Read the sentence.I hope that he does not decieve me and that he succeeds in restoring our friendship.Which sentence corrects the spelling error that appears in the sentence?
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."“We have twenty-eight minutes." He raised his voice, smiling. "Naturally the thief has ditched the money, hoping to recover it when the coast is clear. It's therefore hidden somewhere in the classroom. All right, Miss Carpenter, we'll take the desks and seats first. Look under them, too — chewing gum makes a handy adhesive. Eh, class?"
Read the excerpt from "Bone Detective," by Lorraine Jean Hopping.Diane made a rubber silicone mold of the impression. Then, she made a sturdy wax cast of the mold and sent it to a metalworks company. The foundry workers coated the wax mold with plaster and put it in an industrial oven. The wax melted off, leaving a plaster shell. The workers poured melted bronze into the shell, and the metal cooled and hardened into a bronze tiger tongue.Diane’s casts of the tongue and paw allowed zoo visitors to share her amazing experience. People felt the roughness of the big cat’s tongue and spread a hand inside the palm of its giant paw. This, she decided, was one of the coolest things I have ever done. She savored the moment, knowing that far graver matters were always just a phone call away.
Besides stealing guilty glances at his watch, which of Ellery Queen's actions foreshadows his late arrival to Miss Carpenter's classroom in "Object Lesson, Part 1"?
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."He leaned against Louise's desk, forcing himself to relax.It was these "simple" problems. Nothing big and important like murder, blackmail, bank robbery. A miserable seven dollars lifted by a teenage delinquent in an overcrowded classroom . . .He thought furiously.Let the bell ring at 9:35 and the boy strut out of Miss Carpenter's room undetected, with his loot, and he would send up a howl like a wolf cub over his first kill.
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 1."This time he stared directly from David to Howard to Joey. His stare said, I hate to do this, boys, but of course I'll have to if you think you can get away with it.
Which sentence uses a commonly misspelled word incorrectly?
Looking down from the top of the Ferris wheel made Tyler feel a bit dizzy.
Which sentence is an example of using a precise pronoun?
Based on the events of "Object Lesson, Part 1," what will most likely happen in “Object Lesson, Part 2”?
Read the excerpt from "Bone Detective," by Lorraine Jean Hopping.At her lab she mixed the alginate powder with water to form a paste. Standing in front of a mirror, she scooped up a blob and spread it on her tongue. She pressed it down with her fingers to get out any air bubbles. Not bad, she thought. Tastes just like spearmint. She decided to make an extra-thick mold to make it easier to peel off. So, she added another gloopy blog—and another.With her thickened tongue hanging out, Diane padded around the lab doing odds and ends while the material set. After about 10 minutes, she peeled off the alginate slowly and carefully. It was fragile—bendable and easy to tear—but it made an excellent impression of her tongue.
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2.""To cut these strips of newspaper to the same size as dollar bills, the thief must have used a real bill as a pattern. If he cut too close, the scissors would shave off a sliver of the bill.”
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2."The 41 boys and girls were buzzing and giggling now.Ellery pounced. Clinging to one of the rectangles was a needle-thin sliver of paper about an inch long, a sort of paper shaving. He fingered it, held it up to the light. It was not newsprint. Too full-bodied, too tough-textured . . .Then he knew what it must be.Less than two minutes left.
Which sentence uses a contraction incorrectly?
Which sentence uses a commonly misspelled word incorrectly?
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