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English Skills with Readings 9th Edition by John Langan, Zoe Albright
Edition 9ISBN: 0073384100English Skills with Readings 9th Edition by John Langan, Zoe Albright
Edition 9ISBN: 0073384100This activity will sharpen your sense of the classifying process. In each of the ten groups, cross out the one item that has not been classified on the same basis as the other three. Also, indicate in the space provided the single principle of classification used for the remaining three items. Note the examples.
EXAMPLES
Water????????????Household pests
a. Cold????????????a. Mice
b. Lake????????????b. Ants
c. Hot?????????? ??c. Roaches
d. Lukewarm????????? d. Flies
Unifying principle:??????? Unifying principle:
Temperature??????????Insects
1. Eyes?????????? ??6. Wallets
?a. Blue??????????? ?a. Leather
?b. Nearsighted????????? b. Plastic
?c. Brown??????????? c. Stolen
?d. Hazel??????????? ?d. Fabric
?Unifying principle:??????? Unifying principle:
______________________??? ?______________________
2. Mattresses???????????7. Newspaper
?a. Double???????????? a. Wrapping garbage
?b. Twin????????????? b. Editorials
?c. Queen?????????????c. Making paper planes
?d. Firm????????????? d. Covering floor while painting
?Unifying principle:????????? Unifying principle:
______________________??????______________________
3. Zoo animals???????????8. Students
?a. Flamingo???????????? a. First-year
?b. Peacock???????????? b. Transfer
?c. Polar bear?????????? ? c. Junior
?d. Ostrich??????????? ? d. Sophomore
?Unifying principle: ??????? ??Unifying principle:
______________________??????______________________
4. Vacation????????????9. Exercise
?a. Summer????????????a. Running
?b. Holiday??????????? ?b. Swimming
?c. Seashore????????????c. Gymnastics
?d. Weekend??????????? d. Fatigue
?Unifying principle:?????????Unifying principle:
______________________??????______________________
5. Books?????????????10. Leftovers
?a. Novels???????????? ?a. Cold chicken
?b. Biographies?????????? ?b. Feed to dog
?c. Boring???????????? ?c. Reheat
?d. Short stories???????????d. Use in a stew
?Unifying principle:????????? Unifying principle:
______________________??????______________________
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Note: The word listed before each unifying principle is the word to be crossed out.
1.?Nearsighted
??Unifying principle:?Colors
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