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What is two?
"Bi" means "two." A biped has two feet. A bicycle has two wheels.
This is how you change this sentence from the present to the past tense: I walk home, but they drive.
What is I walked home, but they drove.
"Drive" is an irregular verb.
This is how you correct the error: The man that came into the room is my uncle.
What is "The man who came into the room is my uncle."
Use "who" when you refer to a person.
This is a good, specific heading for this group: sea gull, sandpiper, tern, albatross
What are seabirds or shorebirds?
"Birds" is a very general heading.
This is how you spell the possessive form of the pronoun "who."
What is w-h-o-s-e?
Don't confuse this word with the contraction "who's" formed from the words "who is."
What is the word handsome?
This is a state whose postal abbreviation is also a preposition that means the opposite of "out."
What is Indiana?
IN are the postal abbreviations for the state of Indiana. "In" is also a preposition.
This is where a comma goes in this sentence:
My best friend moved to Austin Texas.
What is after the word "Austin"?
Always use a comma between city and state.
This is the acronym for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.
What is UNICEF?
This spelling m-a-n-o-r refers to what?
What is a type of building?
A behavior is spelled m-a-n-n-e-r.
These are the two words that make up the word heliport.
This is the complete subject of this sentence:
My two-year-old baby sister is talking a blue streak.
What is My two-year-old baby sister?
This sentence is correct:
We had swum in the ocean.
or
We had swam in the ocean.
What is the sentence We had swum in the ocean?
Although the word "swum" sounds odd here, it is actually correct. The verb "to swim" is irregular. When using the past perfect tense, use the word "swum" with the helping verbs have, had, or will have.
This is a tiny vegetable under a pile of mattresses which prevented a beautiful princess from falling asleep.
What is a pea?
The fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea," by Hans Christian Andersen first appeared in 1835.
s-t-a-t-i-o-n-e-r-y
or
s-t-a-t-i-o-n-a-r-y
What is s-t-a-t-i-o-n-a-r-y?
You can remember the difference with this tip: The "e" in "stationery" stands for "envelope."
This is the adjective that suggests the most courage: brave, heroic, bold.
What is the adjective heroic?
This is the conjunction in this sentence:
You look after the baby while I walk the dog.
What is the word while?
The word while is a subordinating conjunction beginning the dependent clause I walk the dog.
This is how this sentence should be corrected:
I didn't say nothing.
What is I didn't say anything?
Or, what is I said nothing?
Use only one negative word, not two, in the same sentence.
This is an example of this type of phrase: A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!"
What is a palindrome?
It reads the same forward and backwards.
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!
Spell the comparative form of "lucky."
What is l-u-c-k-i-e-r?
Notice that the "y" in "lucky" becomes an "i" in the comparative form.
What is chocolate?
The Spaniards learned about chocolate from the Aztecs of Mexico, who called it xocoatl.
This is present perfect and past perfect form of the verb to tear.
What is have torn and had torn?
This is the word that needs to be removed from this sentence: He jumped off of the diving board.
What is the word of?
He jumped off the diving board.What is Grimm?
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm became known as the Grimm Brothers.