Grammar and Language Workbook

152 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 6

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Grammar

Exercise 2 Draw one line under each preposition and two lines under its object.

Naturalists likeJohn Muir left messages forpeople.

1. John Muir was born inDunbar, Scotland, in1838.


2. He was a boy when his family moved toWisconsin in1849.


3. When he was a young man, he walked a thousand miles fromthe Ohio River tothe
   Gulf Coast.


4. Muir studied geology ata university inWisconsin.


5. There he heard debates aboutthe formation ofthe Yosemite Valley.


6. He was thirty years old when he first went toCalifornia in1868.


7. Uponhis arrival, John Muir fell inlove withthe land.


8. He devoted his life tothe study ofnature.


9. He believed erosion fromglaciers caused the formation ofthe Yosemite Valley.


10. Muir did many studies ofthe Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.


11. Inthe 1890s, John Muir started the Sierra Club.


12. This club has been active inconservation efforts fora century.


13. John Muir was a friend ofTheodore Roosevelt.


14. Teddy Roosevelt was president ofthe United States from1901 to1908.


15. In1903 Roosevelt and Muir spent a night inYosemite camping underneaththe stars.


16. They listened tosounds ofwater tumbling downsheer cliffs.


17. Aftera campfire meal, they slept amongthe giant sequoias.


18. Muir wanted the valley preserved forall people.


19. Throughthe efforts ofJohn Muir and withthe support ofTheodore Roosevelt, the
    valley became part ofYosemite National Park.


20. Roosevelt’s administration made great efforts towardconservation.