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Joke # 2: Answer Key for Level 1
plus Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives are in green; adverbs in blue.In subsequent levels, both will be in gray unless they are in prepositional phrases, in which case they will revert to purple..Conjunctions which coordinate adjectives or adverbs are colored brown and counted as words analyzed.
 

     A home-economics teacher was trying to encourage her 

third-graders to try new foods. The teacher had a piece {of 

venison,} which she cut up[Note]{into little squares.} She placed 

the pieces {on spoons} and gave them {to each} {of the

children.}

     "Now, boys and girls, the game we're going to play today

is to taste this new food, and to guess the name {of the

animal} {from which} this meat came," the teacher said. 

"I'll give you a hint -- it's a name that sometimesyour

mommy calls your daddy when he comes home {from the

office."} 

     There was a long pause. Finally a youngster {in the

back} exclaimed, "Don't eat it!"
 

Executive SpeechWriter Newsletter, 
in Readers Digest, Feb, 93. 57.


 
Progress:
Total Words = 111 Words %
L1: In Prep Phrases  23  21
L1: + Adj & Adverbs 24 42

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