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Last year, in a special ecology course at the local Community College, I found out about some endangered North American animals. |
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ecology |
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Community College |
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American |
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I learned that conservationists here in the south are particularly concerned about the fate of the Florida panther. |
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south |
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panther |
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All of the classroom discussion didn't have much impact on me, however, until early one Saturday morning last Spring, when I was lucky enough to sight one of these beautiful creatures. |
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Saturday |
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Spring |
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creatures |
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My uncle and I were driving to Big Bass lake for some fishing, and I saw what looked like a large dog crossing the road some distance ahead of us. |
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uncle |
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lake |
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fishing |
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Uncle Phil stopped his old ford truck and reached for the field glasses in the glove compartment. |
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Uncle |
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ford |
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truck |
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As he handed them to me, he said, "look closely, Chris. You probably won't see a panther again any time soon." |
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he |
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look |
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panther |
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Standing in the middle of Collingswood avenue, the cat turned and looked straight at us. |
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Collingswood |
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avenue |
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cat |
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When the panther's brown eyes met mine, I knew I had the title for my term paper --"Hello And Good bye." |
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panther's |
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term paper |
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Then the big cat leisurely turned and crossed the road and loped off into the woods East of Uptown Mall. |
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cat |
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Mall |
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As the panther disappeared back into the wilds of Charlotte county, Uncle Phil said, "That may be the last Florida panther you ever see." |
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panther |
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county |
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Questions 11-20 deal with apostrophes. Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word.
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| 11. |
I shared my mom and dad's exasperation when, once again, I spent a whole ____ allowance on disappointing pictures. |
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weeks |
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week's |
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weeks' |
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| 12. |
I had borrowed Uncle Fred's expensive camera; but even with all that camera's extra features, my photographs looked like ____ smudged finger paintings. |
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childrens |
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children's |
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childrens' |
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| 13. |
My pictures of ____ wedding reception, our family's social event of the year, were destroyed when I fell into the pool with my camera. |
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Bob and Ruth's |
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Bobs and Ruths |
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Bob's and Ruth's |
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| 14. |
Last summer I also took pictures during our week long visit to ____ famous Painted Desert. |
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Arizonas |
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Arizonas' |
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Arizona's |
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Unfortunately, I did not understand enough about the sun's strong light at midday, and most of my ____ had that washed-out look. |
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photographs |
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photograph's |
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photographs' |
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| 16. |
My ____ most embarrassing moment occurred when I took a picture of my class for the school's yearbook and discovered that I had forgotten to put film in the camera. |
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lifes |
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life's |
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lives |
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| 17. |
Another time, I took my camera to Tom's party but could not get ____ attention long enough to set up the shots that I wanted. |
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anyones |
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anyones' |
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anyone's |
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| 18. |
As a result, I gave up on people and tried to take my ____ pictures; however, a dog's will and a parakeet's wings are hard to control. |
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pets' |
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pets |
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pet's |
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| 19. |
After all these bad experiences, I knew that I needed a ____ advice. |
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professionals |
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professional's |
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c) |
professionals' |
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| 20. |
I'm pleased to report that during the very first photography class, the instructor raised all the ____ confidence, including mine. |
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students |
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student's |
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students' |
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