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Lesson 14

A Person I Like

PRACTICE

A. Review

Fill in the blanks with verbs.

1. My mother ____________ forty-five years old.
2. She _________ to cook.
3. My brother __________ blue eyes.
4. My father __________ for the government.
5. My friend ____________ usually happy.

B. Subject + verb

Every sentence must have a subject (S) and a verb (V).

S V
Dan has blue eyes.

S V
She is twenty years old.

B1. Write S over each subject and write V over each verb.

1. My mother works for a large company.
2. She is a secretary.
3. My brother is short and thin.
4. Betty lives in Mexico City.
5. Everybody likes my sister.
6. She is always nice to everyone.

C. Never connect two sentences with a comma.

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