Grammar and Language Workbook

218 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 6

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Mechanics

✔ 10. Sometimes a perfectly ordinary name becomes special when you see the last

name first.

✔ 11. For example, Susan Jolly is listed in the phone book as Jolly Susan!

12. Through using the phone book, i’ve uncovered many great names.
    ✔ 13. Henry Reeder holds a doctorate in literature.
    ✔ 14. Jackie Ford Jr. owns a car dealership.


13. Sometimes i see an interesting last name and wonder where it comes from.
    ✔ 16. I guessed the origin of the last name Prettyhad to do with appearance.


14. According to the New Dictionary of American Family Names, the name pretty
    is an English name that means “the crafty, cunning man.”


15. The dictionary also revealed that the name mondellocomes from the Italian
    for “the little, cute, clean man.”
    ✔ 19. Fridcomes from the Swedish word for “peace.”


16. From the Polish language comes the name sobota, “one who always does
    something on Saturday.”


17. Surely you can see by now why i collect names.
    ✔ 22. If you’d like to collect names, too, let other people know that you are a collector.


18. Aunts, Uncles, and other family members often are willing to help out.


19. My Cousin Lisa told me about a classmate whose name is Bea Cool.


20. grandpa’s name, godfrey, is German for “God’s peace.”
     Writing Link Write five sentences about someone in the news. Include his or her title if
    you can. Use proper capitalization in each sentence.