Problem: In a far away land known as Board, there was a great man named Pawn. This was a very odd land because the only thing to do was play chess. Pawn did not very much care for chess as he was very bored with it. Another problem Pawn had was that he didn't like some of the other people in this land. They had names like Bishop, Queen, Rook, and Knight. And most of all, there was King. He was the greatest person in Board. One day, during their normal battle, Pawn saw an opening to move to the far end of Board. He almost got hurt by Knight but he got away. Amazingly, when he got to the other end he became as powerful as Queen. With this amazing power, Pawn chose to help keep King safe. All was well until Pawn woke up and knew that it was only a dream. He was still Pawn.
1. what was the place called?
2. was there a lot to do there?
3. what could you do there?
4. who was the best guy in the place?
5. where there other there?
6. who?
7. anyone else?
8. who?
9. who was he?
10. did the care for the other?
11. who did he dislike?
12. did he get injured?
13. why not?
14. did he transform?
15. into what
16. what did he do then?
17. then what happened?
18. did any of this really happen?
19. why not?
Answer: 1. Board
2. no
3. play chess
4. King
5. They had names like Bishop, Queen, Rook, and Knight
6. Bishop, Queen, Rook, and Knight
7. Yes
8. Pawn
9. a great man
10. no
11. Bishop, Queen, Rook, and Knight
12. no
13. he got away
14. yes
15. he became as powerful as Queen
16. keep King safe
17. he woke up
18. no
19. it was a dream

Q: Bacteria (i/bktri/; singular: bacterium) constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a number of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals. Bacteria were among the first life forms to appear on Earth, and are present in most of its habitats. Bacteria inhabit soil, water, acidic hot springs, radioactive waste, and the deep portions of Earth's crust. Bacteria also live in symbiotic and parasitic relationships with plants and animals. They are also known to have flourished in manned spacecraft.

There are typically 40 million bacterial cells in a gram of soil and a million bacterial cells in a millilitre of fresh water. There are approximately 51030 bacteria on Earth, forming a biomass which exceeds that of all plants and animals. Bacteria are vital in recycling nutrients, with many of the stages in nutrient cycles dependent on these organisms, such as the fixation of nitrogen from the atmosphere and putrefaction. In the biological communities surrounding hydrothermal vents and cold seeps, bacteria provide the nutrients needed to sustain life by converting dissolved compounds, such as hydrogen sulphide and methane, to energy. On 17 March 2013, researchers reported data that suggested bacterial life forms thrive in the Mariana Trench, which with a depth of up to 11 kilometres is the deepest part of the Earth's oceans. Other researchers reported related studies that microbes thrive inside rocks up to 580 metres below the sea floor under 2.6 kilometres of ocean off the coast of the northwestern United States. According to one of the researchers, "You can find microbes everywhere they're extremely adaptable to conditions, and survive wherever they are."

Answer the following questions:
1. What is the singular tense of bacteria?
2. What does it constitute?
3. How many cells are in a gram of soil?
4. and in a millitre of fresh water?
5. Do they have different shapes?
6. what kind?
7. Can you find it most places?
8. like what?
9. anywhere else?
10. anywhere else?
11. HAve they been around a while?
12. What happened in 2013?
13. what was the depth?
14. Is that a shallow part?
15. what is it?
16. Where else can they thrive?
17. where are they?
18. What are bacteria vital in?
19. What is dependent on bacteria?
20. such as?
A: 1. bacterium
2. a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms
3. 40 million
4. a million
5. yes
6. spheres to rods and spirals
7. yes
8. soil, water, acidic hot springs, radioactive waste, and the deep portions of Earth's crust.
9. symbiotic and parasitic relationships with plants and animals.
10. in manned spacecraft.
11. among the first life forms to appear on Earth
12.
esearchers reported data that suggested bacterial life forms thrive in the Mariana Trench
13. up to 11 kilometres
14. no
15. the deepest part of the Earth's oceans.
16. inside rocks
17. 580 metres below the sea floor under 2.6 kilometres of ocean
18. recycling nutrients,
19. stages in nutrient cycles
20. the fixation of nitrogen from the atmosphere and putrefaction

Problem: Once upon a time there was a little elf named Boo. Boo longed for a goldfish more than anything in the world, so he begged and begged his parents for one. Finally, his parents told him that he could have a goldfish if he found it himself. With that, Boo set out to look for a goldfish. First he looked under his pillow. No goldfish there. Then he looked in the fridge. No goldfish their either. Frustrated, he went to his friend Miles. Miles was an alligator. Boo asked Miles, "Miles, where could I find a goldfish?"

Miles thought long and hard. Then he thought some more. He thought even more after that. At long last, Miles spoke. "I have an idea," he said, "but you must do a few things for me first. First you must clap for me."

Boo clapped many times. "Now," spoke Miles, "You must chirp like a young bird." Boo chirped happily.

"Last," said Miles, "You must fold my laundry. It is behind the wood pile." Boo quickly set to work folding the laundry. When he was all done he returned to Miles.

"Miles," he asked, "Where can I find a goldfish?"

Miles smiled as he spoke, "Fish swim, yes? Look in a place with water."

Boo quickly returned home and began his hunt. First he looked in his drink cup. No goldfish there. Then he looked in the toilet. What he saw in the toilet surprised him. There was a goldfish swimming in the toilet! As it turned out, it was a very special goldfish. The fish was a funny color. It wasn't red. It wasn't orange. It wasn't green. It was blue! Boo named his goldfish Apple Cracker and they quickly became friends.
1. What was the elf's name?
2. What size was he?
3. What did he ask his parents for?
4. Where did he look first?
5. Did he find one there?
6. Did he find one in the next spot?
7. And where was that?
8. Did he ask for help?
9. Who?
10. What kind of creature was he?
11. What did Miles ask Boo to do first?
12. And second?
13. like what?
14. What was his last task?
15. where was it?
16. Did Boo complete his tasks?
17. What advice did he receive from Miles?
18. Where did Boo finally find his fish?
19. What color was it?
Answer:
1. Boo
2. little
3. his parents
4. under his pillow
5. No
6. No
7. the fridge
8. yes
9. Miles
10. an alligator
11. clap
12. chirp
13. a young bird
14. fold his laundry
15. behind the wood pile
16. yes
17. Look in water
18. in the toilet
19. blue