, meanness, developement, courageous 12. arguement, perspiration, occurrence, parallel 13. flying, shining, ninty, safety 14. proceed, pursuit, preceed, immense 15. safely, unusual, ilegal, receipt 16. weight, receed, overrule, lateness 17. foxs, tongues, ditches, giraffes 18. tooths, leaves, 3s, stories 19. donkeys, copies, photoes, theories 20. selves, thiefs, radios, churches MECHANICS for CHAPTER 16: SPELLING pages 405=430 slyness L09NAGUML9_268-293.qxd 10/20/07 2:59 PM Page 290 Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Review B: Words Often Confused E XERCISE A In each of the groups of phrases below,underline the misspelled word. On the line provided, write the word (or words, if the correct spelling requires more than one word) correctly. Example 1. tinted stationery, had shone us the way, as quiet as a library 1. too much sugar, their are two ways, better than mine 2. don’t chose this one, it’s certainly hers, the last week of school 3. high moral principals, affected her deeply, the capital city 4. a coarse sand, are you allright, effected many changes 5. of course not, all ready finished, all right to begin EXERCISE B Underline the words in parentheses that will correctly complete each of the following sentences. Example 1. Rosa was too (week, weak) to move after she had (led, lead) her team to victory. 6. Congratulations! I (hear, here) that the editor of the school magazine was (all together, altogether) impressed with the story that you wrote. 7. (Their, There, They’re) were not many passengers on the bus because it was still (to, too, two) early for the evening rush hour. 8. Grace (threw, through) the ball so hard that it zipped (passed, past) me before I saw it. 9. You’ll (brake, break) those test tubes if (your, you’re) not careful. 10. The (councilor, counselor) (lead, led) his campers down the narrow trail. 11. It is a (waist, waste) of time to give Tiffany (advice, advise); she never follows it. 12. The members of the city (council, counsel) have gone (threw, through) the proposed budget and have cut out several items. 13. The refreshments committee will have to (altar, alter) (its, it’s) plans in order to feed thirty extra people. 14. The study hall was (quiet, quite) when the (principal, principle) came in. 15. (Who’s, Whose) bicycle is lying (hear, here) in the driveway? NAME CLASS DATE MECHANICS for CHAPTER 16: SPELLING pages 405=430 shown Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics: Language Skills Practice 291 L09NAGUML9_268-293.qxd 10/20/07 3:00 PM Page 291 Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com 292 ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE Third Course Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. NAME CLASS DATE Review C: Spelling Rules and Words Often Confused E XERCISE A In each of the groups of words below, underline the misspelled word. On the line provided, write the word correctly. Example 1. retrocede, perchs, illogical, oxen 1. definitely, nineth, copies, wolves 2. awesome, leadder, precedes, either 3. monkeys, stories, potatos, radios 4. speechs, science, guidance, useful 5. precede, ticklish, playful, procede 6. mispell, leisure, supersede, readily 7. careful, dryly, usually, hopless 8. confidential, sheild, ceiling, easily 9. chief, geese, seize, sombreroes 10. decieve, niece, receipt, height E XERCISE B In each of the groups of phrases below,underline the misspelled word. On the line provid- ed, write the word (or words, if the correct spelling requires more than one word) correctly. Example 1. hear the bells, morale of the story, the French consul 11. sing all together, take my advise, the capital city 12. already to leave, choose a book, too big 13. take my counsel, feel all right, brake the plate 14. formerly from New York, of coarse, a lead pencil 15. wandering in the dessert, lose a game, they’re here 16. colored stationary, too bad, Carmen led the way 17. a quiet dog, the stars shone, walk passed the school 18. can’t here you, fair weather, the story’s moral 19. I feel weak, fly a plain, the foreign consul 20. there books, follow your principles, more than that MECHANICS for CHAPTER 16: SPELLING pages 405=430 perches moral L09NAGUML9_268-293.qxd 10/20/07 3:00 PM Page 292 Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Review D: Spelling Rules and Words Often Confused E XERCISE A In each of the groups of words below, underline the misspelled word. On the line provided, write the word correctly. Example 1. judgment, moderately, parables, batheing 1. connection, allys, imaginary, glorious 2. largely, dining, cafeterias, skys 3. loading, loveing, leaving, going 4. dimest, preferring, copied, finally 5. believing, drying, regreting, denying 6. loaves, halfs, ladies, teeth 7. accidentally, reddish, reliable, exceled 8. knowledgeable, relieve, tracable, argument 9. leanness, happyly, development, pavement 10. daily, saving, cleanliness, aweful E XERCISE B Underline the words in parentheses that correctly complete each of the following sentences. Example 1. We took many pictures as we drove (threw, through) the cactus-filled (dessert, desert). 11. I believe the guidance (councilor, counselor) is paying you a (complement, compliment). 12. We had to (alter, altar) our picnic plans when it rained for a whole (week, weak). 13. If you drive (threw, through) town on (your, you’re) way home, please stop in. 14. Whichever game you (choose, chose), be sure not to (waist, waste) your money. 15. It’s (to, too) bad you didn’t (here, hear) the lecture. 16. I’m not sure (who’s, whose) directions we’re following, but we’ve gone (past, passed) that building three times. 17. I ran out of (plain, plane) (stationary, stationery) after writing all those letters. 18. Our (principal, principle) goal is to bring (peace, piece) to the region. 19. Steve’s shoelaces are (loose, lose) (all ready, already). 20. I (advise, advice) you to choose the red shoes rather (than, then) the blue ones. NAME CLASS DATE MECHANICS for CHAPTER 16: SPELLING pages 405=430 bathing Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics: Language Skills Practice 293 L09NAGUML9_268-293.qxd 10/20/07 3:00 PM Page 293 Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com 294 ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE Third Course Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. COMMON ERRORS Sentence Fragments and Run-on Sentences A EXERCISE On the line before each item, identify each of the following word groups by writing F for sentence fragment,R for run-on sentence, or S for complete sentence. Example 1. On Tuesday, after we went to the performance at the theater. 