Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Answer key

The answers for the worksheets contain the letters of the correct answers for individual items and the answers to the questions at the beginning of each work-sheet. For those activities in which you must read a paragraph as you complete the worksheet, the entire paragraph is shown in the answer key, with the correct answers highlighted in bold. For activities in which you must identify a specific word and letter, both the word and letter are included.

Part 1

1.1

1. N

2. R

3. W

4. S

5. B

6. K

7. L

8. O

9. Y

Elwyn Brooks

1.2

1. S

2. E

3. A

4. I

5. O

6. L

7. N

8. D

9. R

10. H

Rhode Island

1.3

1. E

2. A

3. N

4. J

5. M

6. I

7. O

8. S

9. M

10. E

Mae Jemison

1.4

1. S

2. H

3. D

4. E

5. L

6. R

7. T

8. V

9. O

Theodore Roosevelt

1.5

1. E

2. O

3. S

4. A

5. W

6. M

7. N

8. J

9. T

Jamestown

1.6

1. O

2. A

3. H

4. E

5. U

6. D

7. S

8. N

9. T

ten thousand

1.7

The is in . is the largest on the Earth. is a , barren land. covers most of Antarctica. in the is extremely cold. a few grow in small ice-free far from the South Pole. The on the is too cold for trees. are the numerous in Antarctica. live in the around the continent. The did not reach Antarctica until the 1800s. carry out in this icy land.

Richard Byrd

1.8

1. A

2. J

3. E

4. C

5. W

6. A

7. A

8. A

9. S

Sacajawea

1.9

Wilbur Orville Wright At one they bicycles. But to fly. they gliders. A glider an an engine. It the wind. The Wright brothers much about from their gliders. Next, they with a propeller. In 1903, Orville the first airplane flight.

