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Answers
to Exercises
Subjects and Verbs, pp.
217-19
What if my answers are
correct?
If you find that all your answers match these, then the skills or processes
you use for spelling are satisfactory. Congratulations!
What if my answers are
incorrect?
If you find that some of your answers don't match these, congratulations—you
are about to learn from your mistakes. Try to figure out why you
incorrectly identified the elements in the sentences. If you can
figure out what distracted your attention, you are halfway toward not making
that mistake again. If you cannot figure out what happened in your
head to lead you astray, ask your instructor or a tutor in the writing
center if there are some tricks you can use to help you with this skill.
Answers to Exercise on p. 218
(Subjects in blue, verbs
in red)
| 1. The shopping mall.is a common experience for the majority of American youth. | verb |
| 2. They have probably been going there all their lives. | subject |
| 3. Some bought their first toy in a mall. | verb |
| 4. Some read their first book in a mall. | object |
| 5. Some may have smoked their first cigarette—or turned it down—in a mall. | object |
| 6. Many of today's teenagers experienced their first kiss in the mall parking lot. | object |
| 7. Young Americans now spend more time in a mall than anywhere else but home and school. | subject |
| 8. They spend so much time at the mall partly because their parents encourage them to go there. | verb |
| 9. The mall appears.safe, after all, and doesn't seem.to harbor any unsavory activities. | subject |
| 10. For working parents, in particular, the temptation.is.to let the mall serve as their babysitter. | verb |