ellipsis
The ellipsis is the dot-dot-dot
It takes the place of what is not-not-not
There
I like candy, ice cream, ... nice people, and animals.
learn
Listen with your ear -n- you will learn.
believe, piece, friend
My mother said to me, "Never believe a lie."
My father said to me, "Save me a piece of pie."
My sister said to me, "I will always be your friend."
My brother said to me, "This song has got to end."
special
I have a friend named Al,
Secret Agent Spec-i-al.
He wears his specs for special dex,
He's agent c.i.al
a lot
A space L O T
A space L O T
a lot is two words not one.
a lot is two words not one.
because
B E (B E) C A (C A) U S E (U S E)
because because (because because)
subject-predicate
Mr. Morton is the subject of the sentence and the predicate what he does.
The subject is the noun, that's the person place or thing, it's who or what the sentence is about.
And the predicate is the verb, that's the action verb, that gets the sentence up and out.
test-taking strategy
Directions, questions.
Don't look at the answer.
Make a guess.
Match it.