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Tense consistency: abdopus octopus

3 - Whiteboard Challenges

Whiteboard Challenges

Challenge 1

Rewrite the first sentence so that the actions listed are in the past tense.

Challenge 2

Continue the second sentence, making sure that the tense is consistent.

Challenge 3

Write your own scintillating sentence about the Abdopus octopus featured in the film clip, using some of the descriptive words from the Word Wall. Make sure that the tense is consistent throughout your sentence.

Whiteboard Challenges

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1) The cameraman is looking everywhere for the octopus, but its impressive camouflage is making it hard to find.

2) Having just left the relative safety of the rock pool, …

Word Wall

Abdopus octopus marine invertebrate low tide suckers rock pool landlubber otherworldly mottled bulging lurked hauled startled crab killer