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Try this variation-
Prepare sentences which have as many letters in each word as there are words in that sentence.
Examples:
- Go in.
- You are out.
- Come here soon, dear.
- Bring those seven shiny belts.
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Solution
- He is.
- She can run.
- They will play ball.
- Water flows clear through rivers.
- Bright stars twinkle during night hours.
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