Answer key

Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010


Answer key

The answers for the worksheets contain the letters of the correct answers for individual items and the answers to the questions at the beginning of each work-sheet. For those activities in which you must read a paragraph as you complete the worksheet, the entire paragraph is shown in the answer key, with the correct answers highlighted in bold. For activities in which you must identify a specific word and letter, both the word and letter are included.

Part 1

1.1

1. N

2. R

3. W

4. S

5. B

6. K

7. L

8. O

9. Y

Elwyn Brooks

1.2

1. S

2. E

3. A

4. I

5. O

6. L

7. N

8. D

9. R

10. H

Rhode Island

1.3

1. E

2. A

3. N

4. J

5. M

6. I

7. O

8. S

9. M

10. E

Mae Jemison

1.4

1. S

2. H

3. D

4. E

5. L

6. R

7. T

8. V

9. O

Theodore Roosevelt

1.5

1. E

2. O

3. S

4. A

5. W

6. M

7. N

8. J

9. T

Jamestown

1.6

1. O

2. A

3. H

4. E

5. U

6. D

7. S

8. N

9. T

ten thousand

1.7

The Image is in Image. Image is the Image largest Image on the Earth. Image is a Image, barren land. Image covers most of Antarctica. Image in the Image is extremely cold. Image a few Image grow in small ice-free Image far from the South Pole. The Image on the Image is too cold for trees. Image are the Image numerous Image in Antarctica. Image live in the Image around the continent. The Image did not reach Antarctica until the 1800s. Image carry out Image in this icy land.

Richard Byrd

1.8

1. A

2. J

3. E

4. C

5. W

6. A

7. A

8. A

9. S

Sacajawea

1.9

Wilbur Image Orville Wright Image At one Image they Image bicycles. But Image to fly. Image they Image gliders. A glider Image an Image an engine. It Image the wind. The Wright brothers Image much about Image from their gliders. Next, they Image with a propeller. In 1903, Orville Image the first Image airplane flight.

