Grammar Review 8.6 Ex.1-5 Q’s 1-5
Ex. 6: Identifying Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates
1. Russell Baker and his family ate spaghetti one night.
2. They enjoyed the food and argued about the technique.
3. Both children and adults like spaghetti.
4. People all over the world prepare and eat pasta.
5. The Italians created and named dozens of different types of pasta.
Ex. 7: Making Compound Subjects and Verbs Agree
1. Russell Baker’s wisdom or his humor (attract, attracts) readers.
2. Critics and other readers (praise, praises) his autobiography.
3. Growing Up or his other books (earn, earns) him fame.
4. Baker’s childhood memories and stories (create, creates) a picture of his family.
5. His family and his life (interest, interests) readers.
Ex.8: Identifying Simple and Compound Sentences
1. Russell Baker began his journalism career at the age of eight; his mother got him a job.
2. He and his mother met and talked to a man from Curtis Publishing Company.
3. The man liked Russell, and he hired the boy.
4. Russell began his career at the bottom; he sold the Saturday Evening Post.
5. Russell placed the magazines in a bag and walked to a busy intersection.
Ex.9: Identifying Compound Sentences and Run-on Sentences
1. Russell Baker’s mother wanted him to do well, and she encouraged him to study.
2. She didn’t have much money, but she bought books and literary magazines for Russell.
3. Russell wasn’t interested in literature he never read the books.
4. The magazines didn’t appeal to him, he didn’t read them either.
5. Russell’s friend Charlie applied to John Hopkins University; he encouraged Russell to apply also.
Ex.10: Writing compound Sentences
1. Russell Baker grew up in Baltimore. His first job was with a Baltimore newspaper.
2. Baker dreaded Mr. Fleagle’s reaction. Mre. Fleagle liked Baker’s story very much.