Lesson Three - Part One

Hint: All 15 rules are represented in these sentences. No sentence has more than ONE rule which applies to it. If you read the examples in the last 3 Lessons, you will be able to make 100% on this Exercise. 



1. Most of the evidence seemed convincing.  Still, the credibility of some witnesses was in question.

        Rule: 7



2. The volcano filled the sky with acrid smoke but it never erupted.

        Rule: 1



3. He cries in frustration every time his cable goes out.

        Rule: 9



4. If we have good weather tomorrow, we may go out for a picnic.

        Rule: 2



5. He never understood why all his friends had viciously turned against him.

        Rule: 10b



6. He was a difficult, stubborn poet.

        Rule: 3a



7. They lived in a white frame house.

        Rule: 3b



8. My uncle who is eighty years old walks three miles every day.

        Rule: 4a



9. Your best friends, where are they when you need them?

        Rule:  9



10. The woman, who interviewed you, is my sister.

        Rule: 4b



11. So, you decided to put a comma there.

        Rule: 8



12. The book that I borrowed from you is excellent.

        Rule: 4c



13. A good student listens to his teachers without yawning, reads his lessons, and submits assignments on time.

        Rule: 5



14. Remarkably, he never understood why all his friends had turned against him.

        Rule: 10a



15. The wind blowing violently, the townspeople began to seek shelter.

        Rule: 6