Identify the noun: Word histories, or etymologies, show how meanings change.

• show

• etymologies

• change

• or

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the verb: Sometimes a word's meaning changes gradually.

• sometimes

• meaning

• changes

• gradually

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Identify the adverb: Nice originally meant "frivolous" or "ignorant."

• nice

• originally

• meant

• or

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Identify the noun: In the thirteenth century, nice meant "foolish."

• In

• nice

• meant

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Identify the adjective: Later, a shy person was called nice.

• Later

• shy

• person

• was called

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

Identify the preposition: During the 1700s, the word nice started to mean "agreeable."

• during

• 1700s

• word

• started

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the adjective: "Nice guys finish last," claimed baseball manager Leo Durocher.

• Nice

• guys

• finish

• claimed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Identify the pronoun: Would you be pleased or insulted if someone called you nice?

• pleased

• or

• insulted

• someone

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Identify the noun: Nice, wonderful, and great are used so often that they are tired words.

• and

• are used

• they

• words

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Identify the verb: You should try to avoid tired words when you write.

• You

• should try

• to

• tired

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B