Teaching page · Grade 2 · Lesson 16
Key verbs — bring the words back
You met these words last year. This year you use them.
The words
Watch how it is built
1explain means about the same as tell why.
Explain why the plant died.
2compare means about the same as see how alike.
Compare the two leaves.
3describe means about the same as tell about.
Describe what you saw.
Two ways to say it
✗ Explain why the plant died. — this is not wrong, but it is everyday talk.
✓ Explain why the plant died. — this is how a writer says it.
Ask yourself: “Can I say what it means without looking?”
Remember
Verbs are what the sentence does.
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