More Writing Practice: Using a dictionary and thesaurus

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Correct the following paragraph with the correct capital letters and punctuation. Please type it out in FULL. melissa oliveira is my best friend she is 14 years old and her birthday is on 12th june. she is like my twin sister because shes only a few hours older than me. We normally celebrate our birthdays together. Melissa is brazilian from rio de janeiro. she moved to almere six years ago. She can speak perfect dutch and portuguese. i first met Melissa in primary school. she couldnt speak a word of dutch so i taught her a few words. Now she gets better grades in dutch than meWe do everything together. We love music dancing tik tok gaming and going to the movies. Our favourite film is the invisible man. i think weve watched it four times already.Right now shes teaching me portuguese. its a beautiful language but a bit complicated to learn the pronunciation is really hard. Luckily Melissa is a really patient friend and an amazing teacher which is a good thing because she wants to be a language teacher when shes older. She sweetly says to me you are my favourite student The girl was really nice to me. Vocabulary practice: Replace the underlined word ‘nice’ for another word you think will improve the sentence. Use a thesaurus for a better synonym or a dictionary for an alternative word. Jack and Mary’s house is nice. She cooked a nice meal. Peter has a nice cat called Mr. Twinkles. They have a nicegarden with nice flowers and nice trees. When I become a millionaire, I’m going to buy a nice car. Last month, my sister visited London which is a nice city. My aunt’s wedding dress was nice. Synonyms In a thesaurus look up other 5 synonyms for: BIG SMALL BEAUTIFUL ANGRY TIRED Synonyms and Antonyms In a thesaurus look up an antonym and synonym for the following words: WORD SYNONYM ANTONYM GOOD BAD LAZY HUNGRY CUTE FUN DIFFICULT The girl _. In a thesaurus, find a replacement word for “walks”. For example:a. The girl walks through the park.b. The girl runs through the park. The girl _. The girl _. The girl _. The girl _. How did you improve your learning? Was there a question you found difficult?

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