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Needed words and extra words

10 sentences · Find the extra words, Find the phrase the verb needs

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A verb needs some words: Dad put the cup on the table. Other words are extra, and the sentence works without them: in the morning.

  1. Example 1Find the extra words. The sentence still works without them.

    The waiters will carry the girl's box easily on Friday.

    The waiters will carry the girl's box easily on Friday.

1 / 10 L22Find the extra words. The sentence still works without them.

The girl dances well.

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Example · Find the extra words. The sentence still works without them.The waiters will carry the girl's box easily on Friday.
  1. Find the extra words. The sentence still works without them.The girl dances well.
  2. Find the extra words. The sentence still works without them.Ben found the starfish easily.
  3. Find the extra words. The sentence still works without them.The zebras eat grass hungrily.
  4. Find the extra words. The sentence still works without them.I will pat the girl's puppy softly.
  5. Find the extra words. The sentence still works without them.The oxen will pull the farmer's carts slowly.
  6. Find the phrase the verb needs. The sentence does not work without it.Dad put the coat on a chair on Friday.
  7. Find the phrase the verb needs. The sentence does not work without it.Ben went to school in the morning.
  8. Find the phrase the verb needs. The sentence does not work without it.The waiter handed a menu to Dad at three.
  9. Find the phrase the verb needs. The sentence does not work without it.The boys went to school at eight.
  10. Find the phrase the verb needs. The sentence does not work without it.I put the sandwich in the basket on Monday.
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Needed words and extra words · answer key

  1. well
  2. easily
  3. hungrily
  4. softly
  5. slowly
  6. on a chair
  7. to school
  8. to Dad
  9. to school
  10. in the basket
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