Exercise (1): subject and verb

Underline the subject once and the verb twice then indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I). 1. Last week went fishing for trout at the nearby mountain lake. 2. A schedule of the days events can be obtained at the front desk. 3. The new computer program has provides a variety of helpful applications. 4. The box can be opened only with a special screwdriver. 5. The assigned text for history class it contains more than twenty chapters.
Exercise 2: object of preposition

Underline the subjects once and the verbs twice. Circle the prepositional phrase that come before the verb. Then indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I). 1. At the neighborhood flower shop , flower in quantities of a dozen or a half dozen can be delivered for free. 2. For the last three years at various hospitals in the country has been practicing medicine.

3. Shopping in the downtown area of the city it has improved a lot in recent years. 4. At the building site the carpenters with the most experience were given the most intricate work.
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In the past a career in politics was not considered acceptable in some circles.

READING COMPREHENSION

Did you ever wonder what people did for ice before refrigerators were invented? They cut huge blocks of ice from the frozen lakes and rivers in winter. Then they stored this ice in shacks called icehouses. These were built in the coolest, shadiest place around. The ice usually lasted all summer. The story mainly tells: a) How long ice lasted b) How refrigerators were invented c) How people once kept ice A megaphone looks like a giant ice-cream cone. People speak into the small opening at one end. The voice comes out the other end, which is much wider. When people speak through the megaphone, it makes the voice louder. It also makes the voice travel farther. The story mainly tells: a) How to speak louder b) How a megaphone works c) Where to get a giant ice cream cone

The Indians of long ago carried on widespread trading with each other . alligator teeth from Florida have been found in Indian burial mounds in Illinois. Volcanic rock from yellowstone Park in Wyoming has found in the burial mounds of Ohio. The story mainly tells: a) What indians put in burial mounds b) What Indians traded c) Why Indians like alligator teeth

When we think of seaweed, we usually picture brown or green plants a foot or so in length. Seaweeds are also of other color. Some are red. Some kinds grow to lengths of a hundred feet! These form giant seaweed forests, where many kinds of fish take shelter. The story mainly tells: a) Why some seaweed grows so large b) What seaweed is like c) Why seaweed is red