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Writing Paragraphs
Reference Sources
Verb Tenses
Conjunctions and Interjections
Prepositional Phrases
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A good topic sentence for this paragraph might be: Teachers are taking attendance on the computer and trying to help their students get ready for the first class of the day. Most of the students have hurried to make their lunch choice and are reading their AR books, or they are trying their best to finish their homework. How do they get it all done in time?
What is a topic sentence like - "Morning is a busy time at school?"
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The reference resource where you would find out who won the Super Bowl in 1978.
What is an Almanac?
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The sentence that has a present tense verb in it. Karen jumped in the pool yesterday. Karen will jump in the pool tomorrow. Karen jumps in the pool when she gets home from school. Karen has jumped in the pool many times before.
What is "Karen jumps in the pool when she gets home from school."
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the word to complete this sentence Either you finish your picture today ____ you will have take time to do it tomorrow.
What is "or?"
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the prepositional phrases in this sentence: We walked around the track during our morning recess.
What is "around the track" and "during our morning recess?"
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If another paragraph were added that told about grizzly bears, a good first sentence for the paragraph that would follow this paragraph ... (1) Polar bears are fascinating animals. (2) Most polar bears live inside the Arctic Circle. (3) They mainly eat seals and other types of meat. (4) Their fur looks white, but it is really made up of clear, hollow hairs that help the sunlight travel to their skin to keep them warm. (5) A polar bear's sharp sense of smell helps it to find prey and dead animals to eat.
What is a sentence like - "Like polar bears, grizzly bears are interesting animals." "Unlike polar bears, grizzly bears eat plants as well as meat." "In contrast to polar bears, grizzly bears live in the mountains and forests."
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The source where you would begin your research paper about the Statue of Liberty.
What is the encyclopedia?
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The sentence with the past tense verb. Pam writes letters to her friends every week. Pam has written her friend in Texas many times. Pam wrote two letters yesterday. Pam will write a letter to her grandmother tomorrow.
What is the sentence with the verb "wrote?" Pam wrote two letters yesterday.
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the part of speech of the word "sorry" in this sentence. "Sorry, you will still have to take your sister to the park with you," Mom said.
What is an interjection?
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the preposition is this sentence and its object: The teacher typed the test on the computer.
What is the preposition "on" and the object "computer?"
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The sentence that should be left out of this paragraph. Whales are huge sea animals that look much like a fish. They are mammals, and they have highly developed brains. One kind of whale is the blue whale, the largest animal that has ever lived. Blue whales can grow up to 100 feet long. Sharks can measure up to 15 feet long. Blue whales can weigh more than 200 metric tons.
What is the sentence about the sharks? "Sharks can measure up to 15 feet long."
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the source you would look in to find synonyms
What is a thesaurus?
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The sentence that has a future tense verb phrase. Mark ate hamburgers for lunch. Mark will eat soup and salad tomorrow for dinner. Mark eats pizza every Friday for breakfast. Mark had eaten chicken fingers at the game last night.
What is the sentence with the verb phrase "will eat?" Mark will eat soup and salad tomorrow for dinner.
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1. The part of speech of the words "his," "she," "he," and "they" in the following sentences. 2. The part of the speech for the words "and" and "so" Tim wanted to play his flute for Cindy. She was excited to hear how he sounded, so they walked to the music room and asked the teacher for permission.
What is pronouns for "he," "she," "his," and "they." What is conjunctions for "and" and "so?"
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The part of speech of the word "about" in this sentence. The students were talking about the exciting book.
What is a preposition?
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the best way to combine these sentences In the middle of the sky, the sky-diver pulled the chord for his parachute. The parachute opened into a billowy mushroom shape. A. In the middle of the sky, the parachute opened into a mushroom shape, and the sky-diver pulled the chord. B. In the middle of the sky, the sky-diver pulled the chord for his parachute, which opened into a billowy mushroom shape.
What is In the middle of the sky, the sky-diver pulled the chord for his parachute, which opened into a billowy mushroom shape.
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words that mean the same thing or nearly the same thing as another word
What is a synonym?
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What is the tense of the verb phrase in this sentence? Jamie had driven her go-cart around the yard before her dad made her put it in the shed.
What is past perfect?
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the prepositional phrases in this sentence: Beneath the bridge on Spring Street, a young man delivered meals to the homeless people who were living there.
What is "beneath the bridge," "on Spring Street," and "to the homeless people?"
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The sentence that tells the main idea of a paragraph
What is the topic sentence?
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The word that would be on the page with these guide words: right - ripe ribbon river rickety ringlet
What is ringlet?
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The verb tense of this verb in this sentence: The boys sing many songs while they wait for their mom.
What is present tense?
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The part of speech of the word "break" in each sentence below: 1. Robbie was afraid to break the treasure box open. 2. Robbie took a break after his morning classes.
What is (1) a verb and (2) a noun, respectively?
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the object of the preposition "from" The tired team returned from the awe-inspiring game at the Macon Coliseum.
What is "game."