Ameliorate the Ancient World

Directions: students should grammatically correct the sentences below, in red. There are five missing commas and one missing semicolon ( ; ).

Aqueduct water supplied public baths latrines fountains and private households it also supported mining operations milling farms, and gardens.

SUGGESTED ANSWER:
Aqueduct water supplied public baths, latrines, fountains, and private households; it also supported mining operations, milling, farms, and gardens.

Ameliorate Wildebeest

Directions: grammatically correct the sentence below, in red. There are four missing commas and one missing colon ( : ). 

In the land of the Atout a tribe in Africa there lived many animals antelope wildebeest and lions.  

Suggested Answer: 

In the land of the Atout, a tribe in Africa, there lived many animals: antelope, wildebeest, and lions.

Ameliorate Scarification

Directions: improve, or ameliorate the sentence below, in red. There are two missing commas.

Scarification although practiced less today is a special African form of body art that involves scarring the skin that still exists in Africa and other parts of the world. 

Suggested Answer:
Scarification, although practiced less today, is a special African form of body art that involves scarring the skin that still exists in Africa and other parts of the world. 

Ameliorate Mortars

Directions: students should grammatically correct the sentence below, in red, excerpted from "A Long Walk To Water."  There is one missing colon and one missing comma.

The village men were forced to carries supplies guns and mortars, shells radio equipment.

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Suggested Answer:
The village men were forced to carry supplies: guns and mortars, shells, radio equipment.

Ameliorate Maps

Directions: 
grammatically correct the sentence below, in red. There is one misused word, five missing commas, and missing one colon ( : ). 

In order to read a map accurately travelers must know that their are several important parts to a map a title the compass the scale and the legend or key.

Suggested Answer:
In order to read a map accurately, travelers must know that there are several important parts to a map: a title, the compass, the scale, and the legend, or key.

Ameliorate Medieval Science

Directions: Students should ameliorate the sentence below, in red. There are 4 missing commas and 1 missing colon ( : ). 

During the Middle Ages doctors believed that good health relied on a balance of the Four Humors blood phlegm yellow bile and black bile.

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Suggested Answer: 

During the Middle Ages, doctors believed that good health relied on a balance of the Four Humors:  blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.

Ameliorate the Human Shark

 directions: ameliorate the following sentence. There are three missing commas. 

“'I am a shark Cassie,’ he says slowly drawing the words out as if he might be speaking to me for the last time."

QUESTION:  
Is this an example of metaphor or simile?

Suggested Answer: 
 “'I am a shark, Cassie,’ he says slowly, drawing the words out, as if he might be speaking to me for the last time."