Kitty Hawk

1.10

1. A

2. S

3. I

4. A

5. I

6. O

7. N

8. L

9. U

Louisiana

1.11

1. H

2. R

3. C

4. T

5. B

6. K

7. L

8. A

9. E

leatherback

1.12

1. O

2. S

3. E

4. S

5. Y

6. T

7. R

8. B

9. S

Betsy Ross

1.13

1. B

2. L

3. K

4. E

5. O

6. A

7. N

8. S

Lebanon, Kansas

1.14

1. S

2. C

3. E

4. T

5. A

6. H

7. W

8. V

9. T

watches TV

1.15

1. T

2. S

3. I

4. M

5. A

6. O

7. U

8. H

9. P

hippopotamus

1.16

1. W

2. F

3. H

4. D

5. T

6. E

7. S

8. R

9. O

Sherwood Forest

1.17

1. I

2. E

3. P

4. T

5. R

6. N

7. S

8. L

Splinter

1.18

1. I

2. R

3. K

4. L

5. Y

6. H

7. D

8. O

9. C

Old Hickory

1.19

1. M

2. N

3. H

4. W

5. A

6. S

7. O

8. T

Thomas Watson

1.20

1. B

2. U

3. C

4. S

5. O

6. H

7. L

8. B

9. Y

Lucy Hobbs

1.21

1. S

2. R

3. M

4. I

5. O

6. E

7. D

8. A

9. C

ice cream soda

Part 2

2.1

1. E

2. E

3. N

4. L

5. O

6. N

7. A

8. B

9. D

10. I

11. O

Daniel Boone

2.2

1. R

2. I

3. C

4. N

5. A

6. O

7. G

8. K

9. B

king cobra

2.3

1. O

2. T

3. R

4. M

5. U

6. I

7. E

8. N

9. S

Tennessee, Missouri

2.4

1. S

2. A

3. E

4. T

5. G

6. W

7. N

8. C

9. O

Conestoga wagon

2.5

1. N

2. O

3. H

4. O

5. N

6. K

7. C

8. H

9. A

10. J

11. C

John Hancock

2.6

1. T

2. F

3. E

4. N

5. G

6. I

7. L

8. M

9. O

10. R

Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier

2.7

1. A

2. T

3. E

4. E

5. T

6. H

7. C

8. I

9. L

10. W

11. S

White Castle

2.8

1. S

2. R

3. H

4. O

5. M

6. A

7. A

8. H

9. T

10. T

11. A

12. M

Thomas, Martha

2.9

1. N

2. I

3. U

4. E

5. M

6. H

7. B

8. R

9. T

10. A

Harriet Tubman

2.10

1. S

2. E

3. T

4. H

5. N

6. O

7. U

8. M

9. R

Mount Rushmore

2.11

a dwarf in solar system. Some believe Pluto was once a of . Neptune is the planet from the sun. Pluto is named after the Roman of the . Pluto is and . It can be seen through powerful Astronomers that Pluto’s is made of and It will be a before any visit this world.

Percival Lowell

2.12

1. E

2. O

3. U

4. I

5. L

6. F

7. S

8. S

9. S

10. F

11. L

fossil fuels

2.13

1. C

2. S

3. R

4. E

5. A

6. U

7. S

8. Y

Syracuse

2.14

1. N

2. N

3. A

4. A

5. Y

6. D

7. C

8. D

9. L

Candy Land

Part 3

3.1

1. N

2. E

3. O

4. A

5. Y

6. M

7. N

8. L

9. L

10. A

11. D

Pamela Lyndon

3.2

1. R

2. A

3. S

4. O

5. L

6. T

7. B

8. A

9. S

albatross

3.3

1. T

2. O

3. I

4. L

5. S

6. P

7. H

8. A

hospital

3.4

1. D (is filled)

2. I (have studied)

3. E (were puzzled)

4. G (would imagine)

5. S (can see)

6. W (are known)

7. A (may have)

8. N (might confuse)

9. T (will twinkle)

10. R (will travel)

wandering star

3.5

For thousands of years, people of exploring space. But spaceflight . This in 1957. That year the first satellite into space. The satellite in space for twenty-one days. This satellite by others. Both the Soviet Union and the United States satellites. By the mid-1960s, scientists much about space. Many humans in space. The United States land astronauts on the moon. This a great achievement. Finally, on July 20, 1969, American astronauts on the moon. Travel to another world . Space the new frontier.

