Activity 4 Answer Key

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EXERCISES ANSWER KEY 
1. In each sentence below, underline the subject and circle the verb. 
a) Since September, the airline industry has suffered its greatest ever slump in business. 
b) Analysts predicted several years of diminished business. 
c) Several thousand airline workers lost their jobs. 
d) The general public is still nervous about flying. 
e) People prefer to travel by plane. 
f) In Europe, the tourism industry has been affected. 
g) Tourist hotels report a 40% drop in booking in the last six months. 
h) In Athens, eight hotels have closed their doors for the winter. 
i) The loss of consumer confidence will damage the euro. 
j) Everyone expects a drop in spending power. 
2. Use the contracted form to make each sentence below negative. 
a) Protesters weren’t in the street. 
b) The party wasn’t at war. 
c) The changes hadn’t been foreseen. 
d) It won’t be forced to share power. 
e) He doesn’t want to build a stronger party. 
3. Turn each sentence below into a question that can be answered by “yes” or “no”, 
and underline the operator in the question. 
a) Brain bulk is related to brain ability. 
Is brain bulk related to brain ability? 
b) This correlation applies across species. 
Does this correlation apply across species? 
c) Within the human species, brain bulk is unimportant. 
Within the human species, is brain bulk unimportant? 
d) The largest human brains are those of idiots. 
Are the largest human brains of those of idiots? 
e) One hemisphere dominates the other. 
Does one hemisphere dominate the other? 
 
 
 
f) Usually, the left hemisphere is dominant. 
Usually, is the left hemisphere dominant? 
Is the left hemisphere usually dominant? 
g) It also contains the speech center. 
Does it also contain the speech center? 
h) Messages from one hemisphere can reach the other. 
Can messages from one hemisphere reach the other?