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16 May 2024 16:11

💪 Exercise of the Day 💪

ℹ️ Learn sport vocabulary as you do them!

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16 May 2024 12:48

📝 Expression (writing) 📝

Benefits➕:
💬🆒 Master tricky everyday phrases and sayings ;
📝✔️ Learn to avoid errors in your writing .

❗️ INSTRUCTIONS: Determine if the sentences contain a properly or improperly used expression by choosing ERROR or VALID.

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15 May 2024 15:55

🎁 BONUS ROUND

❗️Find the single error in the selection.

0 of 1 found

Metabolism is the process in which consumed calories are combined with oxygen to release the energy a person needs too function; this includes breathing and repairing cells.

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15 May 2024 15:53

ROUND 2 OF 3. MISSPELLINGS & TYPOS

📝 Info: Read the passage looking for spelling errors and words that may be spelled correctly but used incorrectly (to vs. too). Then, look for misspellings by reading the passage backwards so that you can see each word individually rather than as a group.

Example: In addition to his pionering✖️(pioneering✔️) work on photosynthesis, Ingenhousz helped promote inoculation against smallpox.

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0 of 4 found.

While most people think of calories as a property of food, they're actually found in anything with energy. A calorie is simply a unit used to measure the amount of energy it tacks to increase the temperature of one gram of water buy one degree Celsius.

Consequently, things that require a lot off heat to burn also have alot of calories; a gallon of gasoline, for instance, has about 31 million calories.

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15 May 2024 15:53

📖 Detail (writing) 📖

Benefits➕:
🔍 Quickly spot mistakes and typos in your writing ;
✔️ Identify problems that spell-check won't catch .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Read the passage and select all the errors. Each round focuses on a different type of error:

ROUND 1. CAPITALIZATION, QUESTION MARKS & PERIODS ;
ROUND 2. MISSPELLINGS & TYPOS ;
ROUND 3. EXTRA & MISSING WORDS .

‼️ To make most of this game, try giving yourself 45 seconds to identify mistakes for each round. 15 secs for bonus round.
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14 May 2024 13:38

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
Likely from the Scandinavian root meaning hillside.

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14 May 2024 12:33

❗️ Insert 1️⃣ missing comma :

4️⃣ Author⭕️Ray Bradbury wrote the first draft of Fahrenheit 451 in Los Angeles, California. It was published in 1953⭕️but⭕️its themes are still relevant.

✅ Answer: Author❌Ray Bradbury wrote the first draft of Fahrenheit 451 in Los Angeles, California. It was published in 1953,✅but❌its themes are still relevant.

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14 May 2024 12:32

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing commas :

2️⃣ Designed by William Van Alen, the Chrysler Building in New York⭕️is a prime example of Art Deco architecture. Art Deco⭕️short for Arts Décoratifs⭕️was a popular style⭕️in the 1930s.

✅ Answer: Designed by William Van Alen, the Chrysler Building in New York❌is a prime example of Art Deco architecture. Art Deco,✅short for Arts Décoratifs,✅was a popular style❌in the 1930s.

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14 May 2024 12:32

➰ Commas (writing) ➰

Benefits➕:
➿ Improve your understanding of how to use commas correctly ;
✍️ Write more clearly and effectively .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS:
Determine the place where comma is missing.
Madam Secretary [ , ] ✔️ I politely disagree...

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07 May 2024 14:19

4️⃣ The toddler meandered back and forth as she explored her new home.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word here is < ... back and forth ... > .
TIP: Meander means "to move from one thing to another without purpose", so back and forth is unnecessary.

☑️ The toddler meandered back and forth as she explored her new home.

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07 May 2024 14:18

2️⃣ Students turned in their projects upon final completion.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... final ... > .
TIP: Final means "coming at the end", and completion means "the act of finishing something".

☑️ Students turned in their projects upon final completion.

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07 May 2024 14:18

💠 Brevity (writing) 💠

Benefits➕:
💬 Learn to express yourself clearly and concisely ;
💠 Avoid redundancies in your writing ;
👁 Keep your reader's attention by writing more directly .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Read the sentence and remove an unnecessary word(-s) to make the sentence more concise. All or part of the selection can be removed without changing the sentence's meaning.

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06 May 2024 15:34

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the Latin mitigare, meaning to soften or mellow.

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06 May 2024 14:43

Part 3️⃣. MOZART

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06 May 2024 14:42

Part 2️⃣. MOZART

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16 May 2024 14:15

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the Latin insolens, meaning "pompous". In- typically means "not", and solere means "to be used to".

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15 May 2024 17:14

✍️ Word of the Day 📎

Etymology
From the Greek a-, meaning "with", and keleuthos, meaning "a path". An acolyte follows a leader's path.

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15 May 2024 15:54

ROUND 3 OF 3. EXTRA & MISSING WORDS

📝 Info: Read the passage aloud to identify extra or missing words. You are more likely to hear errors than you are to catch them during a silent read.