Sputnik

3.6

1. U

2. O

3. L

4. A

5. R

6. C

7. N

8. T

9. N

nocturnal

3.7

1. E

2. O

3. U

4. R

5. A

6. S

7. P

8. W

9. T

waterspout

3.8

1. E

2. O

3. T

4. A

5. F

6. M

7. N

8. D

9. R

10. Y

Morty and Ferdy

3.9

1. W

2. O

3. N

4. T

5. L

6. I

7. I

8. M

9. L

10. O

two million

3.10

1. H

2. N

3. O

4. S

5. Y

6. O

7. T

8. P

typhoons

3.11

1. I

2. L

3. R

4. E

5. S

6. G

7. M

8. T

9. O

meteorologist

3.12

1. L (people)

2. S (show)

3. I (wire)

4. N (hands)

5. F (performance)

6. A (applause)

7. B (bouquet)

8. M (smile)

9. T (act)

10. U (circus)

funambulist

3.13

1. E

2. A

3. I

4. L

5. T

6. P

7. O

8. H

9. C

chocolate chip

3.14

1. R

2. S

3. V

4. M

5. O

6. P

7. A

8. U

9. I

10. E

11. C

12. G

Amerigo Vespucci

3.15

1. M

2. E

3. L

4. T

5. G

6. I

7. O

8. S

seismologist

3.16

1. E

2. Y

3. N

4. I

5. T

6. O

7. P

8. H

9. S

photosynthesis

3.17

1. H

2. B

3. I

4. A

5. G

6. T

7. E

8. R

the Great Barrier Reef

3.18

1. O

2. A

3. N

4. D

5. H

6. R

7. T

8. G

9. E

great horned owl

3.19

1. E

2. L

3. L

4. B

5. O

6. Y

7. L

8. A

9. L

10. V

volleyball

3.20

1. N

2. O

3. A

4. L

5. I

6. B

7. L

8. L

9. E

Elaine Lobl

3.21

1. A

2. S

3. I

4. I

5. N

6. L

7. S

8. L

9. D

10. E

11. L

Ellis Island

3.22

1. C

2. I

3. L

4. F

5. H

6. R

7. T

8. P

9. N

10. A

11. E

African elephant

3.23

1. L

2. R

3. W

4. A

5. E

6. I

7. D

8. N

Edwin E. Aldrin

3.24

1. I

2. U

3. H

4. A

5. U

6. H

7. H

8. C

9. A

Chihuahua

3.25

1. N

2. U

3. T

4. E

5. B

6. O

7. R

8. Y

9. A

about one year

3.26

About 1,200 years ago, warriors from northern Europe . They the countries of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Today, these countries Scandinavia. The warriors sailors. At first they the coasts of Europe. Then some of them . They Iceland and Greenland. They even North America. This 500 years before Columbus. Their adventures in stories. These stories as sagas.

Vikings

3.27

1. K

2. G

3. P

4. L

5. H

6. O

7. J

8. F

FGH JKL OP

3.28

1. W

2. T

3. C

4. O

5. H

6. N

7. E

8. A

9. F

10. R

Father of New France

3.29

1. H

2. T

3. A

4. O

5. I

6. C

7. N

Cincinnati, Ohio

Part 4

4.1

1. T

2. D

3. C

4. I

5. S

6. H

7. R

8. E

9. A

10. N

Hans Christian Andersen

4.2

1. R

2. J

3. U

4. S

5. P

6. C

7. L

8. H

9. A

10. E

Charles Pajeau

4.3

1. G

2. C

3. E

4. N

5. U

6. A

7. H

8. S

9. D

Dachshund Sausages

4.4

1. A

2. O

3. I

4. R

5. D

6. L

7. F

Florida

4.5

Saturday afternoon was rainy. Serena and friends were disappointed. had planned to play soccer.

Jason looked out the window at the rain. frowned. There seemed to be little for to do.

“What can do?” said Serena.

don’t know,” said Jason, shaking head.

“Do have a new CD?” he asked .

“Yes,” told can listen to music.”

“That sounds like a good idea to ,” Meg said.

listened to music for the rest of the day.

Scrabble

4.6

Jordan and father like hiking. Last week, for the first time, took Jordan’s younger sister Shiloh with packed lunches and plenty of water.

Shiloh helped Jordan load the car. She handed a knapsack to . Jordan placed in the trunk.

“Here,” father said to Jordan. “This is for .”

handed Jordan a compass.

“ will have to keep heading in the right direction,” said.

“What about ?” asked Shiloh. “What can do?”

“ can help, too,” father said. He gave a compass to .

