Common Core · English Language Arts
L.2.5b
Grade 2 · Language
Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).
- Official code
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.5b
- Short code
- L.2.5b
- Subject
- English Language Arts
- Grade
- Grade 2
- Domain
- Language
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