✍️ Example: In addition✖️(to✔️) his pioneering work on on ✖️(1 on✔️) photosynthesis, Ingenhousz helped promote inoculation against smallpox.

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0 of 4 found.

While most people think of of calories as a property of food, they're actually found in by anything with energy. A calorie is simply a unit used to measure the amount of energy it takes to increase the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius.

Consequently, things that require a lot of heat to burn also have a a lot of calories; a gallon of gasoline, for for instance, has about 31 million calories.

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15 May 2024 15:53

ROUND 1 OF 3. CAPITALIZATION, QUESTION MARKS & PERIODS

📝 Info: Focus on a single sentence at a time. Make sure that it begins with a capitalized word and ends with proper punctuation.

Example: In addition to his pioneering work on photosynthesis, Ingenhousz helped promote ✖️Inoculation (inoculation ✔️) against smallpox ✖️(smallpox. ✔️)

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0 of 4 found.

While most people think of calories as a property of food, they're actually found in anything with energy. A calorie is simply a unit used to measure the amount of energy it takes to increase the Temperature of one gram of water by one degree celsius.

Consequently, things that require a lot of heat to burn also have a lot of calories; A gallon of Gasoline, for instance, has about 31 million calories.

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14 May 2024 17:17

💪 Exercise of the Day 💪

ℹ️ Learn sport vocabulary as you do them!

Darebee

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14 May 2024 12:33

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing commas :

5️⃣ My family⭕️and I⭕️went to the San Diego Zoo on July 1, 2017. I got to see a penguin for the first⭕️time in person⭕️and my baby niece imitated it⭕️making us all laugh.

✅ Answer: My family❌and I❌went to the San Diego Zoo on July 1, 2017. I got to see a penguin for the first❌time in person,✅and my baby niece imitated it,✅making us all laugh.

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14 May 2024 12:32

❗️ Insert 3️⃣ missing commas :

3️⃣ Hekla⭕️Iceland's most active volcano⭕️has erupted more than 20 times⭕️since the 9th century. It last⭕️did so in 1104⭕️covering more than half the country with volcanic debris.

✅ Answer: Hekla,✅Iceland's most active volcano,✅has erupted more than 20 times❌since the 9th century. It last❌did so in 1104,✅covering more than half the country with volcanic debris.

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14 May 2024 12:32

❗️ Insert 1️⃣ missing comma :

1️⃣ American Charles⭕️Jewtraw won the very⭕️first Winter Olympics gold medal on January 26, 1924. He won the 500-meter speed skate⭕️but he lost in two other events⭕️he entered.

✅ Answer: American Charles❌Jewtraw won the very❌first Winter Olympics gold medal on January 26, 1924. He won the 500-meter speed skate,✅but he lost in two other events❌he entered.

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07 May 2024 14:19

5️⃣ Because of his diet, he grabbed nothing at all from the dessert buffet.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is(are) < ... at all ... > .
TIP: Nothing means "not anything or not at all", so the phrase at all is repetitive.

☑️ Because of his diet, he grabbed nothing at all from the dessert buffet.

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07 May 2024 14:19

3️⃣ They hoped their child's new love for reading wasn't just a passing phase.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word here is < ... passing ... > .
TIP: Passing means "lasting a short time", and a phase is "a state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes", so passing is unnecessary.

☑️ They hoped their child's new love for reading wasn't just a passing phase.

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07 May 2024 14:18

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: remove unnecessary word or set of words.

1️⃣ I wrote down ideas for the party.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... down ... > .
TIP: Both wrote and wrote down refer to the "act of having composed words on paper or a computer", so down is unnecessary.

☑️ I wrote down ideas for the party.

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06 May 2024 16:24

💪 Exercise of the Day 💪

ℹ️ Learn sport vocabulary as you do them!

Darebee

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06 May 2024 14:43

❓ ⬅️➖ died in ➖MOZART➖ Don Giovanni premiered in ➖➡️❓

1️⃣ Prague
2️⃣ 1790
3️⃣ Vienna

✅ Answer Key:

✅ Vienna ⬅️➖ died in ➖➖MOZART➖➖ Don Giovanni premiered in ➖ ➡️ Prague ✅

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06 May 2024 14:42

❓ ⬅️➖collaborated with ➖MOZART➖ influenced by ➖➡️❓

1️⃣ Da Ponte
2️⃣ Bach
3️⃣ Beethoven

✅ Answer Key:

✅ Da Ponte ⬅️➖collaborated with ➖➖MOZART➖➖ influenced by ➖➡️ Bach ✅

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06 May 2024 14:41

❓ ⬅️➖born in➖MOZART➖performed in➖➡️❓

1️⃣ Russia
2️⃣ 1756
3️⃣ Paris

✅ Answer Key:

✅ 1756 ⬅️➖born in➖➖MOZART➖➖performed in➖➡️ Paris ✅