This Could Get Wordy
A place to return lost items.
What is a lost and found department?
I was looking like Spider Man last Halloween.
What is incorrect?
This is a serious issue when athletes use performance enhancing drugs.
What is doping?
Every Friday, we had cleaned the house.
What is "Every Friday, we clean(ed) the house."?
Stick with it, and you will become the best player on the team.
What is encouraging someone?
Two of the uses of the present perfect tense.
What are action completed at an unknown time in the past, experience, an action that began in the past and continues to the present?
This is why it is important for athletes to have good sportsmanship.
What is children look up to them as role models?
The black car was going straight when the other car hitted it.
What is "The black car was going straight when the other car hit it."?
Please call me, Don.
What is first-name basis?
This is a verb form used to express changed or unachieved plans.
What is "was/were going to"?
A great victory or achievement.
What is a triumph?
How long did you known your best friend?
What is "How long have you known your best friend?"
Something unusual, not normal.
What is awry?
I have been studying for 12 straight hours.
What is "12 straight hours"?
Name at least two sports that were part of the first Olympic games, and are still done today.
What are javelin throwing and running?
Frank has been playing tennis for three years when he was in high school.
What is "Frank played tennis for three years when he was in high school."?
I'm sorry. I had been swimming.
Why is your hair wet?
The verb tense and order of events in this sentence: Before I had traveled to Madagascar, I made sure to read as many books as possible so that I knew the customs of the country.
What is the past perfect tense? What is "first, I made sure to read as many books as possible, and second, before I had traveled to Madagascar"?
Misplaced focus on fame, money, and prevalence of violence.
What are the problems with sports?
Jillian will have become a doctor, but she decided to become a biology teacher instead.
What is "Jillian was going to become a doctor, but she decided to become a biology teacher instead."?