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100
Mr. Sir went behind his truck with Caveman's canteen.
What is Mr. Sir tampered with his canteen or he wanted Caveman think he tampered with his canteen.
100
There was garbage on the driveway next to the trash can and the lid was off.
What is the cat got into the trash can again.
100
The peanut is a humble plant with hundreds of functions. Most peanuts are roasted in their shells and lightly salted. About half the peanuts eaten in the United States are ground into a thick paste called peanut butter. The rich oil made from peanuts is good for frying foods and is used for oiling machines and making soaps and paint. Even peanut shells are used to make plastics and to fertilize soil.
What is the many uses of a peanut.
100
Jason is an excellent accountant who works full-time for his best friend's company. A larger accounting firm contacts Jason and offers to pay him twice if he will work for them. Jason thanks the company for their offer but declines. He doesn't even tell his friend that he received the offer.
What is he is loyal
100
Particle. What is John was so hungry that he didn’t leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate.
What is tiny bit
200
My neighbor's car is gone and he's not answering the door.
What is he is not home.
200
The harmless hognose snake is a champion bluffer. When this snake is threatened, it hisses and acts as if it will bite. If you don't run away, the hognose snake "plays dead." It rolls over on its back, wiggling around as if it's in distress. Then it "dies" with its mouth open and tongue hanging out. If you turn it on its stomach, the snake will roll over on its back again.
What is how the hognose snake bluffs.
200
Eric's car broke down in the woods and his phone wasn't getting a signal. He used his car antenna as a spear and caught fresh salmon. He started a fire with sparks from his car battery, and he ate the cooked salmon while waiting for help.
What is he is resourceful
200
Splendidly. The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window.
What is brightly
300
A man ran after a retreating bus, waving his briefcase frantically.
What is he missed the bus.
300
Air plants, such as mosses and lichens, grow on buildings and stones and get their food and water from the air around them. Other plants such as mistletoe get their food and water from the trees they live on. Sometimes these trees die if the plants take away too much food or water.
What is how some pants don't live in soil
300
After coming home late from a party, Mae's father questioned her. She wanted to tell him that she was studying at a friend's place and lost track of time, but she told him the truth instead: she was at a party.
What is she is honest
300
Injustice. Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not
What is unfair
400
Jake almost wished that he hadn't listened to the radio. He went to to the closet and grabbed his umbrella even though he would feel silly carrying it to the bus stop on such a sunny morning.
What is the weather man is predicting that it will rain.
400
Trousers are a recent style in the history of fashion. Men wore tights under short, loose pants until the early 1800s when the first real pants for men appeared. Until the 1940s few women wore long pants. During World War II, women factory workers started wearing long pants. The fashion caught on.
What is that long pants are somewhat a new fashion.
400
Michael has clothes all over the floor of his bedroom. Underneath the clothes on his floor is a pizza box with crusts in it. Underneath the pizza box is bunch of pieces of a board game that Michael played and didn't put away. Michael sat on his unmade bed with his shoes on and played video games all night.
What is messy and lazy
400
Decline: After Gears of Pain 6 came out, the amount of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined.
What is went down.
500
The ambulance was going down the street with it's siren blaring and it's lights flashing.
What is someone is hurt and needs to go to the hospital.
500
Dogs have been called our best friends, but they are also good helpers. They can be used in many ways. Some dogs hunt while others guard animals and property. Boxers and German sheperds are trained to lead people who are blind. A dog named Laika was the first animal in space.
What is how dogs are useful
500
Andy saw his neighbor struggling to get his lawn mower running, so Andy went over to his neighbor's house and filled up his lawn mower with gas. When it still wouldn't start, Andy lent him his lawn mower.
What is helpful and generous
500
Paradise: When Rex had a bone, a warm spot to lie, and someone petting him, he was in paradise.
What is heaven