Changing story time up this time. I will provide the story and you will choose the words to fill in, using the words and word elements from chapter 9-12. Submit the completed story in the text box below. I will not open file attachments. Once posted you will be able to see others stories and will be able to read and comment/ like others if you choose.
Fill in the blanks with your choice of word to go along with the story.
The Story of Elmo Strange
Elmo Strange was a ________ little old man who owned a sock factory. He lived__________ the small town of Yorkshire. The only problem that Elmo had was that he had an__________ opinion of himself.
Elmo’s employees felt that he had a cold _______________ when it came to paying them or giving them raises. He expected his employees to keep an accurate _______________ of every sock made or discarded. Elmo refused to raise the salaries of his employees, which were already low. When he said “NO,� he expected not a_________________ to be uttered by anyone! It was enough to cause the employees to have spasms of the ______________. After all, it took a lot of________________ to run the machines that knitted the socks. The working hours were so long that the employees complained of _____________ and __________ of the feet from standing on the cement floor so long.
One day during an _________________ storm, Elmo’s sock factory caught on fire! Elmo experienced __________________ , ________________ , and ________________ when he thought he might lose everything! Thanks to the quick actions of his employees, the fire was quickly extinguished. They saved the sock factory!
Elmo’s ________________ disappeared. He was so happy to have his factory saved. He was so pleased with his employees that he gave everyone a very big raise! The employees were thrilled! They then realized that Elmo Strange had a warm ________________ after all!
Here is a list of words/ elements to choose from:
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1. agglutin/o |
1. angi/o |
1. alveol/o |
1. amyl/o |
1. hepat/o |
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2. aniso- |
2. aneurysm/o |
2. bronch/o |
2. appendic/o, append/o |
2. ile/o |
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3. bas/o |
3. arter/o |
3. epiglott/o |
3. bil/i |
3. jejun/o |
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4. blast/o, -blast |
4. arteri/o |
4. laryng/o |
4. bucc/o |
4. lapar/o |
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5. chrom/o |
5. arteriol/o |
5. nas/o |
5. cec/o |
5. lingu/o |
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6. coagul/o |
6. ather/o |
6. orth/o |
6. cheil/o |
6. lip/o |
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7. cyt/o |
7. cardi/o, card/o |
7. pector/o |
7. chol/e |
7. lith/o |
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8. -emia |
8. coron/o |
8. pharyng/o |
8. col/o |
8. -lysis |
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9. eosin/o |
9. ech/o |
9. phren/o |
9. colon/o |
9. mandibul/o |
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10. erythr/o |
10. electr/o |
10. pleur/o |
10. dent/o |
10. odont/o, dent/o |
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11. -globin |
11. megal/o |
11. pne/o |
11. cholecyst/o |
11. or/o |
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12. hem/o |
12. endo- |
12. pneum/o |
12. duoden/o |
12. rect/o |
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13. hemat/o |
13. ox/o |
13. pneumon/o |
13. -ectasia |
13. peritone/o |
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14. kary/o |
14. my/o |
14. pulmon/o |
14. -emesis |
14. -pepsia |
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15. morph/o |
15. ventricul/o |
15. rhin/o |
15. enter/o |
15. sial/o |
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16. phag/o, -phage |
16. -gram |
16. sinus/o |
16. esophag/o |
16. sigmoid/o |
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17. poikil/o |
17. -emia |
17. thorac/o |
17. gastr/o |
17. steat/o |
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18. sider/o |
18. -itis |
18. trache/o |
18. gingiv/o |
18. stomat/o |
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19. spher/o |
19. -osis |
19. -scope |
19. gloss/o |
19. -tresia |
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20. thromb/o |
20. bronchiol/o |
20. gluc/o, glyc/o |
20. -tripsy |