Kitty Hawk

1.10

1. A

2. S

3. I

4. A

5. I

6. O

7. N

8. L

9. U

Louisiana

1.11

1. H

2. R

3. C

4. T

5. B

6. K

7. L

8. A

9. E

leatherback

1.12

1. O

2. S

3. E

4. S

5. Y

6. T

7. R

8. B

9. S

Betsy Ross

1.13

1. B

2. L

3. K

4. E

5. O

6. A

7. N

8. S

Lebanon, Kansas

1.14

1. S

2. C

3. E

4. T

5. A

6. H

7. W

8. V

9. T

watches TV

1.15

1. T

2. S

3. I

4. M

5. A

6. O

7. U

8. H

9. P

hippopotamus

1.16

1. W

2. F

3. H

4. D

5. T

6. E

7. S

8. R

9. O

Sherwood Forest

1.17

1. I

2. E

3. P

4. T

5. R

6. N

7. S

8. L

Splinter

1.18

1. I

2. R

3. K

4. L

5. Y

6. H

7. D

8. O

9. C

Old Hickory

1.19

1. M

2. N

3. H

4. W

5. A

6. S

7. O

8. T

Thomas Watson

1.20

1. B

2. U

3. C

4. S

5. O

6. H

7. L

8. B

9. Y

Lucy Hobbs

1.21

1. S

2. R

3. M

4. I

5. O

6. E

7. D

8. A

9. C

ice cream soda

Part 2

2.1

1. E

2. E

3. N

4. L

5. O

6. N

7. A

8. B

9. D

10. I

11. O

Daniel Boone

2.2

1. R

2. I

3. C

4. N

5. A

6. O

7. G

8. K

9. B

king cobra

2.3

1. O

2. T

3. R

4. M

5. U

6. I

7. E

8. N

9. S

Tennessee, Missouri

2.4

1. S

2. A

3. E

4. T

5. G

6. W

7. N

8. C

9. O

Conestoga wagon

2.5

1. N

2. O

3. H

4. O

5. N

6. K

7. C

8. H

9. A

10. J

11. C

John Hancock

2.6

1. T

2. F

3. E

4. N

5. G

6. I

7. L

8. M

9. O

10. R

Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier

2.7

1. A

2. T

3. E

4. E

5. T

6. H

7. C

8. I

9. L

10. W

11. S

White Castle

2.8

1. S

2. R

3. H

4. O

5. M

6. A

7. A

8. H

9. T

10. T

11. A

12. M

Thomas, Martha

2.9

1. N

2. I

3. U

4. E

5. M

6. H

7. B

8. R

9. T

10. A

Harriet Tubman

2.10

1. S

2. E

3. T

4. H

5. N

6. O

7. U

8. M

9. R

Mount Rushmore

2.11

Image a dwarf Image in Image solar system. Some Image believe Image Pluto was once a Image of Image. Neptune is the Image planet from the sun. Pluto is named after the Roman Image of the Image. Pluto is Image and Image. It can Image be seen through powerful Image Astronomers Image that Pluto’s Image is made of Image and Image It will be a Image before any Image visit this Image world.

Percival Lowell

2.12

1. E

2. O

3. U

4. I

5. L

6. F

7. S

8. S

9. S

10. F

11. L

fossil fuels

2.13

1. C

2. S

3. R

4. E

5. A

6. U

7. S

8. Y

Syracuse

2.14

1. N

2. N

3. A

4. A

5. Y

6. D

7. C

8. D

9. L

Candy Land

Part 3

3.1

1. N

2. E

3. O

4. A

5. Y

6. M

7. N

8. L

9. L

10. A

11. D

Pamela Lyndon

3.2

1. R

2. A

3. S

4. O

5. L

6. T

7. B

8. A

9. S

albatross

3.3

1. T

2. O

3. I

4. L

5. S

6. P

7. H

8. A

hospital

3.4

1. D (is filled)

2. I (have studied)

3. E (were puzzled)

4. G (would imagine)

5. S (can see)

6. W (are known)

7. A (may have)

8. N (might confuse)

9. T (will twinkle)

10. R (will travel)

wandering star

3.5

For thousands of years, people Image of exploring space. But spaceflight Image. This Image in 1957. That year the first satellite Image into space. The satellite Image in space for twenty-one days. This satellite Image by others. Both the Soviet Union and the United States Image satellites. By the mid-1960s, scientists Image much about space. Many humans Image in space. The United States Image land astronauts on the moon. This Image a great achievement. Finally, on July 20, 1969, American astronauts Image on the moon. Travel to another world Image. Space Image the new frontier.