six feet

4.7

1. A

2. E

3. W

4. E

5. L

6. L

7. U

8. B

9. H

blue whale

4.8

1. S

2. I

3. I

4. G

5. B

6. N

7. S

8. L

siblings

4.9

1. D

2. I

3. L

4. H

5. S

6. R

7. T

8. E

9. G

10. O

Theodor Seuss Geisel

4.10

1. E

2. I

3. R

4. A

5. F

6. H

7. O

8. T

9. L

10. S

sailors of the stars

4.11

1. L

2. V

3. G

4. B

5. N

6. E

7. R

8. I

9. I

Irving Berlin

4.12

1. H

2. K

3. O

4. A

5. R

6. D

7. T

8. N

North Dakota

4.13

1. N

2. A

3. D

4. E

5. V

6. I

7. O

8. G

9. C

10. L

Calvin Coolidge

4.14

1. C

2. N

3. L

4. E

5. I

6. L

7. I

8. P

9. N

10. I

penicillin

4.15

1. S (members)

2. E (Eddie)

3. T (mother)

4. A (father)

5. L (Liz)

6. N (aunt)

7. H (Happy)

8. P (Grandpa)

9. E (people)

elephants

4.16

1. A

2. A

3. C

4. R

5. D

6. A

7. U

8. B

9. R

barracuda

4.17

1. L

2. M

3. A

4. B

5. E

6. U

7. T

8. E

9. B

10. B

11. E

12. B

bumblebee bat

4.18

1. I

2. E

3. S

4. R

5. T

6. C

7. C

8. K

crickets

Part 5

5.1

1. O

2. H

3. E

4. K

5. N

6. S

7. I

8. Z

9. A

10. B

11. R

12. D

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

5.2

1. O

2. Y

3. L

4. N

5. R

6. T

7. F

8. I

fifty trillion

5.3

Deena and her are going on a vacation. She and her brother can’t to leave. The children their parents pack suitcases. They planned to in morning. They will drive New York to Florida. It will be trip. Deena hopes that they have weather for their vacation. Everyone is looking to having a time.

Australia

5.4

1. M

2. O

3. E

4. U

5. R

6. T

7. T

8. R

9. F

10. S

Fort Sumter

5.5

1. T

2. R

3. D

4. C

5. A

6. O

7. G

8. N

9. L

10. E

11. F

England to France

5.6

1. O

2. E

3. A

4. H

5. E

6. N

7. L

8. T

9. P

10. E

a telephone

5.7

1. O

2. D

3. H

4. A

5. N

6. F

7. S

8. I

9. L

Island of Hills

5.8

1. C (basic)

2. S (these)

3. P (simple)

4. L (several)

5. E (modern)

6. I (this)

7. B (big)

8. A (many)

Blaise Pascal

5.9

1. O

2. S

3. S

4. O

5. I

6. L

7. G

8. G

9. E

10. T

geologists

Part 6

6.1

1. N

2. E

3. T

4. S

5. W

6. I

7. X

8. O

9. U

10. R

11. H

12. D

two hundred six

6.2

1. E

2. N

3. A

4. T

5. G

6. I

7. R

8. O

9. L

Oregon Trail

6.3

Many people that bats are animals. Some people have been of bats. But most bats are not a to people. In fact, they are Bats hunt at They streak and the darkness in search of prey. bats eat insects. This the insect population. In the morning bats to their roosts.

flying

6.4

1. T

2. P

3. H

4. U

5. S

6. E

7. A

8. L

9. R

10. C

Charles Perrault

6.5

1. O

2. R

3. M

4. P

5. D

6. A

7. C

8. L

9. E

camel leopard

6.6

1. U

2. U

3. P

4. M

5. Y

6. P

7. P

8. D

mud puppy

6.7

1. N

2. E

3. A

4. M

5. R

6. I

7. S

8. L

9. G

10. O

11. T

gila monster

6.8

1. D

2. S

3. O

4. A

5. E

6. P

7. H

8. R

9. T

10. G

the Great Red Spot

6.9

1. A (always)

2. R (recently)

3. E (very)

4. I (curiously)

5. U (carefully)

6. O (soon)

7. S (slowly)

8. P (happily)

9. L (clearly)

10. T (often)

Louis Pasteur

6.10

1. S (more easily)

2. N (most often)

3. W (most slowly)

4. I (earlier)

5. H (hardest)

6. T (fastest)

7. L (more quickly)

8. E (more carefully)

The Wise Little Hen

6.11

1. E

2. I

3. D

4. T

5. A

6. S

7. R

8. N

9. B

Saint Bernard

Part 7

7.1

1. S

2. O

3. R

4. N

5. K

6. I

7. L

8. B

9. Z

10. M

11. A

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona

7.2

Insects found the world. They live forests, fields, deserts. They live everywhere. They are your home. Some insects destructive. They eat crops cause damage homes. Some cause disease. But others helpful. Honeybees spread pollen flowers. This the flowers bloom. Other insects harmful bugs. Insects an important life planet.

