Separate

Separate or seperate

This word has “a rat” in it! See it? separate. (Scary! But don’t worry. He’s just a drawing.)

Sometimes “a rat” is in a verb.

Examples:

• She spent the entire day separating the potatoes by size.
  • remember “a rat”
  • verb in the present progressive (“-ing”) form
• Trying to separate two fighting cats is not safe.
  • remember “a rat”
  • verb in the infinitive (“to separate”) form

Other times it is in an adjective.

• Their mother put them in separate rooms when they fought.
  • remember “a rat”
  • adjective modifying “rooms”
• Their teacher gave them separate assignments over the holiday, one for each day.
  • remember “a rat”
  • adjective modifying “assignments”

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