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120 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 6
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Grammar
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- This robot can take a great deal of underwater pressure.
- The abilities of this robot are awesome.
- Robots are important to space exploration.
- American spacecraft landed robots on Mars in 1977.
- These robots tested Martian soil and atmosphere.
- The Soviet Union used robots in 1978 to take the first pictures of the surface of Venus.
- The pictures showed rust-colored rocks and an orange sky.
- The pictures were truly breathtaking.
Exercise 2 Underline each adjective.
Robots with humanshape are called “androids” or “humanoids.” - Manyandroids or humanoids are run by remotecontrol.
- Truerobots run on computerpower.
- Somerobots perform householdchores.
- However, householdrobots are rare.
- Householdrobots are also expensive.
- Householdrobots could easily cost as much as newhouses.
- Futurerobots will answer doorbells, clear the dinnertable, and keep the kitchen
cupboard full. - Industrialrobots are already quite common.
- In automobilefactories, robots paint cars.
- On assemblylines, robots are run by computers.
- Largecompanies often use theserobots to deliver mail.
- Industrialrobots are usually strong.
- They can use varioustools.
- In oneJapanesefactory, robots are building otherrobots.
- Oneadvantage of robots is that they never become tired.