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Lesson 6 Answer Key |
Exercise A: Subject nouns
| Mario | the doctor | my brother | carrots | Michael and the monkey |
| we | six volleyballs | Mr. Santorini | four horses | jumping |
Exercise B: Transitive verbs
| carry | moves | fills | is drinking | take |
| cuts | was smoking | sings | remembered | swam |
Exercise C: Object nouns (direct objects)
| pictures | Coca-cola | large paperclips | the microphone | supper |
| his mailbox | cool weather | the large snake | moving | dials |
Exercise D: Answers will vary, but here are some possibilities.
1. push, pushed, jump, jumped, tow, towed, crank, cranked, kick, kicked
2. The truck..... The construction workers ...... We ......
3. ...his patients. ...me. .... his receptionist. ... his stock report.
4. The janitor .... My mother .... The new recruit ...
5. ... the television cable. ... a hole in the wall. ...a piece of cheese.
6. bombed, strafed, observed, saw, noticed, discovered
7. ... my change. ... my blessings. ...my fingers and toes.
8. My brother ... , I .... , The recycle truck ....
9. carried, dropped, threw, polished
10. Father always ... , The fox ... , Colonel Sanders
Examination: Answers will vary, but here are some possibilities.
| Mario can carry large
paperclips.
The doctor is drinking Coca-cola. We remembered the large snake. Mr. Santorini moves the microphone. |
Mr. Santorini was smoking the
large snake.
My brother fills his mailbox. Carrots take cold weather. Four horses carry his mailbox. |
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