Sputnik

3.6

1. U

2. O

3. L

4. A

5. R

6. C

7. N

8. T

9. N

nocturnal

3.7

1. E

2. O

3. U

4. R

5. A

6. S

7. P

8. W

9. T

waterspout

3.8

1. E

2. O

3. T

4. A

5. F

6. M

7. N

8. D

9. R

10. Y

Morty and Ferdy

3.9

1. W

2. O

3. N

4. T

5. L

6. I

7. I

8. M

9. L

10. O

two million

3.10

1. H

2. N

3. O

4. S

5. Y

6. O

7. T

8. P

typhoons

3.11

1. I

2. L

3. R

4. E

5. S

6. G

7. M

8. T

9. O

meteorologist

3.12

1. L (people)

2. S (show)

3. I (wire)

4. N (hands)

5. F (performance)

6. A (applause)

7. B (bouquet)

8. M (smile)

9. T (act)

10. U (circus)

funambulist

3.13

1. E

2. A

3. I

4. L

5. T

6. P

7. O

8. H

9. C

chocolate chip

3.14

1. R

2. S

3. V

4. M

5. O

6. P

7. A

8. U

9. I

10. E

11. C

12. G

Amerigo Vespucci

3.15

1. M

2. E

3. L

4. T

5. G

6. I

7. O

8. S

seismologist

3.16

1. E

2. Y

3. N

4. I

5. T

6. O

7. P

8. H

9. S

photosynthesis

3.17

1. H

2. B

3. I

4. A

5. G

6. T

7. E

8. R

the Great Barrier Reef

3.18

1. O

2. A

3. N

4. D

5. H

6. R

7. T

8. G

9. E

great horned owl

3.19

1. E

2. L

3. L

4. B

5. O

6. Y

7. L

8. A

9. L

10. V

volleyball

3.20

1. N

2. O

3. A

4. L

5. I

6. B

7. L

8. L

9. E

Elaine Lobl

3.21

1. A

2. S

3. I

4. I

5. N

6. L

7. S

8. L

9. D

10. E

11. L

Ellis Island

3.22

1. C

2. I

3. L

4. F

5. H

6. R

7. T

8. P

9. N

10. A

11. E

African elephant

3.23

1. L

2. R

3. W

4. A

5. E

6. I

7. D

8. N

Edwin E. Aldrin

3.24

1. I

2. U

3. H

4. A

5. U

6. H

7. H

8. C

9. A

Chihuahua

3.25

1. N

2. U

3. T

4. E

5. B

6. O

7. R

8. Y

9. A

about one year

3.26

About 1,200 years ago, warriors from northern Europe Image. They Image the countries of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Today, these countries Image Scandinavia. The warriors Image sailors. At first they Image the coasts of Europe. Then some of them Image. They Image Iceland and Greenland. They even Image North America. This Image 500 years before Columbus. Their adventures Image in stories. These stories Image as sagas.

Vikings

3.27

1. K

2. G

3. P

4. L

5. H

6. O

7. J

8. F

FGH JKL OP

3.28

1. W

2. T

3. C

4. O

5. H

6. N

7. E

8. A

9. F

10. R

Father of New France

3.29

1. H

2. T

3. A

4. O

5. I

6. C

7. N

Cincinnati, Ohio

Part 4

4.1

1. T

2. D

3. C

4. I

5. S

6. H

7. R

8. E

9. A

10. N

Hans Christian Andersen

4.2

1. R

2. J

3. U

4. S

5. P

6. C

7. L

8. H

9. A

10. E

Charles Pajeau

4.3

1. G

2. C

3. E

4. N

5. U

6. A

7. H

8. S

9. D

Dachshund Sausages

4.4

1. A

2. O

3. I

4. R

5. D

6. L

7. F

Florida

4.5

Saturday afternoon was rainy. Serena and Image friends were disappointed. Image had planned to play soccer.

Jason looked out the window at the rain. Image frowned. There seemed to be little for Image to do.

“What can Image do?” said Serena.

Image don’t know,” said Jason, shaking Image head.

“Do Image have a new CD?” he asked Image.

“Yes,” Image told Image Image can listen to music.”

“That sounds like a good idea to Image,” Meg said.

Image listened to music for the rest of the day.

Scrabble

4.6

Jordan and Image father like hiking. Last week, for the first time, Image took Jordan’s younger sister Shiloh with Image Image packed Image lunches and plenty of water.

Shiloh helped Jordan load the car. She handed a knapsack to Image. Jordan placed Image in the trunk.

“Here,” Image father said to Jordan. “This is for Image.”

Image handed Jordan a compass.

Image will have to keep Image heading in the right direction,” Image said.

“What about Image?” asked Shiloh. “What can Image do?”

Image can help, too,” Image father said. He gave a compass to Image.

