tailieunhanh - Beginning writing 1 part 2

Add –er to most adjectives when you are comparing two things. To compare more than two things, you will usually add -est an adjective. When an adjective has three or more syllables, comparisons are made differently. Often, you will use the words more and most or less and least instead of –er or-est. | CREATIVE WRITING 66 EXPANDING SENTENCES Answers will vary. 67 USING YOUR SENSES A. 1. babbling meow whisper 2. aroma stinking fragrant 3. painful prickle burn 4. sour tangy flavorful 5. sparkle pale scarlet B. Answers will vary. 68 HAIKU A. The dew drops fal ling By ones and twos rap id ly It is a good world. B. 1. nature 2. three 3. five 4. seven 5. first 6. does not C. 1. b 2. a 69 WRITING ABOUT PICTURES Answers will vary. 70 WRITING ABOUT PEOPLE A. 1. swaggered 2. tossed 3. piercing 4. smile 5. cat 6. whispered B. Answers will vary. 71 LAUGH OUT LOUD What s in a Name A. 1. d 2. e 3. h 4. k 5. l 6. b 7. i 8. c 9. f 10. a 11. j 12. g B. Answers will vary. 72 REVIEW A. ACROSS 1. character 4. vivid 5. touch 7. senses 9. image down 2. haiku 3. taste 6. hearing 7. smell 8. sight B. Answers will vary. CHECKING YOUR WRITING 73 SPELLING DEMONS A. 1. e 2. d 3. a 4. b 5. c 6. f 7. h 8. g B. combination relative invitation competition preparation declaration perspiration author 74 DOUBLE TROUBLE A. 1. hoping 2. scraping 3. hopped 4. moped 5. robbed B. 1. biggest 2. thinnest 3. begged 4. tagged 5. bigger 6. madder 7. betting 8. hitting C. 2. holy holly 3. desert dessert 4. hot hoot 5. raged ragged 6. ad add 7. hoping hopping 75 LETTERS OFTEN LEFT OUT A. 1. bakery chocolate 2. federal veterans 3. sophomores history 4. average salary government 5. several environment B. 1. ordnary Febuary evry intresting celbrate substatute CHALLENGE 76 CAPITALIZATION I 1. September 2. Angela Halloween 3. Captain Hook Angela Peter Pan 4. Monday 5. Julio s Sweets Shoppe Beach Boulevard 6. Dr. Richard s 7. Thursday November Thanksgiving 77 CAPITALIZATION II A. 1. scientist Professor 2. laboratory Mount Park 3. park Doctor B. 1. New York City 2. Hudson River 3. none 4. Uncle Ted Kansas City 5. none 78 COMMAS I A. 1. A one-horned rhinoceros a ten-foot lizard and a miniature buffalo all live in the jungles of Indonesia. 2. The orangutan an ape with reddish-orange hair also makes its home in .