ANSWER KEY- WEEK ELEVEN HOMEWORK

 

p. 61c – Phrasal Verbs

1.

fill it in / fill it out

2.

looking into the case.  (inseparable phrasal verb)

3.

throw out the instructions / throw the instructions out

4.

run out of oil   (inseparable phrasal verb)

5.

left out the fact  (inseparable phrasal verb)

6.

give up

7.

turn them down

8.

putting the blaze out

9.

looking forward to

10.

take it off

 

 

p. 63.  A.  Parallel Structure

 

1.

The people want more jobs and less taxes.

OR

The people want to have more jobs and to pay less taxes.

2.

An apple is a delicious snack, yet an inexpensive one.

OR

An apple is a delicious yet inexpensive snack.

3.

They were arrested for indecent exposure and for disturbing the peace.

OR

They were arrested because they were indecently exposing themselves and because they were disturbing the peace.

4.

The teacher told us to find a topic and to make an essay outline.

5.

If you start feeling dizzy or having headaches, you should see a doctor.

OR

If you start to feel dizzy or to have headaches, you should see a doctor.

 

 

 

B.  Punctuating coordinating conjunctions

 

1.         René Lévesque was originally a journalist and radio announcer, but most people

now remember him as a great political leader.

 

2.         Lévesque began his career in politics as a member of Jean Lesage's Liberal

party, but in 1968 he left the Liberals in order to form the Parti Québecois.

 

3.         The Parti Québecois won its first election in 1976, and René Lévesque promised that

      a referendum would be held on Québec sovereignty.

 

4.         The referendum was held in 1980, and the people of Québec rejected

sovereignty by a margin of about 60-40.

 

5.         René Lévesque was reelected in 1981, but he was unable to stop Pierre Elliott

Trudeau's plan to patriate Canada's constitution without the consent of

Québec.

 

6.         Lévesque retired from politics in 1985, and he died two years later of lung   cancer.

 

7.         René Lévesque will be remembered for his brilliant oratory, his dedication to the

sovereignist cause, and his determination to defend the rights of all Quebecers.

 

 

p. 64   Combining sentences using coordinating conjunctions

 

1.

Many of the items were broken, so he sent the package back to the manufacturer.

2.

She placed her hat on the bench, and a white butterfly landed on it.

3.

He knew that all of these terrible images were just part of a dream, but (yet) he couldn't  wake up.

4.

You must learn to accept your weaknesses, or you will never be happy.

5.

The longest river in the world is the Nile, yet (but) it is not the river which carries the greatest volume of water.

6.

He has no money, nor does he have any job skills.

 

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