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Monday, November 10, 2008

PUZZLE, Nov. 10th, 2009

No one solved last week's puzzle:-( The answer was:

Two Words
1. Spirit shaper Parish priest
2. Poles gather a report Telegraph operators

Three words (two jobs, middle word is "and")
3. Mass dress alteration Seamstress and tailor

This week:
Five words that contain GU as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters except one removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words?

M*GU*, GU*T**, J*GU**, D**GU*, P**GU**

Pool: A, A, A, E, E, E, I, I, L, N, N, N, O, R, R,

EXAM PRACTICE, Nov. 10th, 2009

The following question is similar to the one in part 3 of the Engl 140 final exam. There are many possible answers. Write a sentence using the vocabulary and grammar indicated.

Write a sentence using an adverb clause of time and a clause in the simple past tense.

There are many possible correct answers. Correct answers will be available in the blog archive.