Session 3: Writing Exercise Answer Key

1. Frank, a husky man, takes a horseback ride once or twice a week.
2. If all goes well, let's take an Atlantic cruise soon.
3. John asks: "Did I make Mom mad at me, Dad? I didn't want to."
4. Gayle groans: "Oh, Aunt Betty, I hate Diana! Diana is a slim, pretty girl; I'm too fat."
5. Cuba [see map on page 153] has a sunny climate.
6. Let's take a swim at--- Oh, no, I left my trunks at home.
7. Cora writes: 2590, 2,364,000, 86,452; (cogitates, goes on) 3907, 1961, 1813 (hesitates, totals figures up).
8. "Practice Poe's poem 'Annabel Lee,'" Dr. Johnson told Tom's dramatics class.
9. Add prefixes: ---duce; ---rect; ---port.
10. A GLOBE-DEMOCRAT full-page ad describes a model home on Sunset Drive.
11. Reluctantly, Franz wrote Heidi a note, "Sehr geehrtes Fraulein Schultz: . . ."
12. John Black is a brilliant man; Tom B----- is a d--n idiot.
13. Fritz is a born musician---plays well on a piano, an electric organ (pipe organ, too), a cello, a trumpet, a flute, cymbals or drums.
14. I want 500 items: 100 dolls, 25 kites, 52 baby bottles, 23 toy monkeys, 36 spoons, 4 knives, 22 cake pans, 38 pie pans, 15 jewelry boxes, 85 suitcases, 35 baby books, 15 fairy books, 20 Japanese kimonos, 30 radios.
15. Copy all dates on a new page: 1560-65, 1875-81, 1878-1904, 987-1022.
16. He cites textbook code 9(2).
17. Did he get on a No. 40 or a No. 42 bus?
18. Locate catalog #58-9403.
19. A Mr. --- possesses secret files on Russian plans.
20. Only a few select books get critical approval. [See book reviews, Feb. 15 issue, "Detroit Daily News."]