Singular
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Plural Nouns
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Plural Nouns
The hotel owner bought a cat to scare the mice away.
plural
Bob puts the money in _____ envelope.
Bob puts the money in an envelope.
During the winter, road crews often put salt on the roads after a snowstorm. They want to keep the roads safe by getting rid of the ice quickly. So they put the salt on the roads to hasten the melting of the ice. The salt works by lowering the temperature at which water will freeze. Pure water turns to ice at 32°F. Salty water doesn't freeze until it reaches a lower temperature. So even if it's 20°F outside, the salty water won't turn to road ice.
What is the meaning of hasten?
1. Slow down
2. Reverse
3. Stop
4. Speed Up
Speed up
About five years after Berlin's birth, his family moved to the United States.
After Berlin grew up, he wrote many famous songs, including "Blue Skies" and "Cheek to Cheek."
Irving Berlin, a popular songwriter who wrote "God Bless America," was born in Russia in 1888.
Irving Berlin, a popular songwriter who wrote "God Bless America," was born in Russia in 1888.
About five years after Berlin's birth, his family moved to the United States.
After Berlin grew up, he wrote many famous songs, including "Blue Skies" and "Cheek to Cheek."
Many animals have claws on their feet.
plural
Did you see ___ brown mare among those horses?
Did you see a brown mare among those horses?
Jane Goodall had no training in science when she arrived in Africa from England. But she was a very good observer. In Goodall's first encounters with chimpanzees, the animals shrieked and ran away from her. Slowly, though, she gained their trust by seeing them again and again. Goodall spent years watching how chimpanzees behaved in the wild. She was the first to discover that chimpanzees hunt and eat meat. She was also the first to see a chimpanzee use a stick to catch and eat insects. Until that time, people believed that only humans made tools.
What is the meaning of encounters?
1. Meetings
2. Travels
3. Discoveries
4. Fights
Meetings
She started doing gymnastics in 1996, when she was just two years old.
Aly Raisman is a world class gymnast.
Sixteen years later, in 2012, she won three medals at the Summer Olympics.
Aly Raisman is a world class gymnast.
She started doing gymnastics in 1996, when she was just two years old.
Sixteen years later, in 2012, she won three medals at the Summer Olympics.
Country
Countries
You will never see __ dragon at the zoo.
You will never see a dragon at the zoo.
The first time basketball was played, the players used a soccer ball and peach baskets. A Springfield, Massachusetts, college teacher named James Naismith invented the game in 1892. Naismith nailed the baskets high above his students' heads. First, he formed two teams of nine players each. Then, he explained the objective: each team had to throw the ball into the other team's basket and stop the other team from making a basket. When play began, the players hit and kicked their opponents to stop them from scoring. Later, Naismith added rules to stop this kind of rough play. The first game's final score was 1 to 0.
What is the meaning of the word objective?
1. Rule
2. Ball
3. Court
4. Goal
Goal
At the end of the book, though, Milo finds himself back in his room.
The tollbooth then transports him to a magical land.
The book The Phantom Tollbooth starts with a boy named Milo going through a special tollbooth.
The book The Phantom Tollbooth starts with a boy named Milo going through a special tollbooth.
The tollbooth then transports him to a magical land.
At the end of the book, though, Milo finds himself back in his room.
Goose
Geese
__ ordinary food like oatmeal is quite healthy.
An ordinary food like oatmeal is quite healthy.
In 1861, Clara Barton had an office job in Washington, D.C. When the Civil War started, soldiers poured into the city. Barton saw that many of them were wounded and hungry. Bandages, medicine, and food were scarce, but Barton searched the whole city to find what the soldiers needed. She visited the soldiers, read to them, and wrote letters for those who couldn't write. She even went out during battles to assist doctors caring for the wounded. After the war, in 1881, Clara Barton helped establish the American Red Cross. Today the Red Cross helps thousands of people after serious events such as fires and floods.
What is the meaning of scarce?
1. Small in number
2. Found everywhere
3. Very Cheap
4. Not allowed
small in number
Then, on the day before the car wash, we'll post signs all around town.
During the week before the car wash, we'll email family and friends with the date, time, and location.
We're going to hold a car wash to raise money for our scout troop.
When the day finally comes, we'll work hard and try to have fun.
We're going to hold a car wash to raise money for our scout troop.
During the week before the car wash, we'll email family and friends with the date, time, and location.
Then, on the day before the car wash, we'll post signs all around town.
When the day finally comes, we'll work hard and try to have fun.
Air
Air
__ coyote looks and acts like a dog in many ways.
A coyote looks and acts like a dog in many ways.
Amelia Earhart was born in 1897, a time when few women worked outside the home. Earhart, however, loved flying airplanes. In 1932, she became the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other flight records during her life. But Earhart is remembered most for her last flight. In 1937, she set off to fly around the world at the equator. Her plane was lost, and what happened to it is a mystery. Debris found on Gardner Island in the Western Pacific, however, suggests that Earhart may have landed there. Researchers say that a piece of metal found on the island matches a patch from Earhart's airplane.
What is the meaning of debris?
1. The fossils of extinct animals
2. The remains of something that was broken
3. Popular clothing worn during the 1930's
4. a large amount of leftover food
The remains of something that was broken
Then, in June 1987, Jemison decided to follow a dream and began the astronaut training program.
Five years later, she and six other astronauts flew into space aboard the Endeavor.
Before entering NASA's astronaut training program, she worked as a doctor.
Mae Jemison was the first African American woman to fly into space.
Mae Jemison was the first African American woman to fly into space.
Before entering NASA's astronaut training program, she worked as a doctor.
Then, in June 1987, Jemison decided to follow a dream and began the astronaut training program.
Five years later, she and six other astronauts flew into space aboard the Endeavor.