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weaknesses. 6. Our family sees a favorite Christmas movie every year. 7. That
agency offers many dogs and cats for adoption. 8. A tall fence will stand between
the Corbett and Balise properties. 9. Meteorologists use radar to forecast weather.
- The house needs new sheets and blankets for all the beds.
Written Practice 9-3 - In a depressed economic climate, how can I prepare for the future? 2. Let’s
make a deposit before the banks close. 3. If you are in a collision, you should
fi le a police report. 4. You need to look at improving style and clarity in your
sentences. 5. After you take time to think about other things for a while, sit
down and reread your essay. 6. The fi rst draft is an opportunity to put your
words on paper while your creativity is fl owing. 7. After the fi rst of the year,
each department should review our joint goals. 8. The important topic of the day
remains the likelihood of growing food locally. 9. In the middle school, the need
for better art supplies exists. 10. Because of the delays we have experienced, we
have stopped using that truck company.
Written Practice 9-4
Sample answers are provided. - I will invite all your friends. 2. When you decide, let me be the fi rst to know.
- Do I always have to justify my actions? 4. A long time ago, I concluded that
I... 5. We can inspect the house before we move in. 6. We shouldn’t move on
until we plan for the future. 7. Don’t answer unless you are absolutely sure how
you feel. 8. I apologize any time I offend someone. 9. Your father believes that
you shouldn’t drive... 10. I’ll help you clean up when you fi nish the project.
Written Practice 9-5
Sample answers are provided.
Unless you see it in action, this advancement in science is hard to believe. People
who are completely paralyzed due to illness or trauma will get help in the future
thanks to the new Brain Computer Interface. Scientists can help these patients com-
municate with others and even use their paralyzed limbs by connecting patients’
brains to a computer. Scientists have experimented with several people. Teaching a
patient to move with his or her mind is neither fast nor fl uid, but it can be done.
Written Practice 9-6 - Don’t give new uniforms to employees until the uniforms have name tags.
- Myrna told Jodi not to go to the PTA meeting because of her terrible cold.
- Although our new water tank holds 20 percent less than our old one, it cost 30
percent more. 4. My daughter wrote a long report and studied for a spelling test. - The chart at the end of the magazine article was the original.