Question

week 9 day 4

1. choose the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence. the girls ran from the car to school in the pouring rain.

a. preposition b. relative pronoun c. relative adverb d. verb

1. correct the following sentence: we will have oatmeal for breakfast hotdogs for lunch and chicken for dinner
2. choose the synonym for the underlined word in the sentence. it seldom snows in the arizona deserts.

a. always b. rarely c. never d. often

1. which suffix could you add to the underlined word to make it mean without a the family was excited to be moving in to the new home.

a. -ful b. -able c. -ness d. -less
daily reading the atlas
homer jumped in the car ready to go. jillean followed more slowly complaining about how long the children fastened their seat belts, jillean moaning the whole time. homer just shook his head. parents slid into the front and off they went! jillean immediately began to ask how long the trip was. homer asked his dad if he could program the gps. as homer began to key in the information his dad mentioned the old - fashioned way of using an atlas. jillean’s and homer’s dad asked the children if they knew what an atlas was. “what does a book of maps have to do with greek mythology?” jillean groaned, knowing she was about to hear a story. everyone settled back to listen as dad began to tell the tale of atlas.
atlas was one of the titans. he was the titan god of astronomy and navigation. the titans were powerful beings who ruled the earth before the olympians overthrew them in a big battle for power. atlas was the leader of the titans in the war against zeus and the other olympian gods and goddesses. when the battle was won, zeus banished most of the titans to tartarus for eternity. however, for atlas he reserved a special punishment. atlas was forced to hold up the sky for eternity.
“oh dad!” cried homer. dad smiled and agreed. “so since atlas was the god of astronomy and navigation he must have helped all kinds of people, find things!” homer continued. “just like an atlas helps us......if we get lost.” homer looked out the window and smiled happily. “yeah, but the greatest thing he has done was hold up the sky,” said dad.

Explanation:

1. "from" is a preposition showing direction or origin.
2. The sentence is a list - it should be "We will have oatmeal for breakfast, hotdogs for lunch, and chicken for dinner." with commas added for proper listing.
3. "seldom" means rarely, so the synonym is "rarely".
4. Adding "-less" to "home" makes "homeless" which means without a home.

Answer:

1. a. preposition
2. We will have oatmeal for breakfast, hotdogs for lunch, and chicken for dinner.
3. b. rarely
4. d. -less