The Misfiled Drawer

Nelson kept the only complete file of every noun in town, and this morning one drawer was wrong. Name what turned up in it.

Descriptive adjectiveTry open, damp, or humming.Descriptive adjectiveTry enormous, sticky, or apologetic.Concrete common nounSomething you can see, hear, smell, taste, or touch: kettle, boot, accordion.Adverb (how)Try flatly, loudly, or precisely.Irregular past tense verbA past tense that does not end in -ed: threw, caught, taught.Collective nounA word that names a group of people or things: cluster, panic, committee.

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Indefinite pronounTry Nobody, Somebody, or Everybody.Coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)Try but or yet.Mild interjection (comma)Try Well, Honestly, or Look.Descriptive adjectiveTry crooked, warm, or locked.Irregular past tense verbA past tense that does not end in -ed: brought, thought, sang.Irregular past tense verbA past tense that does not end in -ed: rang, drank, sank.

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Adverb (how)Try firmly, gently, or forever.

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