Lesson 3 Homework

Get A Grip on Grammar --  Lesson Three Assignments



Grammar Exercise

1. Diane, as well as Lee, thinks that women should participate more in professional sports.

2. “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” is a children’s story which was made into a delightful movie by Walt Disney.

3. Fifteen pounds is a lot of weight to lose.

4. I simply cannot study when there are radios, CD players, or television sets blaring.

5. Measles is common among children in elementary school.

6. Taxes is a problem facing the governor.

7. Not one of the teachers intends to help us with the decorations.

8. The basketball team was handicapped by injuries in its last game.

9. Do either of them know the lyrics to the songs in ‘Rent’.

10. In every detective story, there is usually a motive, suspects, clues, and discovery and punishment.

11. Ulysses S. Grant, along with Zachary Taylor, was probably better as a general than as a President.

12. Every student in the city schools is going to take the examination.

13. The performer’s jovial manner and her ability to improvise adds to the merriment.

14. Neither the captain nor the coach plans to attend the pep rally.

15. Both of the paintings by Michelangelo contain angelic beings.

16. According to Aristotle, nobody except malicious people rejoicee at the misfortune of others.

17. ‘Sound of Music’ was the first musical I saw.

18. When I am on the stage, neither my memory nor my voice is reliable.

19. Why doesn’t that well-read lady join the book discussion group?

20. A few of us has a perfect attendance record.



Writing Exercise



         John jumped up when the door creaked open and Mary stepped in.  “Mary, I thought you had gone.”

         “No, I decided I needed to try to make you understand—at least once more.”

         “But I do understand.  I understand all too well.  What you did amounts to lying and I could never love a liar.” 

         Mary sank into the nearest chair, buried her face in her hands and wept.  Even ram-rod straight, Puritanical John was moved by her pitiful sobs. 

         “Mary…please.  Don’t do this.”  He reached out and stroked her blue-black hair.

         “I made a mistake.  Haven’t…,” she cried, “haven’t you ever made a mistake?”



         John jumped up when the door creaked opened and Mary stepped in.  “Mary, I thought you had went.”

         “No, I decided I needed to try to make you understand—at least once more.”

         “But I does understand.  I understands all too well.  What you done amounts to lying and I won’t never love a liar.”

         Mary sank into the nearest chair, buried her face in her hands and wept.  Even ram-rod straight, Puritanical John was moved by her pitiful sobs. 

“Mary…please.  This don’t do no good.”  He reached out and stroked her blue-black hair.

         “I made a mistake.  Haven’t…,” she cried, “haven’t you ever made a mistake?”