Directions:  Use the following words to fill in the blanks:

ceiling         couches         mermaid         octopuses         papyrus        reeds       

trailed

1. The main hall had a large opening in the _________.

2. Jack _________ behind Annie.

3. The villa had three sloping _________ around the table.

4. The pond had a fountain with a _________ on it.

5. Romans used pens made of small _________.

6. Their ink came partly from the black ink of _________.

7. Romans wrote their books on scrolls of _________ paper.



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Chapter 5

1. The main hall had a large opening in the ceiling.

2. Jack trailed behind Annie.

3. The villa had three sloping couches around the table.

4. The pond had a fountain with a mermaid on it.

5. Romans used pens made of small reeds.

6. Their ink came partly from the black ink of octopuses.

7. Romans wrote their books on scrolls of papyrus paper.

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