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Tell Me Something GoodDo you spend too much time thinking about the things that are going wrong in your life?
Take a look at this list and see if you can find some good! Sometimes, being happy for others is OK. The world is not all about us!
Check out this page for the list we compile each day. It is on my website www.mrboz.com .
Here are the sentences we studied today.
Lesson 8:
Indefinite-Pronoun Agreement
Copy these
sentences:
· Everyone added his or her favorite
item to the capsule.
· One of the girls put her soccer ball
in the box.
· Many contributed their favorite CDs
or video games.
· Few realized that their electronics
may become completely outdated.
· Some of the time capsule looks like
it is very old.
· Some of the time capsules list their
contents outside.
Ex. A page
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1.
Everyone
likes to think that (he or she, they) will leave a mark on the world.
2.
We
all want to create something, and we hope (it, they) will outlive us.
3.
Some
take an unusual approach; for (him or her, them), a time capsule is the answer.
4.
Anyone
who assembles a time capsule hopes that (he or she, they) can send a message to
the future.
5.
Each
of the people who planned the time capsule at the New York World’s Fair in 1939
had (his or her, their) opinion about what should go in it.
6.
What
did all of those experts finally agree on?
(He or she, They) put nineteen items in the capsule.
7.
Most
of the items would be familiar to us today.
(They, IT) included an alarm clock, a safety pin, and a dollar bill.
8.
However,
none of the people knew at the time that (his or her, their) slide rules would
become outdated in just a few decades.
9.
One
of California’s tar pits acts as a time capsule because (it, they) contains
people’s throwaways.
10.
Although
time capsules often remain sealed for decades, few are meant to keep (their,
its) treasures hidden for as long as the Crypt of Civilization. Completed in 1940, it is meant to last until
the year 8113!
