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The Line of Least Resistance

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Understand negative sentences and questions inside sentences.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

resistance
Refusing to accept something. The “line of least resistance” is the easiest way.
servant
A person who works in someone's house.
unfamiliar
Strange; not known.

Answer key

  1. The servants did not know where she was.“Where she was” is a question inside a sentence.
  2. He did not stay long in the living room.“Did not stay long” means left soon.
  3. They never seemed very interested in what he was saying.“What he was saying” is a question inside a sentence.
  4. No one in the house ever read any of the books.“No one… ever… any” are negative words used together correctly.
  5. Now the room looked cold and unfamiliar.“Unfamiliar” means strange, not known.

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