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He didn't see the stop sign and almost hit the child crossing the street.

Hi, I'm Tara. My last name is Richard. I'm eleven years old and I live in Manchester, in England. I am in Year 7. I have three big brothers and one little sister.
I have two cats, one dog and one rabbit.
I love playing football and my favourite hobby is playing video games. My favourite colour is yellow. Ma favourite food is pasta.

The two skyscrapers are connected by a walkway.

Between 1788, and the 1900s, the Australian Aboriginal population was reduced by 90%.
First of all, colonisation brought along its lot of diseases which had a horrific impact on the indigenous population. waves of epidemic diseases including smallpox, spread and annihilated many Indigenous communities. Governor Phillip reported that smallpox had killed half of the Indigenous people in the Sydney region within fourteen months of the arrival of the First Fleet.
But diseases were not the only issue that indigenous people had to face. Direct and violent conflicts between settlers and indigenous people had horrific consequences. The settlers wanted the lands so they massacred or poisoned entire clans to steal their lands.
From 1869 to the 1960s, one of the most shameful and traumatic episode of Australian history, known as the « Stolen Generation » took place. White people believed that Aboriginal people were deficient and that they needed to be « civilised ». The government forcibly took Aboriginal children from their families to educate them away from aboriginal culture and beliefs.

Ned Kelly was a criminal who killed policemen and robbed banks. However, in Australia, most people see him as a hero.
Ned Kelly is considered by many Australians as a incredibly brave man and a national hero who stood up against unfair British rule. He was considered as the defender of the poor and the oppressed. Because of that, some people refer to him as "the Australian Robin Hood. "

Ned Kelly did commit some crimes and he admitted to some of them, but some people claim that he was in fact persecuted by the police because he was poor and of Irish origins. Some of his supporters go as far as saying that he was wrongly accused of some of the crimes he is said to have committed.

As a consequence, he is often described as a rebel with a cause, a figure of rebellion against injustice and oppression. Ned Kelly was so popular that after his arrest, more than 30,000 people signed a petition to spare his life. To this day, if an Australian tells you that you are « as game as Ned Kelly », it is probably one of the best compliment you can get !

The highway runs beside the railway.

What's your favourite colour?
My favourite colour is blue.
blue
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red
pink
orange
yellow
brown
green
purple
dark blue
light blue

I rarely watch TV, since I prefer reading books, but there are a few shows that I enjoy watching. There are three shows that I love the most and they are Supernatural, Doctor Who, and Sherlock.
I started watching Supernatural, Doctor Who, and Sherlock all on my own. I look forward to these shows because they have great characters and plots. These series are amazing, and the characters arcs are always remarkably interesting. The main characters are very different, but they all have strong personalities. In my opinion, the directing in Doctor Who is perfect and the acting in Sherlock is so great.
I think these shows are fantastic because they have mystery, adventure, and monsters or aliens. Not only do these shows provide epic stories, but they also provide lessons in some ways.
TV shows, whether they're fictional, fantasy, or documentaries, can teach life lessons through the progression of the story, and through character development, just like a book can. You can even sometimes identify to a character.
Although binge watching isn't really a good thing, I do think that it can have some good effects. For some people, watching a show is like reading a book, it takes them away to another universe and lets them forget about their own problems for a while.

a funny duck
a good bull
a hot dog
a big pig
a red hen
a black cat
an American gorilla
a purple bird
a blue kangaroo
a small horse
a green seal
a dark shark
a wild tiger
a brown cow
an old goat
a fearful deer
a grey snake
a scary bear
a yellow yak
a mother hamster
a giant giraffe
a shy sheep
a Chinese cheetah
a thin panther

Level 2
F) Twelve
G) Forty-one
H) Thirty-six
I) Twenty-eight
J) Eleven