Grammar and Language Workbook

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120 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 6

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Grammar


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  1. This robot can take a great deal of underwater pressure.

  2. The abilities of this robot are awesome.

  3. Robots are important to space exploration.

  4. American spacecraft landed robots on Mars in 1977.

  5. These robots tested Martian soil and atmosphere.

  6. The Soviet Union used robots in 1978 to take the first pictures of the surface of Venus.

  7. The pictures showed rust-colored rocks and an orange sky.

  8. The pictures were truly breathtaking.
    Exercise 2 Underline each adjective.
    Robots with humanshape are called “androids” or “humanoids.”

  9. Manyandroids or humanoids are run by remotecontrol.

  10. Truerobots run on computerpower.

  11. Somerobots perform householdchores.

  12. However, householdrobots are rare.

  13. Householdrobots are also expensive.

  14. Householdrobots could easily cost as much as newhouses.

  15. Futurerobots will answer doorbells, clear the dinnertable, and keep the kitchen
    cupboard full.

  16. Industrialrobots are already quite common.

  17. In automobilefactories, robots paint cars.

  18. On assemblylines, robots are run by computers.

  19. Largecompanies often use theserobots to deliver mail.

  20. Industrialrobots are usually strong.

  21. They can use varioustools.

  22. In oneJapanesefactory, robots are building otherrobots.

  23. Oneadvantage of robots is that they never become tired.

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