silkworm

7.3

1. I

2. E

3. I

4. S

5. N

6. P

7. D

8. P

9. N

pinnipeds

7.4

1. N

2. C

3. I

4. F

5. R

6. E

7. A

8. O

Air Force One

7.5

1. A (of your heart)

2. O (into four parts)

3. U (throughout your body)

4. I (during sleep)

5. L (to your cells)

6. R (in your lungs)

7. T (about seventy times)

8. Y (for your heart)

9. C (during exercise) circulatory

7.6

1. X

2. O

3. R

4. N

5. P

6. E

7. S

8. Y

Pony Express

7.7

1. R (friends)

2. O (school)

3. U (Saturday)

4. D (Sunday)

5. W (week)

6. C (camp)

7. P (practice)

8. L (family)

World Cup

7.8

1. T

2. A

3. C

4. D

5. O

6. S

7. N

8. L

Scotland

7.9

1. A

2. E

3. R

4. T

5. N

6. W

7. M

8. G

9. O

Motorwagen

7.10

1. H (hey)

2. T (great)

3. I (terrific)

4. C (watch out)

5. U (ugh)

6. S (oops)

7. A (aha)

8. R (good grief)

Aristarchus

7.11

1. A

2. U

3. I

4. E

5. S

6. L

7. P

8. G

9. Z

10. W

11. J

12. Z

jigsaw puzzle

7.12

1. M

2. N

3. I

4. L

5. E

6. G

7. S

8. T

9. O

entomologist

7.13

1. H

2. P

3. S

4. T

5. D

6. A

7. R

8. O

arthropods

7.14

1. R

2. L

3. N

4. S

5. A

6. Y

7. O

8. W

Oslo, Norway

Part 8

8.1

1. R

2. N

3. O

4. H

5. E

6. U

7. M

8. R

9. D

10. S

11. T

thunderstorms

8.2

1. A (road)

2. I (captain)

3. E (senior)

4. R (Saturday)

5. U (February)

6. N (governor)

7. N (avenue)

8. N (Wednesday)

9. A (Friday)

10. R (junior)

11. V (boulevard)

12. M (September)

13. T (August)

14. B (October)

Martin Van Buren

8.3

1. U

2. H

3. J

4. C

5. E

6. B

7. M

8. N

9. S

10. A

James Buchanan

8.4

1. N

2. U

3. W

4. L

5. I

6. E

7. D

8. H

9. B

Edwin Hubble

8.5

1. O

2. I

3. H

4. F

5. G

6. D

7. T

8. S

9. R

10. E

8.6

1. G

2. I

3. T

4. E

5. A

6. S

7. U

8. N

Saint Augustine

8.7

1. E

2. R

3. C

4. L

5. F

6. N

7. A

8. I

Nile, Africa

8.8

1. U

2. E

3. I

4. H

5. R

6. D

7. N

nine hundred (with letters reversed)

8.9

1. A

2. A

3. I

4. H

5. D

6. O

7. R

8. F

9. K

10. L

Frida Kahlo

8.10

1. R

2. N

3. O

4. K

5. T

6. O

7. Y

8. W

Yorktown (with letters reversed)

8.11

Aunt Jane is an expert on the There many Aunt Jane know about our She knows all of the their and their home She knows the of each presidency. Aunt Jane wrote about the favorite is about George Washington. The book tells about youth. Aunt Jane believes George Washington was one of our greatest

John Adams

8.12

1. I

2. A

3. H

4. G

5. T

6. N

7. R

8. O

9. S

shooting star

8.13

1. F

2. F

3. I

4. E

5. N

6. I

7. G

8. R

9. R

10. O

Ring of Fire

8.14

1. A

2. A

3. A

4. R

5. Y

6. U

7. P

8. G

Paraguay

8.15

1. E

2. E

3. I

4. L

5. A

6. S

7. L

8. L

9. C

10. W

Alice Wells

8.16

1. U

2. M

3. S

4. C

5. N

6. E

7. I

8. A

9. L

animalcules

8.17

1. M

2. I

3. O

4. N

5. E

6. O

7. N

8. R

9. A

10. E

Annie Moore

8.18

1. E

2. O

3. Y

4. N

5. R

6. U

7. G

8. D

9. H

greyhound (with letters reversed)

