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You Understand How Word Groups Change Meanings.

There are two kind of word groups: PRASES and CLAUSES.

LESSON 6

Read the following PRASES and CLAUSES without pausing.

PHRASES         CLAUSES
without singing         when I sing
in the window         when is it in the window
at first         who was first
in the green grass         where in the green grass
through the house         while in the house
to the flag         when the flag flies

 

Now study these sentences:
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  1. Read aloud with pausing. HOW do you read aloud? Without pausing
  2. WHEN I PAUSE in writing, I put a comma down. WHEN or WHY do you pause in writing? To put a comma down
  3. Mary bought the hat IN THE WINDOW. WHERE did mary see the hat? In the window
  4. WHEN IT IS IN THE WINDOW, it is on sale. It is on sale WHEN? When it is in the window
  5. AT FIRST I could not see in the dark room. WHEN could you not see? At first
  WHAT kind of room was it? A dark room
  6. We sat down IN THE GREEN GRASS. WHERE did we sit down? In the green grass
  7. Find a spot WHERE THE GRASS IS VERY GREEN. WHAT kind of place should find? Where the grass is very green
  HOW green? Very
  8. The children ran THROUGH THE HOUSE. The children ranWHERE? Through the house
  9. WHILE I WAS IN THE HOUSE, I painted the walls blue. WHEN did I paint the walls blue? While I was in the house
  HOW many walls? All
  WHAT color? Blue

(REPEAT ALL EXERCISES AT LEAST 3 TIMES.)

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