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DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the action verb in each sentence. (25 points)
*You may only put EXACTLY one word in each box for your answer.
2. Choose the type of action verb it is. (25 points)
*Select one of the options from the multiple choices listed.
*There are TWENTY-ONE labeled “physical.”
*There are FOUR labeled “mental.”
Sentence #1: Many athletes successfully represented the United States in the modern Olympics.
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Sentence #2: African American Jesse Owens broke world records in track and field events.
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Sentence #3: Owens attended The Ohio State University.
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Sentence #4: At a 1935 event in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Owens broke three world records.
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Sentence #5: Many people consider Owens the greatest track-and-field athlete ever.
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Sentence #6: Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
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Sentence #7: Owens’s strong performance angered Adolf Hitler.
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Sentence #8: Owens wore the victor’s oak leaf crown during the presentation ceremony.
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Sentence #9: Owens later gave many speeches about values and moral principles.
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Sentence #10: Another African American athlete captured the world’s attention in the 1960 Italy games.
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Sentence #11: Cassius Clay boxed his way to the light heavyweight gold medal.
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Sentence #12: Clay later changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
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Sentence #13: Ali gained the title of heavyweight champion of the world four years later.
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Sentence #14: Other Americans in the 1960 Olympics challenged their opponents, too.
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Sentence #15: Wilma Rudolph dazzled the crowds in the track-and-field competition.
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Sentence #16: Rudolph ran for gold medals in the 100- and 200-meter track events.
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Sentence #17: Al Oerter, an American discus thrower, dominated his event from 1956 to 1968.
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Sentence #18: Oerter claimed four gold medals for his accomplishments.
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Sentence #19: During practice in 1964, Oerter ripped the cartilage from his rib cage.
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Sentence #20: In bandages and ice packs, he competed despite his injury.
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Sentence #21: He threw for another Olympic record and his third straight gold medal.
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Sentence #22: That same year, American swimmer Dawn Fraser clocked an Olympic record in the 100-meter event.
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Sentence #23: Eight years later, American swimmer Mark Spitz achieved additional recognition for the United States.
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Sentence #24: In Mexico City four years earlier, Spitz promised himself six gold medals.
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Sentence #25: However, he won only two medals.
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