Question: Harry is a boy with a learning disability. On his fourth birthday, he was given a pug called Millie. Two weeks after the dog's arrival, he was happier and calmer and said his first words, "dog" and "mummy". Just two months later, thieves stole the dog, and now the heartbroken little boy is back to where he started. He has refused to talk since losing his best friend. His mother was worried and gave him another dog, but he just "pushed it away". Mrs Hainsworth, his mother, says, "My son is very sad. He'll go over to her cage and just beat on the bars. There is no word coming out, but you just know he's screaming 'Where is Millie' inside. Millie was really his best friend. They would play together happily for hours. None of his toys has ever held his attention that long. Now he has just completely turned quiet again. "Harry suffers from a condition which affects his ability to speak and move. But the dog's being with him achieved more in days than months of speech therapy and physiotherapy had. Mrs Hainsworth says, "My son was so happy when he saw Millie. Being with Millie changed him, and within two weeks he had said his first words and was working on saying 'dad'. Just last week, his teachers and I were saying how much Millie had helped him. And now this!" Mrs Hainsworth is considering buying another pug in the hope that her son will accept it. Maureen Hennis of the charity, Pets as Therapy, says she has seen many cases of dogs helping people with speech problems. "People may talk to a dog when they wouldn't like to talk to another human," she says. "A dog doesn't care if words come out wrong." 1. Did someone have a pet?
2. What kind?
3. What was it named?
4. Who owned it?
5. How old was he?
6. Who was his mother?
7. Did the pet affect the kid?
8. How so?
9. Did something happen to the pet?
10. What?
11. How long after they got it?
12. Was the kid happy or sad about this?
13. Is there an organization that deals with this sort of relationship?
14. Who?
15. Who is someone that works there?
16. Do they charge money for their services?
17. Did the kid get another pet?
18. Did the kid continue speaking after the pet was gone?
19. How long would the pet and the kid goof off?
20. Was he the same way with toys? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. yes
2. a pug
3. Millie
4. Harry
5. four
6. Mrs Hainsworth
7. yes
8. within two weeks he had said his first words
9. yes
10. thieves stole the dog
11. two months
12. sad
13. yes
14. Pets as Therapy
15. Maureen Hennis
16. no
17. unknown
18. yes
19. for hours.
20. No.

Question: Jon woke up knowing that today was finally the day. It was his birthday! He had been waiting for this day all year long. He was super excited to get all his presents and hoped he finally got the basketball he wanted. As he ran outside, he saw his parents weren't even awake yet! He looked at the clock and it was still only six in the morning. He tried to wake up his parents, but they told him to go back to sleep. Jon went back to his bed and laid there until it was finally time to open presents. His parents were brushing their teeth and taking a shower, so Jon waited outside where the presents were. He saw that he had three gifts from his parents waiting for him. He had really hoped there was a basketball. The first gift he opened was a new pair of pants his mom had bought for him. The second gift he opened was a picture of his favorite basketball player to hang on his wall. Jon was starting to feel nervous as there was only one gift left! He wished and wished with all his might for a basketball. The last box was a square shape. If it was a basketball, surely it would have been round! He opened the box and saw that it really was a basketball! His parents had put it in a box so it wouldn't be clear. He was so happy he hugged his parents and told them thank you. His parents brought the cake out and he ate cake, holding on to his basketball the whole time. There was pizza and ice cream and chips, but Jon was too full and wanted to play with his new ball right away! 1. Why did John want to wake up his parents early?
2. why was he receiving gifts?
3. How long had he had to wait?
4. How was he feeling?
5. What was he wanting to receive?
6. What time was it when he attempted to rouse his parents?
7. what did they tell him?
8. What was in the first present he opened?
9. who gave him those?
10. What did he open next?
11. How was he feeling after the second gift?
12. What was in the last present?
13. What had his parents done to obscure the contents of the present?
14. what did Jon do after he saw what it was?
15. What did they eat after present opening?
16. Did Jon eat any of the other food?
17. What other food was available?
18. What did he want to do after he finished? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. he wanted to open presents
2. It was his birthday
3. all year
4. excited
5. a basketball
6. six in the morning
7. to go back to sleep.
8. a pair of pants
9. his mom
10. picture of his favorite basketball player
11. nervous
12. a basketball
13. They put it in a box
14. he hugged his parents
15. cake
16. no
17. pizza and ice cream and chips
18. wanted to play with his new ball

Question: In plant taxonomy, commelinids (originally commelinoids) (plural, not capitalised) is a name used by the APG IV system for a clade within the monocots, which in its turn is a clade within the angiosperms. The commelinids are the only clade that the APG has informally named within the monocots. The remaining monocots are a paraphyletic unit. Also known as the commelinid monocots it forms one of three groupings within the monocots, and the final branch, the other two groups being the alismatid monocots and the lilioid monocots.

Members of the commelinid clade have cell walls containing UV-fluorescent ferulic acid.

The commelinids were first recognized as a formal group in 1967 by Armen Takhtajan, who named them the Commelinidae and assigned them to a subclass of the monocots. However, by the release of his 1980 system of classification, he had merged this subclass into a larger one no longer considered to be a clade.

The commelinids constitute a well-supported clade within the monocots, and this clade has been recognized in all four APG classification systems.

The commelinids of APG II (2003) and APG III (2009) contain essentially the same plants as the commelinoids of the earlier APG system (1998). In APG IV (2016) the family Dasypogonaceae is no longer directly placed under commelinids but instead a family of order Arecales. 1. what is the article about?
2. what were they originally called?
3. when were they first known?
4. by?
5. what did he call them?
6. what family is not in commelinids now?
7. under what is it?
8. did Armen subclass them?
9. what was that?
10. when did he change this?
11. what did he do then?
12. what do cell walls contain?
13. is commelinoids plural?
14. how many groupings are in the monocots?
15. are they the only clade named in the monocots?
16. what kind are the remaining?
17. does it have more groups?
18. how many?
19. what are they called?
20. what system is used in the article? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. commelinids
2. commelinoids
3. 1967
4. Armen Takhtajan
5. Commelinidae
6. Dasypogonaceae
7. order Arecales.
8. yes
9. monocots
10. 1980
11. merged this subclass into a larger one
12. UV-fluorescent ferulic acid
13. yes
14. three
15. yes
16. paraphyletic unit
17. yes
18. two
19. alismatid monocots and the lilioid monocots.
20. APG IV system