Monday 9.26

They say that a picture is worth a 1000 words---just give me a hundred or more

on what this picture brings to mind. What’s going on? What will happen? Who

did this?

Exercise 22.3 page 627I think we’ll just stick to the articles

The rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and theNew York Yankees is legendary. These two teams have faced each other in many dramatic playoff games. According to tradition, the rivalry began in 1918, when a financially strapped Red Sox owner sold his star player, Babe Ruth, to the Yankees. Up until 2004, the Yankees had won every decisive match the two teams had played. In 2004, what Red Sox fans call "the curse of theBambino" was broken.

Exercise 22.5 page 628

Underline the verbs, including auxiliary verbs, in the following sentences.

1. The chair of the committee explained the proposal.2. Everyone was talking at the same time.3. No one could understand the logic of the proposal.4. A similar proposal had been introduced a week ago.5. The motion did not pass.

Exercise 23.8Identify the subjects and the predicates

in the following proverbs.

Practice makes perfect.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Exercise 23.9Rewrite each sentence so that the

predicate occurs before the subject.

1. A group of protestors were standing by the door.Standing by the door was a group of protestors.

2. Two of my friends were vying for first place.Vying for first place were two of my friends.

3. A distant cloud of smoke was attracting everyone's attention.Everyone’s attention was attracted by a distant cloud of smoke.

Do the “Punctuation Exercise” as a post in your

online journal