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Thu 6 Dec, 2007 11:16 am
Hi
Please edit this passage for me. It is meant for Grade 3 students.
Thank you very much.
Frogs have long hind legs, a short body, webbed feet and protruding eyes. They do not have a tail. They can live both on land and in water. Unlike frogs, animals like dogs, deer, tigers and lion can only live on land while fish can live only in water. Animals which can live both in the water and on land are called amphibians.
Frogs are usually found near ponds. This is because they need to keep their bodies cool and wet. Frogs live through their skin. They have a long, sticky tongue, which is used to catch insects. When a fly lands on a frog's sticky tongue, it gets stuck on it. As it cannot fly away, the frog will swallow it.
Frogs have strong hind legs, which they can bend and stretch quickly. Thus they can leap very far. Frogs lay their eggs in the water. The eggs hatch into baby frogs called tadpoles. Tadpoles live in the water. Unlike frogs, they cannot live on land. When they grow bigger, their tails disappear and they become frogs.
Frogs have long hind legs, a short body, webbed feet,protruding eyes, and no tail. They can live on land and in water. Unlike frogs, animals like dogs, deer, tigers and lions can only live on land, while fish can live only in water. Animals which can live both in the water and on land are called amphibians.
Frogs are usually found near water. This is because they need to keep their bodies cool and wet. Frogs breathe through their skin. They have a long, sticky tongue, which is used to catch insects. When a fly lands on a frog's tongue, it gets stuck. Being unable to fly away, it is swallowed by the frog.
Frogs have strong hind legs, which they can bend and stretch quickly. Thus they can leap very far. Frogs lay their eggs in water. The eggs hatch into baby frogs called tadpoles. Tadpoles live in the water. Unlike frogs, they cannot live on land. When they grow bigger, their tails disappear and they become frogs.
The plural of "lion" is "lions". Ponds are man made.
Hi Contrex
Many thanks for editing the passage for me. I appreciate it very much.
The plural of "lion" is "lions". (This is a careless mistake.)
Ponds are man made. (Thanks for changing 'ponds' to 'water'. I agree that it should be water.)
Best wishes.
I wondered, when you wrote "lion", if you were aware of a specialised UK English usage. People who hunt animals for "game", i.e. partridge, hare, pheasant, deer, or "big game", mainly lion I think, refer to multiple quantities using the singular form. For example they will talk of "a brace of" (two) or three (or whatever) partridge, hare, etc, and they will say "I bagged three lion while I was in Africa".
Thanks, Contrex.
I'm not aware of 'I bagged three lion while I was in Africa.' I would have thought that it was an error and that it should be 'lions'.
Yoong Liat wrote:I'm not aware of 'I bagged three lion while I was in Africa.' I would have thought that it was an error and that it should be 'lions'.
With some animals it applies to them only when considered as game
Lions are unique in that they are the only cats to live in groups.
I shot three lion last month in Kenya.
However the plural of "deer" is always "deer" and the plural of "moose" is always "moose".
Hi Contrex
Lions are unique in that they are the only cats to live in groups.
Thanks for the information. I didn't know that lions are the only cats that live in groups.
Regards
Yoong Liat wrote:Hi Contrex
Lions are unique in that they are the only cats to live in groups.
Thanks for the information. I didn't know that lions are the only cats that live in groups.
Regards
I found it via Google - it wasn't meant as information - I don't even know if it is true - I used it as an example of one of the two different possible plurals of "lion".
Beg to differ on "pond". Not necessarily manmade. Merely a body of water smaller than a lake. Both I would think are usually freshwater, as opposed to salt. Around here we have "woodland ponds" and "vernal ponds" (seasonal ponds formed from snowmelt confined in a natural depression, often very small), both of which are natural. And I believe frogs are mainly freshwater creatures too.
Maybe expand the tadpole bit--from your description one would expect them to look like a small frog, and of course they don't. And I believe they can't breathe air. Maybe note that frogs are air-breathers too, as opposed to gill-breathing fish.
Flies don't usually "land on" frogs' tongues. Frogs shoot their tongues out to catch the flies. The catch is at the frog's volition, not the fly's.
Consider interchanging your second and your third sentences.
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