Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Planets and Stars
Two Kinds of Verbs
Verbs

The word planet comes from the ancient Greeks. What did the Greeks call a planet?

To answer the question, read each sentence below. Find the verb phrase. In the parentheses after each sentence, a letter is called for. Find this letter in the verb phrase. Write the letter in the space above the verb phrase’s sentence number at the bottom of the page. The first one is done for you.

1. A clear night is filled with stars. (eighth letter)

2. People have studied the night sky for thousands of years. (ninth letter)

3. The ancient Greeks were puzzled by the stars and planets. (second letter)

4. Ancient astronomers would imagine pictures in the night sky. (ninth letter)

5. Most people can see these pictures today. (fourth letter)

6. These pictures are known as constellations. (seventh letter)

7. You may have trouble finding planets. (fifth letter)

8. People might confuse planets with stars. (eighth letter)

9. Unlike a planet, a star will twinkle. (fifth letter)

10. Planets will travel slowly across the night sky on their own paths. (sixth letter)