test / review

A: Your dog (is / are)  very friendly.

1.

B: Yes, he (love / loves) people. His name is Buddy.

2.

A: How (do you spell / you spell) “Buddy”?

3.

B: B-U-D-D-Y. He’s a therapy dog.

A: What (a therapy dog does / does a therapy dog do) ?

4.

B: He (make / makes) sick people feel better.

5.

A: How (does a therapy dog make / is a therapy dog make) sick people feel better?
6.

B: People ( feel / feels) happy when they’re with a nice dog. Buddy and I (often visit / visit often)
7. 8.

patients in the hospital. Everyone at the hospital (love / loves) him.

9.

A: How (does a dog become / a dog becomes) a therapy dog?

10.

B: First, the owner (need / needs) to answer a few questions such as these:

11.

“(Is your dog likes / Does your dog like) people?” or “Does he (have / has) a calm personality?”
12. 13.

But that’s not enough. (Always the dog / The dog always) needs training.
14.

A: How much (costs the training / does the training cost) ?

15.

B: (It's cost / It costs) $150.

16.

A: (How long it takes / How long does it take) to train the dog?

17.

B: That (depend / depends) on the dog.

18.

A: (Are / Do) the dog owners make money?

19.

B: No. We (work / are work) as volunteers.

20.

A: How (often / ever) (do you visit / you visit) the hospital with Buddy?
21. 22.

B: (We once a week go / Once a week we go) to the hospital. For more information, check the
23.

TDI website.

A: What (means TDI / does TDI mean) ?

24.

B: (It's mean / It means) “Therapy Dogs International.”

25.

A: (Do you ever / Do ever you) get tired of working with sick people?
26.

B: No, I (don't never / never do) . I have to go now. Buddy (needs / is needs) water.
27. 28.

A: How (does you know / do you know) that?

29.

B: His tongue is out. That’s dog talk for “(I / I'm) thirsty.”

30.

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 Writing
PART 1  Editing Advice
1.
Don’t use have with age. Don’t use years without old.
is old
The dog has ten years.
^
2.
Don’t use have with hungry, thirsty, hot, cold, or afraid.
is
The dog has thirsty. She wants water.
3.
Don’t forget the verb be. Remember that some words that end in -ed are adjectives, not verbs.
are
We excited about our new puppy.
^
4.
Use the correct question formation.
doesn't your sister
Why your sister doesn’t like dogs?
does Lucy Cooke study
Why Lucy Cooke studies animals?
5.
Don’t use be with another present verb.

We’re have a new cat.

6.
Use the -s form when the subject is he, she, it, a singular noun, everyone, or family.
s
The cat sleep all day.
^s
Everyone love the new puppy.
^s
My family want a cat.
^
7.
Use doesn’t when the subject is he, she, it, a singular noun, or family.
doesn't
He don’t have a pet.
doesn't
My family don’t like cats.
8.
Use the base form after does.
have
My brother doesn’t has a pet.

How does a dolphin gets air?

9.
Use normal question formation for spell, mean, cost, and take.
does "obey" mean
What means “obey”?
do you
How spell “dolphin”?
^ does cost
How much costs a parrot?
does^ ^
How long it takes to train a guide dog?
^
11. Use the correct word order with frequency words.
My dog never
Never my dog sleeps with me.
12. Don’t put longer frequency expressions between the subject and the verb.
all the time
She all the time plays with her cat.
^

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PART 2  Editing Practice
Some of the shaded words and phrases have mistakes. Find the mistakes and correct them. If the shaded
words are correct, write C.
C
The relationship between people and pets in the U.S. is sometimes strange to me.
1.
I surprised that Americans thinks of their pets as part of the family. I’m have a new American
2. 3. 4.
friend, Marianne. She live alone, but she’s has a dog, Sparky. Marianne treats him like a child.
5. 6. 7.
I not very interested in him, but always she wants to show me pictures of him on her phone.
8. 9.
She thinks everyone want to see them, but I think she wrong. She often buy toys for him,
10. 11. 12.
especially on his birthday. He has twelve years old, so she spends a lot of money on vet bills
13. 14.
too. How much cost a visit to the vet? At least $100!
15.
She have several coats for him for the winter weather, but he don’t like to wear them. So
16. 17.
when they go outside in winter, he has cold. She buys sometimes expensive food for him. (He
18. 19. 20.
likes steak.) She sometimes calls him on the telephone when she not home and talks into the
21. 22. 23. 24.
answering machine. Sparky always sleeps in bed with her.
25.
When she goes to work, she uses a dog-walking service. Someone twice a day comes to
26. 27. 28.
her house to play with Sparky and take him for a walk. She says that he gets lonely if he’s
29.
home alone all day.

Once a month, she takes him to a dog groomer. What means “dog groomer”? This is a
30. 31.
professional that gives Sparky a bath and cuts and paints his nails. Nothing cost too much
32.
money when it comes to Sparky.

Sometimes I’m think American dogs live better than most people in the world.
33.

PART 3  Write About It

1. Look for a Lucy Cooke video online. Watch the video and describe the behavior of the animal.
What does this video teach you about the animal? (Provide the teacher with a link to the video.)
2. Describe the behavior of an animal you know about. This can be a pet or a wild animal.

PART 4  Edit Your Writing

Reread the Summary of Lesson 1 and the editing advice. Edit your writing from Part 3.

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