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POS refers to ___________.
POS = Part of Speech
e.g. noun, verb, adjective, adverb...
Find a word in paragraphs 3-4 which can be replaced by "laugh".
9.
giggle
When did the birthday party start?
3. The party started after lunchtime.
What startled George's dog?
4. The popping of a balloon
A recount is a text that retells an experience or event that happened in the _________.
A recount is a text that retells an experience or event that happened in the past.
Find a word in paragraphs 3-4 which can be replaced by "popped".
9.
burst
Who baked George's cake?
What kind of cake was it?
2. George’s mother baked the cake. It was a chocolate cake.
Which of the following would be a good title of this text?
A. My Ruined Birthday Cake
B. My Birthday Disaster
C. A Failed Attempt of a Birthday Party
D. My Worst Birthday Ever
12.
B. My Birthday Disaster
What is the purpose of a recount?
To entertain or inform
Find a word in paragraphs 3-4 which can be replaced by "surprised".
9.
startled
How did the guests react to the cake disaster?
7. The guests all laughed.
The passage mainly talks about ___________.
A. George’s 8th birthday.
B. the laughs George had with his friends during his birthday party.
C. the things that went wrong at his birthday party.
D. how he enjoyed his birthday cake.
1.
C. the things that went wrong at his birthday party.
An autobiographical recount consists of three parts. Name them in order.
Orientation, Events, Ending
Find a word in paragraphs 3-4 which can be replaced by "dashed".
9.
bolted
Who caused the disaster?
The clown caused the disaster.
What does the idiom ‘in stitches’ mean?
10. It means laughing very hard.
What does it mean if somebody is myopic?
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It means that they are short-sighted. They cannot see things clearly from a distance.
Myopia (noun)
Myopic (Adjective)
e.g. John wears glasses because he is myopic.
Find a word in paragraphs 3-4 which can be replaced by "leaped".
9.
sprang
According to Paragraph 3, what was Lenny compared to?
6. Lenny was compared to a hippopotamus.
Identify a literary device that was used in paragraph 3.
5.
Literary device used: onomatopoeia / simile
Example from text: BANG / like a hippopotamus jumping into a muddy river