Grammar and Language Workbook

12. William has a contract to write a book about edible wild plants.
13. One thing he wants to point out to his readers is the importance of learning to identify
properly any plant included in your diet.
14. For example, Queen Anne’s lace, which has also come to be known as wild carrot, has a lacy
leaf similar to that of poison hemlock.
15. Two sure ways to tell the difference are that the stalks of Queen Anne’s lace are hairy and the
roots are certain to smell like carrots.
16. Every spring we searched the woods and fields for the common morel, a delicious edible
mushroom that my mother loved to sauté in butter.
17. A poisonous false morel, a mushroom that is convoluted instead of pitted, is known to have a
skirt on the stem.
18. Wild rice, sunflower, lamb’s-quarters, and cane can all be found when we go to the wild to find
seeds to eat as cereal.
19. My cousin, who is a chef in a large restaurant, is able to serve fresh herbs because he grows
them in a flower box.
20. His sister gathers herbs to send to a pharmaceutical company that will use them to make
medicines.
21. People have spent millions of dollars to destroy the dandelion.
22. Early colonists were eager to bring this little flowering plant to North America because of its
many beneficial properties.
23. Dandelions, able to bloom for a long season, provided a good food source for the honey bees
that the colonists wanted to keep.
24. Native Americans came to see the dandelion as a healing herb.
25. The Mohicans used the leaves to make a tonic, and other tribes used the roots to relieve
heartburn.
26. My cousin uses the leaves to create gourmet salads, which are also quite nutritious.
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