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100
Name the verb and tense in this sentence: "Snowflakes fell lightly around it."
Fell- Past
100
Use the context clues to define the word "rustle": "On Christmas Eve, many years ago, I lay quietly in my bed. I did not rustle the sheets."
make a soft, muffled crackling sound like that caused by the movement of dry leaves or paper.
100
Apron of Steam
Metaphor
100
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77tn-KPS334
no difference
100
Add the comma(s) in the sentence: "Yes it's broken," said my father.
"Yes, it's broken," said my father.
200
Name the verb and tense in this sentence: "We pressed through the crowd to the edge of a large, open circle."
Pressed- Past
200
Use the context clues to define the word "barren": "We crossed a barren desert of ice- The Great Polar Ice Cap."
(of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation.
200
nougat centers as white as snow
simile
200
What one major thing is different about this clip from the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWYkHE83aAY
boy can't hear bell
200
Fix the error in the sentence: "I looked through my window and seen a train standing perfectly still in front of my house."
"I looked through my window and saw a train standing perfectly still in front of my house."
300
Identify the main verb and helping verb in the sentence: "The train was filled with other children, all in their pajamas and nightgowns."
Was Filled
300
The word "present" has two meanings. Write a sentence, using the word correctly, for each of its meanings.
Answers will vary
300
Barren desert of ice
Metaphor
300
2:14
Didn't say bye to special friends dialogue between captain and kid doesn't happen doesn't wave goodbye at doorway
300
Insert the comma in this sentence: Across the circle the elves moved apart and Santa Claus appeared.
Across the circle, the elves moved apart and Santa Claus appeared.
400
Name the verb and its direct object in the sentence: "We drank hot cocoa as thick and rich as melted chocolate bars."
Drank- Hot cocoa
400
Name a synonym and antonym for the following word: Receive
Synonym: Get Antonym: Give
400
At the top of the world
Idiom
400
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib3Hn188Jwc
didn't investigate train before running up to conductor
400
Fix the error in the sentence: "On Christmas morning me and my little sister Sarah opened our presents."
"On Christmas morning my little sister Sarah and I opened our presents."
500
Make the following sentence present tense: "It was a huge city standing alone at the top of the world, filled with factories where every Christmas toy was made."
It is a huge city that stands alone at the top of the world, filled with factories where every Christmas toy is made.
500
Use the context clues to define the word "laments": "The mother of the boy admires the bell, but laments that it is broken."
show grief or sorrow
500
It broke my heart
Idiom
500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dofECCtTfaM
does not give a hug does not ask elf to cut bell elf does not toss the bell to Santa but is pulled out of pocket
500
Insert the correct punctuation for the quotation: He stood, holding the bell high above him, and called out the first gift of Christmas
He stood, holding the bell high above him, and called out, "The first gift of Christmas!"