1. Our new dog
has just torn the entire Sunday paper to shreds.
2. The judges
of the class song contest haven’t chosen a winning entry.
3. Until 1875,
no one had ever successfully swum the English Channel.
4. The
temperature has risen twenty-one degrees since six a.m.
5. Mother has frozen
quarts and quarts of blueberries for the winter.
6. My new
watchstrap has broken after just four days.
7. Mattie
Vernon has stolen more bases than any other player.
8. Several
English sovereigns have never actually worn the crown of England.
9. According
to the last election returns, Mayor Smith’s lead over his opponent has shrunk
to only a few hundred
votes.
10. Tenors
have almost always sung the heroes’ roles in opera.
11. The Tigers
have sworn revenge against the Spartans in their return match.
12. Davy
Crockett began his political career at the age of thirty.
13. The
coach has spoken to our parents and obtained their permission for our
overnight stay in Westfield.
14. Mel has thrown
the shot more than forty feet.
15. Oh, I’ve
torn my new skirt.
16. Caroline
is the most selfish person I have ever known.
17. At the
warning bell, all the students began to pick up paper scraps.
18. Has an
American ever run the mile in less than four minutes?
19. When the
bell had rung three times, we knew we were to be dismissed from school.
20. Our puppy
has grown eight inches in the last two months.
21. Have you written
the sense-impression composition for English?
22. The oriole
has stolen some string from the garden for its nest.
23. I
don’t think the wind has ever blown harder than it did during last
August’s hurricane.
24. Have you
ever worn wool next to your skin?
25. Many
cities have arisen on the ruins of Homer’s Troy.
