by Donna | Feb 24, 2011
In the sentences provided, highlight the main subjects.
Hint: The main subject is usually one of the first few words of a sentence!
1. Sickness is caused by different things.
2. Some animals carry sicknesses.
3. People can get sick from them.
4. Other diseases are in the air.
5. People breathe them in.
6. Then they get sick.
7. People would get sick less often if they would stay clean.
8. Children need to learn to wash their hands frequently.
- People can use anti-bacterial soap.
- We can “wash away germs.”
Answers tomorrow!
by Donna | Feb 14, 2011
Read the phrases below. Put an S beside the phrases that are
complete sentences and an N beside those that are not.
1. A raccoon is an intelligent animal. Sentence
2. He does not avoid danger. Sentence
3. That he will go right into it. Not a sentence
4. When a raccoon studies sounds, smells, and sights that are new to
him. Not a sentence
5. Like tin cans and mirrors. Not a sentence
6. One trap a trapper likes to set is called a mirror trap. Sentence
7. When he puts a trap in shallow water and ties a mirror to it. Not a sentence
8. When the light hits the mirror. Not a sentence
9. When the raccoon sees the light. Not a sentence
10. When he does, the raccoon’s paw becomes caught in the trap. Sentence
by Donna | Feb 12, 2011
Read the phrases below. Put an S beside the phrases that are
complete sentences and an N beside those that are not.
1. A raccoon is an intelligent animal.
2. He does not avoid danger.
3. That he will go right into it.
4. When a raccoon studies sounds, smells, and sights that are new to
him.
5. Like tin cans and mirrors.
6. One trap a trapper likes to set is called a mirror trap.
7. When he puts a trap in shallow water and ties a mirror to it.
8. When the light hits the mirror.
9. When the raccoon sees the light.
10. When he does, the raccoon’s paw becomes caught in the trap.
Answers tomorrow! Smile…
by Donna | Jan 19, 2011
Answer Key:
1. The word was so allusive/elusive; it just wouldn’t come to me.
Hint: Elude and exclude look similar. “I excluded that song from the program because it eluded me.”
2. He made an illusion/allusion/elusion to our previous conversation.
Hint: Allusion related to allude. “What he alluded to is ludicrous.” Means to refer to something.
3. The ride gives you the allusion/illusion that you are on a mountain top.
Hint: Illusion comes from illustrate. A picture….gives you the picture or feeling of something else.
4. I excluded the word from the program because its spelling alluded/eluded me.
Hint: Eluded—excluded. Elude means “not able to grasp.”
5. What did he elude/allude to?
Hint: Allude/allusion—something you refer to. “What he alluded to was ludicrous.”
6. They used Kleenexes to give you the allusion/illusion of fabric.
Hint: Illusion is a facsimile or picture. Related to illustrate.
7. What he alluded/eluded to was ludicrous!
Hint: “What he alluded to was ludicrous.”
8. What was his illusion/allusion to your situation?
Hint: Allude/allusion—referring to something else.
9. Allusion/illusion is related to hallucination.
Hint: Illusion is related to hallucination—pictures that are not there.
10. He made an elusion/allusion to our previous conversation.
Hint: Allusion is to refer to something else; elusion is to be out of your grasp. He referred to the previous conversation…not that he couldn’t grasp it.
