Grammar and Language Workbook

82 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 6

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Grammar

AV 13. Most dogs have forty-two teeth.

AV 14. Different types of teeth serve different purposes.

LV 15. Some dogs are web-footed.

AV 16. Webbed feet make dogs good swimmers.

LV 17. Canine eyesight is different from human eyesight.

LV 18. Small details look fuzzy to dogs.

LV 19. Most colors appear gray to them.

AV 20. In the dark, dogs see better than humans.

 Exercise 2 Draw two lines under the linking verb in each sentence. Write PAin the

blank if the verb is followed by a predicate adjective. Write PNif it is followed by a

predicate noun.

PN Snakes are very interesting animals.

PA 1. Not all of them are poisonous.

PN 2. Earth is home to more than two thousand species of snakes.

PA 3. About a dozen snake species are rare.

PN 4. One endangered snake is the indigo.

PA 5. Indigos seem very friendly.

PA 6. They are native to Florida and Georgia.

PA 7. Some snakes grow extremely long.

PA 8. A few become longer than thirty feet.

PN 9. The South American anaconda is a large snake.

PA 10. Some anacondas are thick.

PN 11. Thread snakes are the smallest snakes.

PA 12. Some of them appear tiny.

PA 13. A snake’s scaly skin looks slippery.

PA 14. Its skin is only temporary.

PA 15. Some snakes are poisonous.

PN 16. All snakes are carnivores.