The signs of spring are everywhere. Tree branches, long barren over the dark dreary days of winter, have sprouted green everywhere. My neighbors, who maybe had a view of my activities through the bare trees, now have their views blocked. Interior living and thinking turns more and more to the outdoors and social events. I already smell barbecues in the backyard. My gardener is gearing up for lots of work and plenty of billed charges. The tulips in my yard are beginning to show their gentle faces filled with color to the world in spring.
Too bad, though, about those nasty trees. Without regard for the humans who live, work, and play all around them, they spew "pollen" into the air. While the buds and leaves fill out, the trees continue to emit their nasty dust. Worst of all, that dust is aimed at those sensitive allergy sufferers like me, causing weeks of red eyes and flu like symptoms. Maybe we should just have plenty of palm trees, or giant cacti that never bloom. Oh! how I miss those clear, crisp, cold days of winter.
Vocabulary:
1. barren (adjective) - devoid of life
2. sprouted (verb) - began to grow
3. regard (adjective) - the ability to care
4. spew (verb) - gush out
5. buds (noun) - initial growth
6. symptoms (noun) - ill effects
Practice:
1. The surface of the moon appeared _____________.
2. After the first rain, the seeds all ______________.
3. The children show __________ for protecting the environment.
4. The smokestacks continuously ________ black smoke in the air.
5. The little flower ________ showed a tinge of color to come.
6. The school nurse carefully checked each child for _________ of the disease.
Grammar point:
It is important to maintain the correct "verb" tense. If you are writing about something that happened in the past, the verbs in the writing must also be written using the past tense.
Too bad, though, about those nasty trees. Without regard for the humans who live, work, and play all around them, they spew "pollen" into the air. While the buds and leaves fill out, the trees continue to emit their nasty dust. Worst of all, that dust is aimed at those sensitive allergy sufferers like me, causing weeks of red eyes and flu like symptoms. Maybe we should just have plenty of palm trees, or giant cacti that never bloom. Oh! how I miss those clear, crisp, cold days of winter.
Vocabulary:
1. barren (adjective) - devoid of life
2. sprouted (verb) - began to grow
3. regard (adjective) - the ability to care
4. spew (verb) - gush out
5. buds (noun) - initial growth
6. symptoms (noun) - ill effects
Practice:
1. The surface of the moon appeared _____________.
2. After the first rain, the seeds all ______________.
3. The children show __________ for protecting the environment.
4. The smokestacks continuously ________ black smoke in the air.
5. The little flower ________ showed a tinge of color to come.
6. The school nurse carefully checked each child for _________ of the disease.
Grammar point:
It is important to maintain the correct "verb" tense. If you are writing about something that happened in the past, the verbs in the writing must also be written using the past tense.
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