1. The Hudson
River originates in the Adirondacks.
It empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
It is named for Henry Hudson.
He was an English explorer.
The Hudson River, named for the
English explorer Henry Hudson, originates in the Adirondacks.
2. Phillis
Wheatley was an eighteenth-century American poet.
She grew up as a slave in Boston.
Her book of poetry was first published in England.
Phillis Wheatley, who
grew up as a slave in Boston, was an eighteenth-century American poet whose poetry was first
published in England.
3. Our tour
bus stopped at Loch Ness.
It is a lake in Scotland.
It is more than twenty miles long.
A legendary monster makes its home there.
Our tour bus stopped
at Loch Ness, which is a lake in Scotland that is more than twenty miles long and is where a
legendary monster makes its
home.
4. The Greater
Snow Goose is white with black-tipped wings.
It breeds in the Arctic.
It migrates in winter to the coast of the Middle
Atlantic states.
The Greater Snow Goose,
which is white with black-tipped wings, breeds in the Arctic and migrates in the winter to the
coast of the Middle
Atlantic states.
5. H. L.
Mencken was a journalist.
He wrote a book entitled The American Language.
It was first published in 1919.
It reflects his interest in American English.
H. L. Mencken was a
journalist who wrote a book entitled The
American Language, which was first published in 1919 and
reflects his interest in
American English.
6. Children
enjoy Halloween.
It is celebrated on the night of October 31.
It evolved from ancient fall festivals.
The Irish and Scots brought it to this country.
Children enjoy
Halloween, celebrated on the night of October 31, which evolved from ancient fall festivals and was
brought to this country by the
Irish and Scots.
7. Nicolaus
Copernicus was an astronomer.
He was born in Poland on February 19, 1473.
He perceived that the earth revolves around the sun.
Thus the earth is not the center of the universe.
Nicolaus Copernicus,
born in Poland on February 19, 1473, was an astronomer who perceived that the earth revolves
around the sun; thus, the earth is
not the center of the universe.
8. Runes are
symbols of an ancient alphabet.
They were brought to England by Germanic tribes.
Some persons thought that they had magical powers.
They were replaced by the letters of the Roman
alphabet.
Runes, which are
symbols of an ancient alphabet and which some people thought had magical powers, were brought to
England by Germanic tribes and
were replaced by the letters of the Roman alphabet.
9. Dante
Gabriel Rossetti was an English painter.
He married Elizabeth Biddal.
She was his model as well as his wife.
His father was a political exile from Italy.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti,
an English painter whose father was a political exile from Italy, married Elizabeth Biddal, who was
his model as well as
his wife.
10. Last
summer we went to the mountains of North Carolina.
We visited a restored Indian village.
The Indians were Cherokee.
The name of the village is Oconaluftee.
Last summer we
went to the mountains of North Carolina and visited a restored Cherokee Indian village named
Ocanaluftee.
11. The Norse
gods and goddesses were not eternally young.
They preserved their youth by eating
magical apples.
The goddess Idun kept these apples.
She was the goddess of spring and youth.
The Norse
gods and goddesses, who were not eternally young, preserved their youth by eating magical apples kept by
Idun, the
goddess of spring and youth.
12. Juan
Pablos was an Italian printer.
He lived in Spain.
He migrated to Mexico in 1539.
He was probably the first printer in the
Americas.
I read this in The Book by Douglas
McMurtie.
I read in
Douglas McMurtie’s The Book that Juan
Pablos, an Italian printer who lived in Spain and migrated to Mexico in
1539, was
probably the first printer in the Americas.
13. The couple
set out for Fairbanks on the Alcan Highway.
They had two dogs.
The dogs’ names were Homer and Horace.
The couple sent the two dogs by air to
their new station.
The couple set out for
Fairbanks on the Alcan Highway, while they sent their two dogs, Homer and
Horace, by air to their new station.
14. The Gulf
Stream is an ocean current.
It originates in the Gulf of Mexico.
It flows along the east coast of the United
States.
Near Nantucket it turns out into North
America.
The Gulf Stream is an ocean
current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows along the east coast of
the United States before it turns out into the North Atlantic near Nantucket.
15. David was
a shepherd boy from Israel.
He played the lyre.
His music comforted King Saul.
King Saul suffered from dark moods.
David, who played the lyre,
was a shepherd boy from Israel whose music comforted King Saul, who suffered
from dark moods.
