Grammar and Language Workbook

Add dashes where necessary. If the sentence is correct as written, write C in the blank.
The soloist performed the piece on a harpsichord
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it is an early ancestor of our
piano
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amazing the audience with her virtuosity.
1. The German shepherd and the Belgian Malinois share a common background both were
developed as guard dogs for sheep flocks
 
and do, in fact, look somewhat similar.
2. It’s a good idea many people seem to neglect this common courtesy to write a thank-
you note whenever you receive a gift.
3. Because Holly helped Jason study for the algebra final, he sent her a dozen roses when
he passed. 
4. Crazy quilts those with irregular-shaped pieces of fabric instead of regular shapes such
as squares, diamonds, or hexagons can be quite ingenious.
5. Don’t look back someone may be gaining on you!
6. Slowing the erosion of our country’s shoreline all 50,000 miles of it is a high priority.
7. The magician proceeded to pull three rabbits out of his hat, not one.
8. Volunteering at the humane society it’s on Columbus Road just past the trailer park is
an awful lot of fun.
9. Dad ordered hummous a delicious paste made from chick peas and sesame seeds and a
salad called tabouli.
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10. Disneyland in Anaheim, California, is more than twenty years older than Disney World
in Orlando, Florida.
11. The world’s population is growing at an alarming rate fast enough to double in only
forty-three years!