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3. Splash Screen Daily Language Practice Transparencies Units 19-20

4. Contents Click a hyperlink to view the corresponding transparency. Unit 19 Transparency 19.1 Transparency 19.2 Transparency 19.3 Transparency 19.4 Unit 20 Transparency 20.1 Transparency 20.2 Transparency 20.3 Transparency 20.4 Transparency 20.5 Transparency 20.6 Transparency 20.7 Transparency 20.8 Transparency 20.9 Transparency 20.10

5. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. When Grandma asked how I felt, I said, “Can’t you guess?” “Sit down,” she said. “Take off your shoes. Relax.” “A nice cup of tea,” she continued, “will help.” DLP 19.1

6. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. Our guests were Senator Susan E. Owen and her husband, Seth Owen, M.D. My aunt has known both the senator and the doctor for years. In fact, Aunt Sarah and Dr. Owen were classmates at medical school. DLP 19.2

7. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. Mom was born in a town in Alabama on the Gulf of Mexico. When she was ten, her family moved west to California’s Napa Valley. Even after decades in the West, she misses the South. DLP 19.3

8. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. I belong to the Rockville Sports Club. Our first winter outing is the Saturday after Thanksgiving. My new Komfy Kozy coat is just what its name suggests. DLP 19.4

9. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. Wow! What a beautiful day! The forecaster said it would rain. Can you believe how lucky we are? DLP 20.1

10. Jan, Lily, Sam, Eli, Hiroko, and I are going to the show. With all six of us in one car, it’s a crowd. Dad, would you take us in the van? Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. DLP 20.2

11. When I get confused about commas, I read the sentence out loud. Wherever I pause, I know I should consider using a comma. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. DLP 20.3

12. The box was shipped to 63 Fig Lane, Luther, Utah 83108. It was sent on December 22, 2001, and should have come by January 5, 2002. I, too, am surprised that it hasn’t arrived yet. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. DLP 20.4

13. My aunt is going to Africa next year; she plans to see the pyramids. She has traveled in Asia and Europe; however, she has never been to Africa. These are countries I would like to visit: Egypt, Kenya, and Nigeria. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. DLP 20.5

14. I saw Blue Skies, the movie based on the short story “The Blues.” My cousin thought that it was awful. “It gave me the blues,” she said, “for weeks.” Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. DLP 20.6

15. Women’s dresses, girls’ shoes, and babies’ clothes are on the top floor. It’s anyone’s guess where the elevators are located in this store. Hold Alex’s hand, and let’s look for them. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. DLP 20.7

16. Sixty-one hikers set out on the ten-mile (sixteen- kilometer) hike. One-half finished, including–we all expected it– Miguel and Kathy. As ex-Marines, they are well-trained marchers. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. DLP 20.8

17. Mister Garza’s class will tour the UN building. They are leaving on Friday early in the morning. They are to meet at Dr. Hall’s house on Cherry Avenue. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. DLP 20.9

18. Dad was born on August 8, 1965, at exactly eight o’clock at night. The fourth child, he was raised in a village of four hundred people. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answers. DLP 20.10

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