8 October

TSW Exercises 1-13

1. My first bike will always be special to me; it was a yellow dirt bike named
Thunderball.
2. Brad loves to gossip about others; he becomes angry if he even thinks someone is
gossiping about him.
3. Yesterday the fire trucks raced up our street three times; it must be the summer
brushfire season.
4. The large black ants marched upside down across the kitchen ceiling. I wonder
where they came from.
5. The package of chicken fryer parts was obviously spoiled, so he returned it to the
manager of the market demanding a refund.
6. My daughter’s baseball pants are impossible to get clean. Why does the league
insist on purchasing white pants?
7. Randy is a terrible soccer coach; he cares more about winning than he does about
the children he manages.
8. Stevie is so warm and open that it is hard to resist his charm; he seems to smile all
the time.
9. Cotton material is all that they claim it is – lightweight, soft, and comfortable, but
be careful when laundering because it often shrinks.
10. My mother has often been my best friend because she is caring, supportive, and
non-judgmental
11. My day off made me wish I was back at my job; everything went wrong. First I
overslept and neglected to get my son to day camp on time. Then there was no
milk for breakfast, so my son ate pizza. The dog had raided the wastebasket
during the night; half-chewed paper and bits of garbage littered the living room
carpeting. I plugged in the sweeper, but one of the prongs broke off in the outlet. I
drove to the local hardware store to exchange the plug for the proper size. Then I
cut my finger when the screwdriver slipped while I was trying to attach the new
plug. In the middle of the chaos, the phone rang; the neighbor was calling to tell
me that my German shepherd had chased the letter carrier away from her house.
 By the time I was finished listening to her, I started to itch. I looked down to see
the unmistakable red blotches of poison ivy rising on my arms and calves.
12. Every object in the universe pulls on every other object, and this is called
gravitation. Interestingly, the strength of the gravitational pull depends on two
things: how much matter a body contains, and the distance between the objects.
Objects with very little matter have very little gravitation. For example, the earth
has more matter than the moon, so the earth’s gravitational pull is stronger than
the moon’s. Also, the closer the objects are, the greater their gravitational pull.
The earth has more matter than a human being, so its gravitation pulls the human
to the earth. However, the earth acts as if all matter were at its center, thus the
strength of gravitation depends on its distance from the earth’s center. This means
that gravity is stronger at sea level than on a mountain top.
13. The Underground Railroad was a network that helped slaves escape from the
South to freedom in the North. It was set up by Harriet Tubman (1826-1913).
Tubman was motivated to help others find freedom after she escaped slavery,
including her family. For ten years, Tubman was a “conductor” on the Railroad.
In that time, she made at least fifteen trips into slave states. She was able to guide
her parents and siblings to freedom; in addition, she helped more than to hundred
slaves to freedom in the North. These journeys were demanding and dangerous.
Although Tubman was a small woman, she had exceptional leadership qualities.
For her efforts to emancipate slaves, Tubman was called “Moses” by many
people. Author and reformer Thomas Wentworth Higginson called her “the
greatest heroine of the age.”