Tuesday 11/10

• Prepositions and Vocabulary!
• A preposition is a word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence.  Examples:
• The box under the tree is mine.
• The box behind the tree is mine.
• The box near the tree...
• The box beside the tree...
• Copy and label, then fill in the blanks:

1. The scared boys quickly hid in the closet of the scary house.
2. Aunt Polly was full of _______ as she questioned Tom, trying to trick him.
3. If you are __________ and work hard, you will get an "A."
4. Tom is a very bold, __________ boy, who is scared of very little.
5. Tom thinks work is _________; he hates it.
6. Tom was _________ when Becky finally paid attention to him

diligent, guile, odious, ecstatic, audacious
 

1. Diligent is a(n) _________. Make it a noun: ____________
2. Guile is a(n) __________. Make it an adjective:____________
3. Ecstatic is a(n) _________. Make it a noun: ____________
4. Audacious is a(n) _________. Make it an adverb.

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Tom Sawyer
Chapter 1, 2, 3