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Date
Name
Day One:
Underline the verb phrases twice and compl~te the chart below.
1.
The Space Station has been built with the cooperation of 16
nations.
2.
Orbiting 250 miles overhead, the Space Station can be seen
sweeping across the night sky.
Verb phrase
Helping verb(s)
Main verb
1.
2.
Underline the verbs twice.
3.
The space shuttle fleet is scheduled for retirement in 2010.
4.
The International Space Station became a reality in 1998 when
the first two modules were joined together in space.
-Underline tHe subject once and the predicate twice in the sentences below.
eTell whether the subject and predicate are simple or compound.
5.
President Reagan commanded the U.S to build and invited other
countries to participate in the Space Station project.
__________
6.
subject
__________
predicate
Astronauts and scientists live and work on the International
Space Station for months.
__________
subject
__________
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Day Two:
Choose the complete sentence which has both a subject and a predicate.
1.
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a
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Upon returning to Earth, Soviet astronauts.
With crews on the earliest U.S. space missions.
Fruit flies, dogs, and chimps orbited Earth.
Before any humans traveled in space.
Write the correct word (their/there/they're)
in the blank.
2.
Project Gemini sent astronauts into space on both of
______
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missions.
3.
The mission of the Space Station crew is, "To enable long-term
exploration and provide benefits to
fellow
citizens on Earth."
4.
Medical research is conducted
on the station.
Tell a reason for the comma(s) in the sentences below.
Choose from the following: appositive, words in a series, introductory word.
5.
The firstAmerican
Friendship 7.
in space, John Glenn, orbited Earth in
Reason for comma(s)
··6.
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Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins were the crew of Apollo 11 which
landed on the Moon.
Reason for comma(s)
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Choose the plural for each singular noun.
7.
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flash
flashs
flashes
8.
0
0
tax
taxs
taxes
9.
coach
0 ·coachs
a
coaches
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classes
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Day Three:
Use editing marks for capitalization and comma errors on this sentence.
1.
the space race between the united states and the soviet union
began when the soviet union launched sputnik 1 the first
artificial satellite to orbit earth on october 4 1957
Choose the sentence which uses commas correctly.
2.
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o
o
o
Yes I've always wanted to travel into space.
We've sent spacecraft to Venus Mars Jupiter and Titan.
NASA launches rockets from Cape Canaveral Florida.
Ken, how long have you worked in space research?
Choose the sentence which is corre
3.
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"When did the Space Ra e end?". asked Martin.
"It ended in 1975, Ans ered Lisa."
"The joint Apollo-Soyuz mission marked the beginning of
cooperation in space" added Todd.
Lisa commented "Today, many nations work together on
the International Space Station."
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Write the titles below using the correct Capitalization.
Choose underlining or quotation marks according to the type of title.
4.
2001: a space odyssey (movie)
5.
the great beyond ( a short poem)
6.
national geographic explorer (magazine)
7.
space frontiers (name of a chapter)
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Day Four:
Date
Choose the correct word for each sentence below.
(astronauts
1.
astronaut's)
An
training requires intensive
physical and mental exams.
2.
Seven original
were selected in 1959.
3.
All of the Mercury
with college degrees
had to be test pilots
Choose the word that is an adjective in each sentence below.
4.
Astronauts become familiar with weightlessness during parabolic
flights.
a
5.
weightlessness
o
parabolic
Living in the Space Station is like being away at summer camp.
a
6.
o
familiar
a
living
o
station
summer
The "Canada Hand," a 55-foot-long mechanical arm,
moves around the Space Station like an inchworm.
a
mechanical
0
o
arm
inchworm
Choose the correct word (good or well) for each sentence below.
7.
Members of the Space Station crew may not know each other
__________
before spending time together in space,
but they must work together for the
of
the mission.
8.
It was a
decision to have everyone in
the Space Station speak a common language.
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Day Five:
Date
Underline the verbs or verb phrases twice in the sentences below.
Draw an arrow from the verb to the adverb that modifies it.
1.
Firefighter's uniforms are designed mainly of fire resistant
fabric first developed for astronaut's space suits.
2.
Smoke detectors were developed originally to detect toxic vapors
on Skylab.
Follow the directions for each sentence.
.
3.
Combine these sentences using a conjunction.
Apollo astronauts needed to drill on the moon for samples.
Portable, cordless power tools were developed.
4.
Combine these sentences using a series of ideas.
Fisher Space pens can write in extreme heat or cold.
Fisher Space pens can write while upside down.
Versatile Fisher Space pens are perfect for writing in space.
5.
Combine these sentences using an appositive.
Special football helmets use padding of Temper Foam.
Temper Foam is a shock absorbing material first used in
aircraft seats.
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