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#GRAMMAR 1.11 PRACTICE (due date: Friday, November 11)

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PART 1 of 2

DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify any plurals, possessives, or contractions in the sentence. (24 points)
*You may only put EXACTLY one word in each box for your answer. The exception to this is proper nouns.
*Each word must go in the order of the sentence - reading from left to right.

2. Identify which type of word it is. (24 points)
*Select one of the options from the multiple choices listed.
Sentence #1: Hemingway’s won two prestigious awards — the Nobel Prize and the Pulitzer Prize.
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Word #1: Hemingway’s won two prestigious awards — the Nobel Prize and the Pulitzer Prize.

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Word #1 Type: Hemingway’s won two prestigious awards — the Nobel Prize and the Pulitzer Prize.

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Word #2: Hemingway’s won two prestigious awards — the Nobel Prize and the Pulitzer Prize.

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Word #2 Type: Hemingway’s won two prestigious awards — the Nobel Prize and the Pulitzer Prize.

Sentence #2: Hemingway’s birthplace was Oak Park, Illinois.
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Word #1: Hemingway’s birthplace was Oak Park, Illinois.

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Word #1 Type: Hemingway’s birthplace was Oak Park, Illinois.

Sentence #3: As a boy and youth, Hemingway spent many a summer’s day in northern Michigan.
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Word #1: As a boy and youth, Hemingway spent many a summer’s day in northern Michigan.

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Word #1 Type: As a boy and youth, Hemingway spent many a summer’s day in northern Michigan.

Sentence #4: Hemingway’s family owned a cottage on Waloon Lake.
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Word #1: Hemingway’s family owned a cottage on Waloon Lake.

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Word #1 Type: Hemingway’s family owned a cottage on Waloon Lake.

Sentence #5: Hemingway made many friends there.
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Word #1: Hemingway made many friends there.

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Word #1 Type: Hemingway made many friends there.

Sentence #6: Native Americans of the region were among his group of friends.
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Word #1: Native Americans of the region were among his group of friends.

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Word #1 Type: Native Americans of the region were among his group of friends.

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Word #2: Native Americans of the region were among his group of friends.

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Word #2 Type: Native Americans of the region were among his group of friends.

Sentence #7: Some of his friends’ adventures appeared in his books and short stories.
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Word #1: Some of his friends’ adventures appeared in his books and short stories.

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Word #1 Type: Some of his friends’ adventures appeared in his books and short stories.

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Word #2: Some of his friends’ adventures appeared in his books and short stories.

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Word #2 Type: Some of his friends’ adventures appeared in his books and short stories.

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Word #3: Some of his friends’ adventures appeared in his books and short stories.

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Word #3 Type: Some of his friends’ adventures appeared in his books and short stories.

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Word #4: Some of his friends’ adventures appeared in his books and short stories.

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Word #4 Type: Some of his friends’ adventures appeared in his books and short stories.

Sentence #8: The young Hemingway’s writing career began in Kansas City.
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Word #1: The young Hemingway’s writing career began in Kansas City.

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Word #1 Type: The young Hemingway’s writing career began in Kansas City.

Sentence #9: Hemingway was one of many reporters for the city’s newspaper, the Kansas City Star.
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Word #1: Hemingway was one of many reporters for the city’s newspaper, the Kansas City Star.

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Word #1 Type: Hemingway was one of many reporters for the city’s newspaper, the Kansas City Star.

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Word #2: Hemingway was one of many reporters for the city’s newspaper, the Kansas City Star.

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Word #2 Type: Hemingway was one of many reporters for the city’s newspaper, the Kansas City Star.

Sentence #10: Kansas City’s one of many cities Hemingway visited.
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Word #1: Kansas City’s one of many cities Hemingway visited.

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Word #1 Type: Kansas City’s one of many cities Hemingway visited.

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Word #2: Kansas City’s one of many cities Hemingway visited.

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Word #2 Type: Kansas City’s one of many cities Hemingway visited.

Sentence #11: At age eighteen, the young man’s thoughts wandered abroad.
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Word #1: At age eighteen, the young man’s thoughts wandered abroad.

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Word #1 Type: At age eighteen, the young man’s thoughts wandered abroad.

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Word #2: At age eighteen, the young man’s thoughts wandered abroad.

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Word #2 Type: At age eighteen, the young man’s thoughts wandered abroad.

Sentence #12: Hemingway traveled to Milan, Italy, on the first of his transatlantic flights.
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Word #1: Hemingway traveled to Milan, Italy, on the first of his transatlantic flights.

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Word #1 Type: Hemingway traveled to Milan, Italy, on the first of his transatlantic flights.

Sentence #13: World War I’s battles were still raging.
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Word #1: World War I’s battles were still raging.

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Word #1 Type: World War I’s battles were still raging.

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Word #2: World War I’s battles were still raging.

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Word #2 Type: World War I’s battles were still raging.

Sentence #14: Hemingway’s job was ambulance deputy with an American field service unit.
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Word #1: Hemingway’s job was ambulance deputy with an American field service unit.

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Word #1 Type: Hemingway’s job was ambulance deputy with an American field service unit.

Sentence #15: The day that Hemingway arrived, a factory full of munitions blew up.
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Word #1: The day that Hemingway arrived, a factory full of munitions blew up.

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Word #1 Type: The day that Hemingway arrived, a factory full of munitions blew up.

PART 2 of 2

DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the word in parentheses that best completes the sentence. (10 points)
*Select one of the options from the multiple choices listed.
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Sentence #1: One of (Hemingway’s, Hemingways’) adventures was an African safari.

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Sentence #2: Hemingway made (preparation’s, preparations) for the trip.

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Sentence #3: Some of Hemingway’s finest (story’s, stories) were written as a result of the safari.

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Sentence #4: The (writers’, writer’s) imagination was also captured by Spain.

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Sentence #5: (Hemingways, Hemingway’s) first exposure to a bullfight overwhelmed the writer.

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Sentence #6: Many of his (stories, stories’) themes are about bullfighting.

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Sentence #7: Hemingway also journeyed to (Switzerland’s, Switzerlands’) cities.

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Sentence #8: The writer made several (trips, trip’s) to Switzerland as a reporter for the Toronto Star.

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Sentence #9: Hemingway wrote stories about the (countries’, country’s) winter sports.

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Sentence #10: (Readers’, Readers) admiration for Hemingway’s writing was strong.