Wordplay Practice

I sometimes eat gum off of sidewalks when people aren't watching.

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CCSS.L.2.4D

A deflated tire rolled across the sidewalk, and a broken bottle clinked against an overturned trash can.

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CCSS.L.2.4D

A venomous butterfly fluttered onto the nose of a rhino; the rhino didn't stand a chance.

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CCSS.L.2.4D

After the aliens experimented on the cat, it could shoot lasers out of its eyes and rainbows out of its mouth; consequently, Chester was the most fearsome cat on the block.

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CCSS.L.2.4D

I don't like pineapple on pizza even though some people claim it is tasty.

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CCSS.L.2.4D

You should be careful when you walk down the hallway.

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CCSS.L.2.4D

Mr. Chumbly, a platinum belt ninja hamster, crept stealthily into the alley past the overturned dumpster, searching for his nemesis, the sinister squirrel named Dr. Nibbles.

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CCSS.L.2.4D

The rabbit sat on his hill scratching his ear.

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CCSS.L.2.4D

Looking past the horizon, the gopher sighed with content.

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CCSS.L.2.4D

The deer leaped over the fence, darted under the tree, and dashed through the bushes, disappearing in a flash.

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CCSS.L.2.4D