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Signal Words 2 (Harry Potter)
Signal
Words Exercise 2
"Signal words" give hints about what is about to
happen in what you're reading. Understanding them is a key
to comprehension. Reading and making up examples which use
them is a good way to understand them at whatever level of
abstraction astudent is prepared to comprehend.
Here's an exercise that helps build understanding of "but"
and "because."
Complete these sentences based on what you know from
reading Harry Potter (or, if you haven't read Harry Potter,
or you can't remember a detail, make something up that makes
sense!)
BUT
Harry thought he might be picked to live in Slytherin house,
but ________________________________________________
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Most of the people from Slytherin house were mean to Neville,
but ______________________________________________
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Harry thought he was in big trouble when Professor McGonagall
caught him on the broom, but _________________________
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Hermione and Ron thought Professor Snape was jinxing Harry's
broom, but _______________________________________
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Normally students were not allowed in the Forbidden Forest,
but _________________________________
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BECAUSE:
Harry was nervous about the first day of school because ____________________________________________________
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Harry did not like his Potions class because _______________________________________________
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People did not say Voldemort's name because ________________________________________________________________
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Harry did not know about being a wizard for a long time because
______________________________________________
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Harry jumped on his broom and flew after Draco Malfoy because
______________________________________________________________________________________________
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