1. Never have I seen so many drummers in one place at the same time! 2. We have finished reading the Declaration of Independence we will start studying the Bill of Rights next week. 3. The crystal clear river that runs through our town. 4. The boys, terrified by the strange noises but afraid to turn on their flashlights. 5. My family seldom eats strawberries my brothers are allergic to them. 6. As the woman walked down the dusty street, balancing a huge basket on her head. 7. Did you tell me that you had already read this book? 8. If we hurry, we’ll be on time, don’t forget the tickets! 9. Despite a lack of evidence, Ned still believed that Matt had broken the window. 10. We’ll put away the clean clothes and straighten the living room, then we’ll vacuum the rug. 11. This homework is just too frustrating; I think I’ll take a walk and come back to it later. 12. The farmhouse, its roof caved in and its windows broken, will be restored. 13. Does anyone have Samantha’s new phone number, I think she moved last week? 14. The paintings in the gallery, with their bright colors and bold brush strokes. 15. Your uncle is certainly a talented magician, has he been practicing for many years? 16. His card tricks, which are especially difficult to perform, both clever and amazing. 17. Whenever we get up late, rush around the house, and are tardy to school. 18. I did not know that newborn giraffes were so big, that one is taller than I am! 19. Do you remember when the squirrels got into our attic last fall? 20. Put the bread in the oven, set the timer for forty minutes, and left the room. NAME CLASS DATE for CHAPTER 15: THE CLAUSE pages 767–769 F for CHAPTER 17: CORRECTING COMMON ERRORS pages 478=486 L09NAGUML9_294-329.qxd 10/20/07 2:58 PM Page 294 Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics: Language Skills Practice 295 Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. COMMON ERRORS NAME CLASS DATE Sentence Fragments and Run-on Sentences B E XERCISES On the line before each item, identify each word group in the following paragraph as a sen- tence fragment (F), a run-on sentence (R), or a complete sentence (S). Example [1] Time is a relatively new human concept before people began farming, they had no need to keep track of passing days. [2] Watching day turn into night and winter turn into spring. [1] Humans first developed calendars in the early river-valley civilizations these river valleys were the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates, Indus, and Huang He. [2] Farmers had to know when to plant crops, sometimes the farmers even needed to predict the arrival of yearly floods. [3] Most early calendars based on lunar months, the amount of time between each full moon. [4] A problem with using lunar months is that the calendar would fall short of a full year, each year the months would come earlier until the calendar would no longer be useful. [5] Many cultures solving the problem by adding extra days to the calendar. [6] Feasts and holidays, for example, on the five extra days of the ancient Egyptian calendar. [7] Since the popularity of the Chinese rulers of the Shang dynasty depended on the accuracy of their astronomers’ calendar, the astronomers were very important. [8] The astronomers also predicted eclipses of the moon with great skill an error of twenty-four hours caused outrage and alarm. [9] Today, official atomic clocks measuring the vibrations of electrons in cesium atoms. [10] These atomic clocks are so precise that they have to be adjusted to make up for the slowing in the earth’s rotation scientists occasionally have to add leap seconds on New Year’s Eve! for CHAPTER 17: CORRECTING COMMON ERRORS pages 478=486 R F L09NAGUML9_294-329.qxd 10/20/07 2:58 PM Page 295 Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com 296 ELEMENTS OF LANGUAGE Third Course Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. COMMON ERRORS Subject-Verb Agreement A E XERCISE A In each of the following sentences, underline the form of the verb in parentheses that agrees with its subject. Example 1. Either Matt or Mark (has, have) an uncle who is an astronaut. 1. One of these apples (taste, tastes) better than the other one. 2. Every student in the school (has, have) the opportunity to use the library. 3. Neither Malika nor Aline (think, thinks) that is the correct answer. 4. This set of colored pencils (include, includes) both magenta and turquoise. 5. Whenever my sister and I (give, gives) a party, we do all the cooking. 6. Those shrubs and this tree (have, has) grown a lot in the past year. 7. (Does, Do) the colors in this fabric go with the paint color we chose? 8. All of the fruit in the market (look, looks) good this month. 9. Everyone liked the Caesar salad, but none of the tiny spinach quiches (was, were) eaten. 10. (Is, Are) 7:00 P.M. or 8:00 P.M. the correct time? E XERCISE B In each of the following sentences, cross out any verb that does not agree with its subject and write the correct form of the verb above the incorrect form. If the sentence is already correct, write C after it. Example 1. Either a raccoon or an opossum have been getting into our garbage can at night. 11. Marilyn, in addition to Sandy and Juan, want to help decorate the gym. 12. Not a single one of the choir members was late for rehearsal on Wednesday. 13. The city park or the one by the lake are good for picnics. 14. Haven’t either Kim or Lana called yet? 15. If the class raise some money, the tickets for the dance will be less expensive. 16. The tuba players in the band was not happy about the long parade route. 17. Jack, together with Karen, Ed, and Tricia, were working in the biology lab. 18. In that family, neither the mother nor the children eat enough vegetables or fruit. 19. Magnets and electricity is the next topic we’ll be studying in science. 20. Either my father or my younger brothers sorts the recycling, but I carry it to the curb. 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