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posted by rfvv Friday, October 20, 2017 at 8:58pm.



The frog brew and brew. "Pop!" At last he died because ______________
1. he blew himself up too much.
2. he tried to make his belly bigger and bigger.
3. because he wanted to get bigger than the ox.
4. he puffed himself up too much.
5. his belly burst.
6. he wanted to be as big as the ox.
7. ____________________
[Are the clauses all suitable? Do you have some more expressions? Thank you.]
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English - Reed Friday, October 20, 2017 at 9:20pm
Did he brew or did he grow? All the clauses are suitable. Was he an animal or a pot of coffee?

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English - Writeacher Friday, October 20, 2017 at 9:31pm
Reed is right. Your first sentence should be, “The frog grew and grew.�

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English - rfvv Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 2:08am
The frog blew and blew. "Pop!" At last he died because ______________

7. ____________________ 1. he blew himself up too much.
2. he tried to make his belly bigger and bigger.
3. because he wanted to get bigger than the ox.
4. he puffed himself up too much.
5. his belly burst.
6. he wanted to be as big as the ox.
[Are the clauses all suitable? Do you have some more expressions? Thank you.]

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English - Writeacher Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 7:52am
The verbs in the sentence before #1 still need to be "grew and grew" instead of "blew and blew."
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[Thank you for your help. Would you check the folowing expressions? Please correct errors if any.]

1. he blew himself up too much.
1-2. he blew his belly up too much.
1-3. he blew up his belly too much.

2. he tried to make his belly bigger and bigger.
2-2. he tried to make his belly bigger than the ox's belly.
2-3. he tried to make his belly bigger than the ox's one.
2-4. he tried to make his belly bigger than the ox's.

3. he wanted to get bigger than the ox.

4. he puffed himself up too much.
4-2. he puffed his belly up too much.
4-3. he puffed up his belly too much.

5. his belly burst.
5-2. his belly puffed up.

6. he wanted to be as big as the ox.

1 answer

The best of these sentences are here:

1-2
2
2-2 (acceptable, but not great)
2-4
3
4
4-2
4-3
5
5-2
6
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