Exercise 2 Selecting Pronouns
1. She/ I
2. We
3. her
4. who
5. who
6. whom
7. Who
8. who
9. whoever
10. me
Exercise 3 Selecting Pronouns
1. me 6. who
2. me 7. whom
3. who 8. me
4. I 9. who
5. who 10. who, who
Exercise 4 Selecting Pronouns
1. me 6. who
2. me 7. she, her
3. who, who 8. who
4. me 9. me
5. whom 10. me
Exercise 5 Selecting Pronouns: Person, Gender, and Number
1 . The man which founded Tree Climbers International likes to go out on limbs as often as possible.
2 . Everyone will now pause to offer their thanks to the man who invented the air conditioner.
3 . The savvy airboat rider keeps their mouth closed to avoid eating bugs.
4 . The individual which was abducted by aliens promises to tell all in her upcoming book.
5. People which live in stone houses should not throw glass.
6. Practically every person is bothered by their particular pet peeve.
7  . Around these parts, the wooly worm is thought to predict the severity of the upcoming winter by the thickness of their coat.
8 . In the summer, a cricket can reveal the temperature if you count the number of their chirps over 15 seconds.
9. Someone which adds thirty-seven to the number of the cricket’s chirps will know exactly how hot it is in degrees Fahrenheit.
1 0. So far, the only thing the cockroach has been able to reveal is the lack of success of the restaurant they call home.
Exercise 6 Selecting Pronouns: Person, Gender, and Number
1. they, us 6. they
2. they 7. its
3. their 8. its
4. their 9. his
5. their 10. their
Exercise 7 Selecting Pronouns: Reference and Agreement
1. which a practice that
2. they the staff members
3. you she
4. they didn’t answer no one answered
5. it the display
6. It says in the the newspaper says
7. which a habit that
8. that he already possessed the thing he craved most “You already possess the thing you
crave most.”
9. They Race fans
10. that he may have given up on love too soon “I may have given up on love too soon.”
Exercise 8 Writing Sentences with Correct Pronouns
Answers will vary.
chapter 11 Adjectives and Adverbs
Exercises 1, 2, and 3 Using Adjectives and Adverbs
Answers will vary.
Exercise 4 Selecting Adjectives and Adverbs
1. most
2. really
3. hardly
4. badly/ really
5. well
6. best
7. real
8. hardly
9. bad
10. most
Exercise 5 Selecting Adjectives and Adverbs
Correct any problems with adjectives and adverbs in the following sentences.
1  . After her eighth cup of coffee, she is one of the most liveliest women in the office.
2. He wanted the fry cook job real bad, but his interview didn’t go good.
3 . As he strolled through Bronco Bob’s Bar and Boot Shop, he knew that he had never seen a more perfect setting for a square dance.
4 . He was real sorry for eating her artistic masterpiece, so he offered his sincere apologies.
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good
. Of the two weightlifters, Carlos is best at clean-and-jerk lifts.
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. She looks well in Spandex and sequins.
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badly
 . After her divorce, she finally felt happily.
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. The skater fell during every one of her jumps, so she performed pretty bad.
9 . My baby cries louder than that baby.
10. In a blind taste test, most consumers said that Squirt was the better of the three leading brands of imitation cheese food.
Exercise 6 Selecting Adjectives and Adverbs
1. really/ good
2. any
3. not
4. oddest
5. most
6. really
7. strangest
8. well
9. best/ fastest
10. more
Exercise 7 Correcting Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
D 1. Driving through the Brazilian ran forest, we spotted leafcutter ants going
about their work.
M 2. This tribe of ants is one of the few creatures that grow food on this planet.
M 3. Leafcutter ants cleverly learned to farm over 50 million years ago.
D 4. Climbing trees, the ants cut down the leaves and bite them into the
shape of half moons.
M 5. Then, each ant hoists a leaf, weighing ten times more than it does,
and carries it back down the tree toward the nest.
M 6. Marching home with their leaves, the ants resemble a parade of fluttering green flags.
M 7. Carried into the subterranean tunnels of the nest, the cargo is deposited
by the leafcutters.
M 8. Taking over, the gardeners ants clean, clip, and spread the leaves with
secretions from their bodies.
M 9. The ants place fungus on the hunk s of leaves, lined up in neat rows.
M10. Cultivated for good, the ants’ fungus garden is fertilized by the leaves.
Exercise 8 Writing Sentences with Correct Modifiers
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1. I observed the parade of floats and marching bands on the rooftop.
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On the rooftop, I observed the parade of floats and marching bands.
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2. Flat busted, my piano had to be pawned for cash.
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Flat busted, I had to pawn my piano for cash.
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3. The alleged burglar addressed the judge on his knees.
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On his knees, the alleged burglar addressed the judge.
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4. Freshly snared from the ocean floor, he enjoyed the delicious lobster.
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He enjoyed the delicious lobster, freshly snared from the ocean floor.
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5. Wearing a strapless velvet evening gown, Bob thought his wife looked ravishing.
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Bob thought his wife, wearing a strapless velvet evening gown, looked ravishing.
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6. The student asked to see the school nurse with a sore throat.
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The student with a sore throat asked to see the school nurse.
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7. The lost child held on tight to the detective crying for his mommy.
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Crying for his mommy, the lost child held on tight to the detective.
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8. Cursing like a longshoreman, the baby finally arrived after her thirty- record holder sixth hour of labor.
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After thirty-six hours of labor, the woman cursed like a longshoreman as the baby finally arrived.
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9. By jumping on a trampoline, your heart gets a good cardiovascular workout.
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By jumping on a trampoline, you give your heart a good cardiovascular workout.
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10. The outlaw phoned his granny in a pickle.
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In a pickle, the outlaw phoned his granny.
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Exercise 9 Writing Sentences with Adjectives and Adverbs
Answers will vary.
chapter 12 Punctuation and Capitalization
Exercise 1 Using Commas
1. Frankenstein, . . . October 3, 1818, . . . gifted, 11. lightly, . . . monster, . . . troubled,
2. university, 12. loudly,
3. theory, . . . living, 13. fever,
4. Victor, . . . process, 14. illness,
5. parts, 15. befuddlement,
6. articles, 16. walking, . . . strange,
7. items, 17. creature,
8. strange, 18. after, . . . rest,
9. tall, . . . wide, 19. monster,
10. creature, . . . hideous, 20. self-pity,
Exercise 2 Using Commas
1. monster, . . . desperate, 11. anticipation,
2. house, 12. project,
3. simple, 13. say, . . . unexpected,
4. however, 14. away,
5. monster, . . . dejected, 15. married, . . . fully, . . . enraged,
6. innocent, . . . brother, 16. wedding, . . . horrified,
7. horror, 17. killing the monster,
8. demands, 18. desolate, . . . North,
9. him, 19. visit,
10. away, . . . parts, 20. friend, love, . . . soul, and, therefore,
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