Grammar and Language Workbook

100 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 6

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Grammar

Exercise 2 Complete each sentence by changing the verb in parentheses to the form

indicated.

Newspapers everywhere [ printed stories about Balto. (past/print)

1. People [ paid tribute to Balto with parades. (past/pay)


2. Balto had [ caught the attention of people around the world. (past
   participle/catch)


3. A statue of Balto still [ stands in New York City’s Central Park.
   (present/stand)


4. By 1927, however, many people had [ forgotten about Balto. (past
   participle/forget)


5. A greedy man had [ put Balto in a traveling show. (past participle/put)


6. Balto had [ grown very thin and frail. (past participle/grow)


7. Some concerned people [ became alarmed. (past/become)


8. The man [ sold Balto to them for two thousand dollars. (past/sell)


9. Schoolchildren had [ collected much of the money to save Balto. (past
   participle/collect)


10. Balto [ went to Cleveland, Ohio. (past/go)


11. The people there [ gave him another parade. (past/give)


12. The parade [ drew fifteen thousand people. (past/draw)


13. Then the people [ took Balto to a zoo. (past/take)


14. They had [ found him a safe place to live. (past participle/find)


15. Balto [ lived out his days at the zoo. (past/live)


16. Thousands of people [ saw him there. (past/see)


17. The people [ took good care of him. (past/take)


18. Balto [ grew to be eleven years old. (past/grow)


19. Today Balto [ stands in a museum. (present/stand)


20. Balto’s story has [ taught many people about bravery. (past participle/teach)