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The ______ thief waited until the jewelry store was empty before trying to break in.
queasy mature crafty arena
crafty
Name the conjunction(s) of this sentence:
You cannot go into the tunnel because it is not stable and might cave in soon.
because, and
Correct the capitalization:
yesterday, my friend melissa and i watched a flock of canada geese at victoria park.
Yesterday, my friend Melissa and I watched a flock of Canada geese at Victoria Park.
What part of speech is the word "limp" in this sentence?
The sweet old basset hound walked with a limp.
noun
Fill in the blank with a preposition:
______ a time, everything began returning to normal.
After a time, everything began returning to normal.
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To make easier or less complex.
frequent increase modest simplify
simplify
What kind of conjunction?
After the storm passed, a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky.
subordinating
What is the proper adjective that describes things from Japan?
Japanese
Example: Japanese ramen
List all the verbs in the following sentence:
We ran after the racoon because we were afraid that it might want after our bag of chips.
ran, were, might (helper verb), want
Name the prepositional phrase from this sentence:
Under all the frills, she was still just a regular teenager.
Under all the frills, she was still just a regular teenager.
At ________, the air starts to cool because the sun has set and the sky begins to darken.
dusk limp frontier infer
dusk
What is the conjunction?
If it snows tomorrow, school will be canceled.
If
Which words need to be capitalized?
mexican, burger, mcdonald's, kitchener, river, laurier university
Mexican, McDonald's, Kitchener, Laurier University
List all the adjectives in the following sentence:
A great horned owl flew gracefully through the misty air.
great horned, misty
What information does this prepositional phrase add?
He didn't follow the dog into the forest.
Where he didn't follow
To divide in parts to give out to several people.
contribute distribute afford reveal
distribute
Name 3 subordinating conjunctions.
Hint: subordinating conjunctions are NOT FANBOYS.
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Which words need to be capitalized?
forest floor
rocky mountains
polish sausages
grand river
forest floor
Rocky Mountains
Polish sausages
Grand River
What is an adverb?
Give an example.
An adverb is a word that describes a verb.
Example: She ran quickly.
(Quickly describes how she ran.)
Fill in the blank with a preposition.
No one could've predicted that the soccer ball was _____ the forest the whole time.
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Trees and people both have these:
burrows limbs indexes leaves
limbs
Name the FANBOYS conjunctions.
Correct the capitalization:
on may 14, our classes from chicopee hills public school went to a play at an event at the university of waterloo.
On May 14, our classes from Chicopee Hills Public School went to play at an event at the University of Waterloo.
What part of speech is the word peacefully in the following sentence.
The dark silhouette of a flock of birds flew peacefully across the twilight sky.
adverb
Give an example of a sentence which uses a prepositional phrase.
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