Appendix A

Answers and Charts

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This Appendix provides answers for the Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test on pages 400

–404

and for the Introductory Activities in Part Five. It also contains four useful charts: an
assignment chart, a spelling list, a reading comprehension chart, to be

filled in by the

student, and a general form for planning a paragraph.

Answers to Sentence-Skills
Diagnostic Test

and Introductory Activities

SENTENCE-SKILLS DIAGNOSTIC TEST

(pages 400

–404)

Fragments

1

X

2

C

3

X

4

X

5

C

6

X

Run-Ons

1

C

2

X

3

X

4

X

5

C

6

X

Standard English Verbs

1

C

2

C

3

X

4

X

Irregular Verbs

1

X

2

C

3

C

4

X

Subject-Verb Agreement

1

X

2

X

3

C

4

X

Consistent Verb Tense

1

X

2

C

3

C

4

X

Pronoun Agreement, Reference, and Point of View

1

X

2

C

3

X

4

C

5

X

6

C

Pronoun Types

1

X

2

C

Adjectives and Adverbs

1

X

2

X

Misplaced Modi

fiers

1

X

2

C

3

X

4

X

Dangling Modi

fiers

1

C

2

X

3

C

4

X

Faulty Parallelism

1

X

2

C

3

X

4

C

Capital Letters

1

X

2

X

3

C

4

X

Apostrophe

1

C

2

X

3

X

4

C

Quotation Marks

1

C

2

X

3

X

4

C

Comma

1

X

2

X

3

C

4

X

5

C

6

X

Commonly Confused Words

1

X

2

X

3

C

4

X

5

X

6

C

Effective Word Use

1

X

2

X

3

X

4

X

Answers to Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Activities

INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES

Irregular Verbs

(page 454)

1. crawled, crawled (regular)

Fragments

(page 414)

2. brought,

brought (irregular)
1

thought 3. used, used (regular)

2

subject 4. did, done (irregular)

3

verb

5. gave, given (irregular)

4

subject 6. laughed, laughed (regular)

Run-Ons

(page 430)

7. went, gone (irregular)

8. scared, scared (regular) 1. period9. dressed, dressed (regular) 2. but10.
saw, seen (irregular)

1

semicolon

2

When

Subject-Verb Agreement

(page 463)

Standard English Verbs

(page 445)

The second sentence in each pair is

correct.

enjoyed . . . enjoys; started . . . starts;

Pronoun Agreement and

cooked . . . cooks

Reference

(page 470)

1

past . . .

-ed

The second sentence in each pair is correct.

2

present . . . -s

Misplaced and Dangling Modi

fiers

(page 488)

1

Intended: On their wedding day, Clyde and Charlotte decided to have two children

.

Unintended: Clyde and Charlotte decided to have two children who would appear on thei

r

wedding day

.

2

Intended: The students who failed the test no longer like the math instructor

.

Unintended: The math instructor failed the test

.

3

Intended: My dog sat with me as I smoked a pipe

.

Unintended: My dog smoked a pipe

.

4

Intended: He was busy talking on a cell phone

.

Unintended: His car was talking on a cell phone

.

Capital Letters

(page 501)

All the answers to questions 1 to 13 should be in capital letters.
14. The 15. I 16. That

Apostrophes

(page 514)

1

The purpose of the ’s is to show possession (Larry owns the motorcycle, the boyfriend belongs to the sister,

Grandmother owns the shotgun, the room belongs to the men).
2

The purpose of the apostrophe is to show the omission of one or more letters in a contraction— two words shortened to

form one word.
3

In each of the second sentences, the ’s shows possession: the body of the vampire; the center of the baked potato. In

each of the first sentences, the s is used to form a simple plural: more than one vampire; more than one potato.

770 Appendix A

Quotation Marks

(page 523)

1

The purpose of quotation marks is to set off the exact words of a speaker. (The words that the young man actually

spoke aloud are set off with quotation marks, as are the words that the old woman spoke aloud.)
2

Commas and periods go inside quotation marks.

