Directions: What should go on the blank in each sentence below, "allot" or "a lot"?
"My mother and the boys spent _____ of time visiting Grandpa and Grandma Carden."(Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings, 1984)
"When it comes to rhythm, you have to _____ each note its proper amount of time, or number of beats."(Michael Sanchez, Fiddle for Dummies. Wiley, 2015)
America is “closer than _____ of folks think” to ending cancer, Barack Obama has revealed.
"Maybe everybody had the same _____ measure of happiness within each day." (Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, 2003)
Shelley listens to _____ of books during her morning commute.
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Answers, Exercise 1:
"My mother and the boys spent a lot of time visiting Grandpa and Grandma Carden."(Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings, 1984)
"When it comes to rhythm, you have to allot each note its proper amount of time, or number of beats." (Michael Sanchez, Fiddle for Dummies. Wiley, 2015)
America is “closer than a lot of folks think” to ending cancer, Barack Obama has revealed.
"Maybe everybody had the same allot measure of happiness within each day." (Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, 2003)
Shelley listens to a lot of books during her morning commute.