Mini-Mysteries Review

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Mini-Mysteries Review

• with your host Mrs. Paliotti

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Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary.

• The detective questioned the ________ who saw the
  robbery.
• witness

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• Mary used a frying pan as a _______ to hit the
  burglar on the head.
• weapon

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• The _______ for murder was obvious if Paul died,
  Peter would get all of his money.
• motive

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• Coco decided to sneak around the museum and steal
  the painting while Susie distracted the guard.
  Susie is an ________ to the crime.
• accomplice

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• The detective gathered all of the ________ and
  put the clues together to solve the mystery.
• evidence

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• Charlie did not get a good nights sleep he did
  not study for his exam, and he was not smiling
  when he came out of the exam. We can _______ that
  Charlie probably failed the exam.
• deduce

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• Mrs. Jones ________ made it impossible for her
  to be the criminal. According to Mrs. Jones, she
  was out of town when the kidnapping took place
  and her son Matthew can confirm that. The
  detective must keep looking
• alibi

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• The footprints led the police into a dark room.
  When they turned on the light, there was no one
  there. The footprints were misleading, they were
  a ___ _______ for the police! The real clue was
  somewhere else to be found!
• red herring

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What is the plural form of

• moss
• mosses
• person
• people
• life
• lives
• man
• men

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What is the plural form of

• foot
• feet
• fish
• fish
• focus
• foci
• monkey
• monkeys

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What is the plural form of

• mouse
• mice
• moose
• moose
• family
• families
• box
• boxes

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What is the plural form of

• belief
• beliefs
• phenomenon
• phenomena
• cactus
• cacti
• thesis
• theses

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• taco
• tacos
• stereo
• stereos
• hero
• heroes
• belief
• beliefs

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Capitalize and uncapitalize where needed

• johnny went to math 232 monday morning.
• Johnny, Math 232, Monday

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• Easter and christmas time are christian Holidays,
  Ramadan is a muslim holiday and hanukah is a
  Jewish tradition
• Christmas, Christian, holiday, Muslim, Hanukah

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• Can mr. di Marco please come to the Emergency
  room?
• Mr., Di, emergency

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• When i was young (Three years old), my dog ran
  away.
• I, three

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• Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall make up the four
  seasons.
• spring, summer, fall

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• I bought myself some advil for my headache. I was
  studying for my Exam on ancient egypt and I guess
  I studied too hard.
• Advil, exam, Ancient Egypt

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• I was reading this book called Once Upon A Time
  In The West and it was incredibly long. The
  setting took place in the deep South where
  cowboys and indians ruled.
• Once Upon a Time in the West, Indians

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• My couch is made out of italian leather.
• Italian

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Using Nouns as Adjectives

• Correct the statements
• Computers games are fun.
• Computer games are fun.
• My cars tires are flat.
• My car tires are flat.
• Magazine reporter have high-paying job.
• Magazine reporters have high-paying jobs.