Commas

(page 531)

1. a. Frank’s interests are Maria, television, and sports.

b. My mother put her feet up, sipped some iced tea, and opened the newspaper.

2. a. Although they are tiny insects, ants are among the strongest creatures on Earth.

b. To remove the cap of the aspirin bottle, you must first press down on it.

3.

a. Kitty Litter and Dredge Rivers, Hollywood’s leading romantic stars, have made several movies
together.

b. Sarah, who is my next-door neighbor, just entered the hospital with an intestinal infection.

4. a. The wedding was scheduled for four o’clock, but the bride changed her mind at two.

b. Verna took three coffee breaks before lunch, and then she went on a two-hour lunch break.

5. a. Lola’s mother asked her, ―What time do you expect to get home?‖

b. ―Don’t bend over to pat the dog,‖ I warned, ―or he’ll bite you.‖

6. a. Roy ate seventeen hamburgers on July 29, 2003, and lived to tell about it.

b. Roy lives at 817 Cresson Street, Detroit, Michigan.

Other Punctuation Marks

(page 540)

1

pets: holly

2

freeze-dried

3

Shakespeare (1564–1616)

4

Earth; no

5

proudly—with

Commonly Confused Words

(page 565)

1

Your 4. to

2

There 5. It’s

3

then

Effective Word Choice

(page 575)

1

―Flipped out‖ is slang.

2

―Few and far between‖ is a cliché.

3

―Ascertained‖ is a pretentious word.

Charts

Copyright © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Assignment Chart

Use this chart to record daily or weekly assignments in your writing class. You might want to print
writing assignments and their due dates in capital letters so that they stand out clearly.

Date Given

Assignment

Date Due

772 Appendix A

Spelling List

Enter here the words that you misspelled in your papers (note the examples). If you add to
and study this list regularly, you will not repeat the same mistakes in your writing.

Incorrect Spelling

Correct Spelling

Points to Remember

alright

all right

two words

ocasion

occasion

two ―c‖s

Charts 773

Reading Comprehension Chart

Write an X through the numbers of any questions you missed while answering the comprehension
questions for each selection in Part Six, ―Readings for Writers.‖ Then write in your comprehension score.
To calculate your score for each reading, give yourself 10 points for each item that is not X’d out. The
chart will make clear any skill question you get wrong repeatedly, so that you can pay special attention to
that skill in the future.

Selection

Vocabulary

in Context

Subject,

Thesis, or

Main Idea

Key Details

Inferences

Comprehension

Score

Mrosla

1 2

3 4

5 6 7

8 9 10

%

Logan

1 2

3 4

5 6 7

8 9 10

%

Salinas

1 2

3 4 5

6

7 8 9 10

%

Johnson

1

2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10

%

Holland

1 2

3 4

5 6 7

8 9 10

%

Curran

1 2

3 4

5 6 7

8 9 10

%

Carson

1 2

3 4

5 6 7

8 9 10

%

Collier

1 2

3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10

%

Garland

1 2

3 4

5 6 7

8 9 10

%

Scott

1 2

3 4

5 6 7

8 9 10

%

Verderber

1 2

3 4

5 6 7

8 9 10

%

Urbina

1 2

3 4

5 6 7

8 9 10

%

Tan

1 2

3 4 5

6 7 8

9 10

%

Saki

1 2

3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10

%

Wine

1 2

3 4

5 6 7

8 9 10

%

Canedy

1 2

3 4

5 6 7 8 9

10

%

Conroy/
Johnson

1 2

3 4

5 6 7

8 9 10

%

774 Appendix A

Form for Planning a Paragraph

To write an effective paragraph, first prepare an outline. Often (though not always) you
may be able to use a form like the one below.

Topic sentence:

Support (1):

Details:

Support (2):

Details:

Support (3):

Details:

Appendix B

A Writer’s Journal

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This Appendix provides space for you to record ideas and notes, including a vocabulary list.

776 Appendix B

A Writer’s Journal

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A Writer’s Journal

780 Appendix B

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