six feet

4.7

1. A

2. E

3. W

4. E

5. L

6. L

7. U

8. B

9. H

blue whale

4.8

1. S

2. I

3. I

4. G

5. B

6. N

7. S

8. L

siblings

4.9

1. D

2. I

3. L

4. H

5. S

6. R

7. T

8. E

9. G

10. O

Theodor Seuss Geisel

4.10

1. E

2. I

3. R

4. A

5. F

6. H

7. O

8. T

9. L

10. S

sailors of the stars

4.11

1. L

2. V

3. G

4. B

5. N

6. E

7. R

8. I

9. I

Irving Berlin

4.12

1. H

2. K

3. O

4. A

5. R

6. D

7. T

8. N

North Dakota

4.13

1. N

2. A

3. D

4. E

5. V

6. I

7. O

8. G

9. C

10. L

Calvin Coolidge

4.14

1. C

2. N

3. L

4. E

5. I

6. L

7. I

8. P

9. N

10. I

penicillin

4.15

1. S (members)

2. E (Eddie)

3. T (mother)

4. A (father)

5. L (Liz)

6. N (aunt)

7. H (Happy)

8. P (Grandpa)

9. E (people)

elephants

4.16

1. A

2. A

3. C

4. R

5. D

6. A

7. U

8. B

9. R

barracuda

4.17

1. L

2. M

3. A

4. B

5. E

6. U

7. T

8. E

9. B

10. B

11. E

12. B

bumblebee bat

4.18

1. I

2. E

3. S

4. R

5. T

6. C

7. C

8. K

crickets

Part 5

5.1

1. O

2. H

3. E

4. K

5. N

6. S

7. I

8. Z

9. A

10. B

11. R

12. D

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

5.2

1. O

2. Y

3. L

4. N

5. R

6. T

7. F

8. I

fifty trillion

5.3

Deena and her Image are going on a Image vacation. She and her Image brother can’t Image to leave. The Image children Image their parents pack Image suitcases. They planned to Image in Image morning. They will drive Image New York to Florida. It will be Image Image trip. Deena hopes that they Image have Image weather for their vacation. Everyone is looking Image to having a Image time.

Australia

5.4

1. M

2. O

3. E

4. U

5. R

6. T

7. T

8. R

9. F

10. S

Fort Sumter

5.5

1. T

2. R

3. D

4. C

5. A

6. O

7. G

8. N

9. L

10. E

11. F

England to France

5.6

1. O

2. E

3. A

4. H

5. E

6. N

7. L

8. T

9. P

10. E

a telephone

5.7

1. O

2. D

3. H

4. A

5. N

6. F

7. S

8. I

9. L

Island of Hills

5.8

1. C (basic)

2. S (these)

3. P (simple)

4. L (several)

5. E (modern)

6. I (this)

7. B (big)

8. A (many)

Blaise Pascal

5.9

1. O

2. S

3. S

4. O

5. I

6. L

7. G

8. G

9. E

10. T

geologists

Part 6

6.1

1. N

2. E

3. T

4. S

5. W

6. I

7. X

8. O

9. U

10. R

11. H

12. D

two hundred six

6.2

1. E

2. N

3. A

4. T

5. G

6. I

7. R

8. O

9. L

Oregon Trail

6.3

Many people Image that bats are Image animals. Some people have Image been Image of bats. But most bats are not a Image to people. In fact, they are Image Bats hunt at Image They streak Image and Image the darkness in search of prey. Image bats eat insects. This Image the insect population. In the Image morning bats Image to their roosts.

flying

6.4

1. T

2. P

3. H

4. U

5. S

6. E

7. A

8. L

9. R

10. C

Charles Perrault

6.5

1. O

2. R

3. M

4. P

5. D

6. A

7. C

8. L

9. E

camel leopard

6.6

1. U

2. U

3. P

4. M

5. Y

6. P

7. P

8. D

mud puppy

6.7

1. N

2. E

3. A

4. M

5. R

6. I

7. S

8. L

9. G

10. O

11. T

gila monster

6.8

1. D

2. S

3. O

4. A

5. E

6. P

7. H

8. R

9. T

10. G

the Great Red Spot

6.9

1. A (always)

2. R (recently)

3. E (very)

4. I (curiously)

5. U (carefully)

6. O (soon)

7. S (slowly)

8. P (happily)

9. L (clearly)

10. T (often)

Louis Pasteur

6.10

1. S (more easily)

2. N (most often)

3. W (most slowly)

4. I (earlier)

5. H (hardest)

6. T (fastest)

7. L (more quickly)

8. E (more carefully)

The Wise Little Hen

6.11

1. E

2. I

3. D

4. T

5. A

6. S

7. R

8. N

9. B

Saint Bernard

Part 7

7.1

1. S

2. O

3. R

4. N

5. K

6. I

7. L

8. B

9. Z

10. M

11. A

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona

7.2

Insects Image found Image the world. They live Image forests, fields, Image deserts. They live Image everywhere. They are Image your home. Some insects Image destructive. They eat crops Image cause damage Image homes. Some cause disease. But others Image helpful. Honeybees Image spread pollen Image flowers. This Image the flowers bloom. Other insects Image harmful bugs. Insects Image an important Image life Image planet.

