Read the following sentences. If a sentence is correct, write correct. If a sentence has an incorrect comparison, rewrite the sentence, correcting the comparison. (Note that adjectives never add both -er or -est and more or most.)
Which is the tastier of these three beverages?

From the preparation outline on the Golden Gate Bridge, you constructed create a speaking outline that you might use in delivering the speech. Follow the guidelines for a speaking outline discussed in this chapter

Read the following sentences. If a sentence is correct, write correct. If a sentence has an incorrect comparison, rewrite the sentence, correcting the comparison. (Note that adjectives never add both -er or -est and more or most.)
Cola trees are the taller of the three plants from which these beverages come.

Complete the sentences by choosing an appropriate irregular verb from the chart provided. Notice that irregular verbs do not add -ed to form the past or past participle forms. Some change spellings; others do not change at all.
PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
begin began has/have begun
burst burst has/have burst
come came has/have come
drink drank has/have drunk
give gave has/have given
ring rang has/have rung
see saw has/have seen
throw threw has/have thrown
do did has/have done
The Championship Game
As my team savored its first championship, I _________ with pride.

Read the following sentences. Write the linking verb in each sentence. Then write the words that the linking verb is connecting.
Sadat’s life looked bleak in the 1940s, when he was jailed twice during World War II for making contacts with the Germans.

Write a proper adjective formed from each of the following proper nouns. Consult a dic-tionary if you need help.
Panama

Write on your paper the action verb in each of the following sentences. Indicate whether each action verb is used as a transitive or an intransitive verb.
Foreign Flora and Fauna in Florida
Florida’s lakes and canals teem with some thirty different species of foreign tropical fish.

Write a proper adjective formed from each of the following proper nouns. Consult a dic-tionary if you need help.
Alexander Hamilton

On your paper, list the forty nouns in the following sentences. Write CN next to any col- lective nouns.
The youngsters had looked for the hideout of pirates, but their leader had kept the relics safe.

Complete the sentences by choosing an appropriate irregular verb from the chart provided. Notice that irregular verbs do not add -ed to form the past or past participle forms. Some change spellings; others do not change at all.
PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
begin began has/have begun
burst burst has/have burst
come came has/have come
drink drank has/have drunk
give gave has/have given
ring rang has/have rung
see saw has/have seen
throw threw has/have thrown
do did has/have done
The Championship Game
The referees have _________ that player out of the game for fighting.

Analyze "Medical Robots: From Science Fiction to Science Fact" in the appendix of sample speeches that follow. Identify the specific purpose, central idea, main points, and method of organization. Evaluate the speech in light of the guidelines for informative speaking discussed in this chapter.

Improve the following paragraph by replacing the underlined word or words with personal or possessive pronouns.Write your answers on your paper.
Animated Cartoons
1 Animated cartoons can reproduce anything that $\underline{\text{the reader of this passage}}$ can imagine in $\underline{\text{the reader’s}}$ mind. 2 An animated cartoon achieves $\underline{\text{the cartoon’s}}$ effects through a simple technique. 3 Cartoon artists draw $\underline{\text{the artists}}$ pictures on a large board. 4 In each picture the figure changes $\underline{\text{the figure’s}}$ position slightly. 5 If Bugs Bunny winks $\underline{\text{Bugs Bunny’s}}$ eye, $\underline{\text{Bugs Bunny’s}}$ would be drawn in the first picture with $\underline{\text{Bugs Bunny’s}}$ eye open. 6 In the next picture $\underline{\text{Bugs Bunny’s}}$ eye would be half closed. 7 In the following picture $\underline{\text{Bugs Bunny’s}}$ eye would be completely closed. 8 The camera operator films these individual pictures in $\underline{\text{the pictures’}}$ proper sequence. 9 When the individual frames are run through a projector,$\underline{\text{the frames’}}$ rapid projection creates the illusion of movement. 10 As $\underline{\text{the reader of this passage}}$ view the animated cartoon,$\underline{\text{the reader’s}}$ eyes seem to see Bugs Bunny’s eye wink.

Read the following sentences. If a sentence is correct, write correct. If a sentence has an incorrect comparison, rewrite the sentence, correcting the comparison. (Note that adjectives never add both -er or -est and more or most.)
Coffee is cultivated in more cooler regions than tea or cola, but frost can easily damage coffee trees

Write on your paper the action verb in each of the following sentences. Indicate whether each action verb is used as a transitive or an intransitive verb.
Foreign Flora and Fauna in Florida
In southern Florida, Colombian iguanas scamper through Australian pines.