8.19

1. S

2. T

3. A

4. I

5. E

6. L

7. C

8. H

9. R

Charles Richter

8.20

1. I

2. U

3. A

4. Y

5. H

6. N

7. T

8. F

9. O

Fountain of Youth

8.21

1. R

2. C

3. T

4. N

5. A

6. D

7. E

8. P

9. I

pediatrician

8.22

1. I

2. E

3. I

4. R

5. P

6. G

7. D

8. B

9. P

Big Dipper (with letters reversed)

8.23

1. B

2. A

3. A

4. Y

5. A

6. C

7. R

8. P

Capybara

8.24

1. T

2. R

3. C

4. N

5. A

6. T

7. A

8. C

9. I

10. A

Antarctica

8.25

1. A

2. I

3. O

4. E

5. D

6. R

7. K

8. M

9. W

Widow-Maker

8.26

1. E

2. U

3. T

4. N

5. R

6. S

7. A

8. C

crustaceans

8.27

1. M

2. T

3. R

4. G

5. S

6. Y

7. A

8. N

9. P

10. I

praying mantis

8.28

1. O

2. O

3. U

4. U

5. L

6. N

7. L

8. H

Honolulu

8.29

1. R

2. U

3. T

4. Y

5. L

6. B

7. T

8. F

9. E

flutterby

8.30

1. S

2. O

3. C

4. J

5. K

6. E

7. A

8. M

9. O

James Cook

8.31

1. U

2. T

3. H

4. E

5. A

6. A

7. K

8. Q

9. E

10. R

earthquake

8.32

1. B

2. E

3. L

4. O

5. C

6. D

7. A

8. P

9. R

Pedro Cabral

8.33

1. H

2. A

3. I

4. I

5. C

6. N

7. M

8. G

Michigan

8.34

1. C (continents)

2. A (Asia)

3. N (North America)

4. O (ocean)

5. I (it)

6. E (equator)

7. A (America)

Oceania

Part 9

9.1

1. T

2. M

3. H

4. O

5. N

6. R

7. C

8. E

9. L

10. S

Loch Ness Monster

9.2

1. I

2. R

3. G

4. A

5. M

6. N

7. E

8. L

9. F

10. D

Ferdinand Magellan

9.3

1. E

2. I

3. T

4. N

5. N

6. C

7. R

8. O

9. P

Princeton

9.4

1. A

2. O

3. N

4. T

5. T

6. S

7. B

8. I

botanist

9.5

1. N

2. O

3. I

4. A

5. L

6. N

7. P

8. G

pangolin

9.6

1. N

2. R

3. B

4. P

5. A

6. H

7. D

8. G

9. O

Grand Pooh-Bah

9.7

1. O

2. C

3. E

4. S

5. T

6. A

7. W

8. N

9. I

Isaac Newton

9.8

1. S

2. R

3. A

4. A

5. E

6. K

7. N

8. B

Nebraska

9.9

1. A

2. M

3. R

4. E

5. H

6. Y

7. B

8. D

9. O

Deborah Moody

9.10

1. S

2. T

3. I

4. A

5. G

6. O

7. H

8. W

9. N

Washington

9.11

1. A

2. A

3. A

4. I

5. L

6. M

7. S

8. H

9. Y

Himalayas

9.12

1. S

2. A

3. E

4. W

5. R

6. C

7. L

8. R

9. I

Willis Carrier

9.13

1. T

2. R

3. C

4. O

5. N

6. E

7. D

8. W

9. S

words, sentences

9.14

1. W

2. G

3. I

4. A

5. Z

6. H

7. R

8. M

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