Question

daily language

1. choose the part of speech of the under - lined word.

the person who phoned me last night was a salesman.
a. preposition b. relative pronoun
there will be ice cream cake lots of presents

1. correct the following sentence.
2. choose the synonym for the under - lined word.

i watched as the birds tried to flutter away.
a. quiver b. jump

1. what is the meaning of the under - lined word?

jason was very unkind when he would not share his toys.
a. not kind b. very kind
daily reading
the atlas
homer jumped in the car ready to go. jillean followed. the children fastened their seat belts, jillean moaning. her parents slid into the front and off they went! jillean wanted to use the gps, but homer asked his dad if he could program the gps the old fashioned way of using an atlas. jilleans aunt had given them an atlas. \why does a book of maps have to do with

Explanation:

1. "who" in "The person who phoned me last night" is a relative - pronoun used to introduce a relative clause.
2. The original sentence "there will be ice cream cake lots of presents" is grammatically incorrect. It should be "There will be ice - cream cake and lots of presents."
3. "Flutter" means to move or fly with small, quick, light movements. "Quiver" means to tremble or shake slightly, which is a synonym for "flutter" in the context of birds' movements.
4. The prefix "un -" is a negative prefix. So "unkind" means not kind.

Answer:

1. b. relative pronoun
2. There will be ice - cream cake and lots of presents.
3. a. quiver
4. a. not kind