Sunday, December 16, 2018

Wrapped, Rapt, Rapped


“Tommy, can you help me? I don’t understand this.”

“Sure Taibo.”

“Ok - ‘Little Jenny sat rapt in the living room.’ She sat in the living room and she was rapping?”

“No - rapt means her attention was focused on something.”

“Ok - ‘Her attention was drawn when someone rapped on the front door.’ So… her attention was on the front door?”

“No - someone knocked.”

“Uh huh… ‘Mother answered the door, allowing Father to walk in with a large package wrapped in bright paper.’ So Father knocked on the package?”

“No - the package had bright wrapping paper on it.”

“I hate English.”

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