silkworm

7.3

1. I

2. E

3. I

4. S

5. N

6. P

7. D

8. P

9. N

pinnipeds

7.4

1. N

2. C

3. I

4. F

5. R

6. E

7. A

8. O

Air Force One

7.5

1. A (of your heart)

2. O (into four parts)

3. U (throughout your body)

4. I (during sleep)

5. L (to your cells)

6. R (in your lungs)

7. T (about seventy times)

8. Y (for your heart)

9. C (during exercise) circulatory

7.6

1. X

2. O

3. R

4. N

5. P

6. E

7. S

8. Y

Pony Express

7.7

1. R (friends)

2. O (school)

3. U (Saturday)

4. D (Sunday)

5. W (week)

6. C (camp)

7. P (practice)

8. L (family)

World Cup

7.8

1. T

2. A

3. C

4. D

5. O

6. S

7. N

8. L

Scotland

7.9

1. A

2. E

3. R

4. T

5. N

6. W

7. M

8. G

9. O

Motorwagen

7.10

1. H (hey)

2. T (great)

3. I (terrific)

4. C (watch out)

5. U (ugh)

6. S (oops)

7. A (aha)

8. R (good grief)

Aristarchus

7.11

1. A

2. U

3. I

4. E

5. S

6. L

7. P

8. G

9. Z

10. W

11. J

12. Z

jigsaw puzzle

7.12

1. M

2. N

3. I

4. L

5. E

6. G

7. S

8. T

9. O

entomologist

7.13

1. H

2. P

3. S

4. T

5. D

6. A

7. R

8. O

arthropods

7.14

1. R

2. L

3. N

4. S

5. A

6. Y

7. O

8. W

Oslo, Norway

Part 8

8.1

1. R

2. N

3. O

4. H

5. E

6. U

7. M

8. R

9. D

10. S

11. T

thunderstorms

8.2

1. A (road)

2. I (captain)

3. E (senior)

4. R (Saturday)

5. U (February)

6. N (governor)

7. N (avenue)

8. N (Wednesday)

9. A (Friday)

10. R (junior)

11. V (boulevard)

12. M (September)

13. T (August)

14. B (October)

Martin Van Buren

8.3

1. U

2. H

3. J

4. C

5. E

6. B

7. M

8. N

9. S

10. A

James Buchanan

8.4

1. N

2. U

3. W

4. L

5. I

6. E

7. D

8. H

9. B

Edwin Hubble

8.5

1. O

2. I

3. H

4. F

5. G

6. D

7. T

8. S

9. R

10. E

Register of the Desert

8.6

1. G

2. I

3. T

4. E

5. A

6. S

7. U

8. N

Saint Augustine

8.7

1. E

2. R

3. C

4. L

5. F

6. N

7. A

8. I

Nile, Africa

8.8

1. U

2. E

3. I

4. H

5. R

6. D

7. N

nine hundred (with letters reversed)

8.9

1. A

2. A

3. I

4. H

5. D

6. O

7. R

8. F

9. K

10. L

Frida Kahlo

8.10

1. R

2. N

3. O

4. K

5. T

6. O

7. Y

8. W

Yorktown (with letters reversed)

