Stylebook Excercises

3.7

  1. The man, 25, wept as he left Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
  2. This November 10th will mark our anniversary.
  3. Don’t park the car on Rodeo Dr. Instead, park it at 12 Davies Street.
  4. They spent 130 dollars to buy a new set of nose rings.
  5. Smoots moved to the North because the people there are so nice.
  6. At 7 p.m. this evening, the rodeo will begin in the Town Square.
  7. Yesterday, the Terrorists blew up their home at 123 Melrose St.
  8. 22 seamstresses were needed to mend the prom dresses.
  9. About 5 percent of the professors have lost their hair.
  10. After 2 feet of snow fell at his home in Columbus, Ohio, Jones decided to leave.
  11. Miss Smith bet fifty dollars that her brother weighed more than a 1964 Chevy.
  12. John Smith, the Governor of Calif., set his trailer on fire September 1.
  13. A fire began at 3325 McDonald Dr. when an oven full of rutabagas exploded.
  14. During the 1970’s, everyone wore bell-bottom blue jeans to church.

3.8

  1. In Aug. 1985, Davies rented a rutabaga stand in Augusta, Georgia.
  2. 2. Pomerantz tied the beehive to Senator Gramm’s cowboy hat.
  3. 3. About 1200 easter rabbits were killed in the explosion at Big Dave’s Bunny Warehouse, located at 2525 Hackensack Drive.
  4. 4. In the 1980’s, Davies left the Midwest and moved to the Loire Valley in France.
  5. 5. Smoots brought two cups of coffee to the Governor.
  6. 6. About eight percent of the cantaloupes have been stuffed with rutabagas.
  7. 7. Jones bet 40 dollars that his roommate had hidden the sandwich.
  8. 8. The 3 university professors share a house at 613 25th Avenue.
  9. 9. After 2 feet of snow fell at his home in Columbus, Ohio, Davies decided to midwest and move to the South.
  10. On December 11th, all classes will be canceled.
  11. Yesterday morning, the Mayor skipped her aerobics class.
  12. Davies drove 2,000,000 miles in his old Toyota Corolla before it blew up.
  13. Doctor Kildare said he had filed a malpractice suit against Marcus Welby.
  14. At eight p.m. in the evening, Governor Jim Guy Tucker of Arkansas will give a short speech in front of the Gorgas library. 
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3.9

  1. 1. Estalene Smoots dropped her french class the 1st day of school.
  2. Sadie Hoots won 3,200,000 dollars on Wheel of Fortune.
  3. Frustrated that their professor required them to eat fried rutabagas, the students walked out of class at 9 a.m. this morning.
  4. The office manager had twenty-one plants, sixty-two cats and two puppies.
  5. President Aubrey Lucas is originally from Compton, California.
  6. On October 25th, Ruth Ann Bobetski will turn 41.
  7. Goober Hicks lives at 10 West Hardy St. He used to live in a run down shack at 2803 Williamsburg Rd.
  8. Abby gave birth to a nine pound baby boy.
  9. The President invited me to dinner at the white house, but I could not fit it into my schedule.
  10. Senator Davies said his earnings had increased 10% in the 1980’s.
  11. Barney the dinosaur will be executed on Tuesday, November 2.
  12. 25 vagabonds attacked me from behind in front of the hub.
  13. Miss Snarkle found a 10 inch bug crawling in her spaghetti. “Great! Now I won’t need seconds”, she exclaimed.
  14. All the men in the R.O.T.C. chapter wore red, white, and blue pantyhose to class in Jan. 1991.
  15. The Bay City baseball team lost their final game two to one and climbed dejectedly back onto their bus.