Teaching page · Grade 3 · Lesson 27
Key verbs — bring the words back
You have met these words and used them. Now you choose between them.
The words
predict
say what will happen
Watch how it is built
1record means about the same as write down.
Record the temperature each morning.
2measure means about the same as find how much.
Measure the water in the cup.
3predict means about the same as say what will happen.
Predict which seed grows first.
Two ways to say it
✗ Record the temperature each morning. — this is not wrong, but it is everyday talk.
✓ Record the temperature each morning. — this is how a writer says it.
Ask yourself: “Which of these two is closer to what I mean?”
Remember
Verbs carry the sentence.
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