Practice Makes Perfect

Unit 10 Contractions

1. You’ve 9. We’ve


2. I’m 10. I’ll


3. He’d 11. She’s


4. They’re 12. Who’d


5. It’s 13. You’re


6. She’ll 14. They’ve


7. Who’s 15. It’s


8. He’s


9. mustn’t 6. Didn’t


10. can’t 7. wasn’t


11. won’t 8. don’t


12. couldn’t 9. Isn’t


13. aren’t 10. shouldn’t

Sample Answers:

1. He hasn’t left for work yet. 6. I’ve been here a long time.


2. You mustn’t do that. 7. He’ll help us.


3. I shouldn’t help you. 8. They’re very good friends.


4. You needn’t be so rude. 9. You’d like my brother.


5. Weren’t you at the game yesterday? 10. She’s quite ill again.

Unit 11 Plurals

1. houses 9. candies


2. wives 10. vetoes


3. oxen 11. deer


4. foxes 12. factories


5. teeth 13. leaves


6. mice 14. universities


7. fezzes 15. juries


8. persons/people


9. The boys are chasing the little mice.


10. His brothers are putting the pots in the boxes.


11. Do the teachers know the men?


12. The heroes of the stories were children.


13. My friends want to buy the knives, spoons, and dishes.


14. Geese are flying over the fields.


15. The clumsy persons/people hurt my feet.


16. The poor women have broken teeth.


17. We saw wild oxen in the zoos.


18. The ugly witches wanted the trained wolves.

Unit 12 Punctuation

1. She took a book from the shelf and began to read.


2. Do you like living in California?


3. She asked me if I know her brother.


4. Sit down and make yourself comfortable.


5. Shut up!


6. How many years were you in the army?

Answer Key 143

10-1

10-2

10-3

11-1

11-2

12-1

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