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Week 15
A Word a Day
compete
I am going to compete in a spelling bee to
verb win a big trophy.
People who compete
take part in contests, When are you competing?
sports, or games. • when you play on a basketball team
• when you cheer for a baseball team
• when you play checkers against your mom
• when you draw a beautiful picture
• when you enter a drawing contest
In what kinds of games, sports, or contests have you
competed? Do you like to compete? Why or why not?
cluttered
The drawer is so cluttered that I can’t find
adjective a pencil.
A cluttered place
Which words describe cluttered places?
is messy and full
• clothes stuffed into a closet
of things.
• toys scattered all over a floor
• books standing side by side on a shelf
• a garage that has no room for a car because it is crammed
full of boxes and furniture
• papers kept in folders in a desk drawer
Tell about a cluttered place that you have seen.
How do you keep your bedroom from getting cluttered?
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