8.11

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John Adams

8.12

1. I

2. A

3. H

4. G

5. T

6. N

7. R

8. O

9. S

shooting star

8.13

1. F

2. F

3. I

4. E

5. N

6. I

7. G

8. R

9. R

10. O

Ring of Fire

8.14

1. A

2. A

3. A

4. R

5. Y

6. U

7. P

8. G

Paraguay

8.15

1. E

2. E

3. I

4. L

5. A

6. S

7. L

8. L

9. C

10. W

Alice Wells

8.16

1. U

2. M

3. S

4. C

5. N

6. E

7. I

8. A

9. L

animalcules

8.17

1. M

2. I

3. O

4. N

5. E

6. O

7. N

8. R

9. A

10. E

Annie Moore

8.18

1. E

2. O

3. Y

4. N

5. R

6. U

7. G

8. D

9. H

greyhound (with letters reversed)

8.19

1. S

2. T

3. A

4. I

5. E

6. L

7. C

8. H

9. R

Charles Richter

8.20

1. I

2. U

3. A

4. Y

5. H

6. N

7. T

8. F

9. O

Fountain of Youth

8.21

1. R

2. C

3. T

4. N

5. A

6. D

7. E

8. P

9. I

pediatrician

8.22

1. I

2. E

3. I

4. R

5. P

6. G

7. D

8. B

9. P

Big Dipper (with letters reversed)

8.23

1. B

2. A

3. A

4. Y

5. A

6. C

7. R

8. P

Capybara

8.24

1. T

2. R

3. C

4. N

5. A

6. T

7. A

8. C

9. I

10. A

Antarctica

8.25

1. A

2. I

3. O

4. E

5. D

6. R

7. K

8. M

9. W

Widow-Maker

8.26

1. E

2. U

3. T

4. N

5. R

6. S

7. A

8. C

crustaceans

8.27

1. M

2. T

3. R

4. G

5. S

6. Y

7. A

8. N

9. P

10. I

praying mantis

8.28

1. O

2. O

3. U

4. U

5. L

6. N

7. L

8. H

Honolulu

8.29

1. R

2. U

3. T

4. Y

5. L

6. B

7. T

8. F

9. E

flutterby

8.30

1. S

2. O

3. C

4. J

5. K

6. E

7. A

8. M

9. O

James Cook

8.31

1. U

2. T

3. H

4. E

5. A

6. A

7. K

8. Q

9. E

10. R

earthquake

8.32

1. B

2. E

3. L

4. O

5. C

6. D

7. A

8. P

9. R

Pedro Cabral

8.33

1. H

2. A

3. I

4. I

5. C

6. N

7. M

8. G

Michigan

8.34

1. C (continents)

2. A (Asia)

3. N (North America)

4. O (ocean)

5. I (it)

6. E (equator)

7. A (America)

Oceania

Part 9

9.1

1. T

2. M

3. H

4. O

5. N

6. R

7. C

8. E

9. L

10. S

Loch Ness Monster

9.2

1. I

2. R

3. G

4. A

5. M

6. N

7. E

8. L

9. F

10. D

Ferdinand Magellan

9.3

1. E

2. I

3. T

4. N

5. N

6. C

7. R

8. O

9. P

Princeton

9.4

1. A

2. O

3. N

4. T

5. T

6. S

7. B

8. I

botanist

9.5

1. N

2. O

3. I

4. A

5. L

6. N

7. P

8. G

pangolin

9.6

1. N

2. R

3. B

4. P

5. A

6. H

7. D

8. G

9. O

Grand Pooh-Bah

9.7

1. O

2. C

3. E

4. S

5. T

6. A

7. W

8. N

9. I

Isaac Newton

9.8

1. S

2. R

3. A

4. A

5. E

6. K

7. N

8. B

Nebraska

9.9

1. A

2. M

3. R

4. E

5. H

6. Y

7. B

8. D

9. O

Deborah Moody

9.10

1. S

2. T

3. I

4. A

5. G

6. O

7. H

8. W

9. N

Washington

9.11

1. A

2. A

3. A

4. I

5. L

6. M

7. S

8. H

9. Y

Himalayas

9.12

1. S

2. A

3. E

4. W

5. R

6. C

7. L

8. R

9. I

Willis Carrier

9.13

1. T

2. R

3. C

4. O

5. N

6. E

7. D

8. W

9. S

words, sentences

9.14

1. W

2. G

3. I

4. A

5. Z

6. H

7. R

8. M

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