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April Fool's Day
Combine the sentences below into one paragraph consisting
of 10 sentences.
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- 1. There is a custom.
- The custom is on April 1.
- The custom is to play jokes.
- The jokes are on other people.
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- 2. The tradition began a long time ago.
- No one knows where the tradition began.
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- 3. The custom may come from India.
- In India, people are sent on foolish errands.
- They are sent on March 31.
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- 4.The custom may come from the ancient Greeks.
- In Greece, a daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped.
- Pluto was the god of the underworld.
- Pluto kidnapped her.
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- 5. Demeter searched for her daughter.
- Her search was like a fool's errand.
- It was impossible to find Persephone.
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- 6. April fooling became popular.
- It became popular in France.
- It became popular after 1564.
- It became popular when the calendar was changed.
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- 7. In the old calendar, the year began on April 1.
- It had been common to exchange gifts on April 1.
- It had been common to visit each other on April 1.
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- 8. There was a new calendar.
- Some people began to send pretend gifts.
- Some people began to make pretend visits.
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- 9. April fooling became popular in England.
- It became popular in the eighteenth century.
- The settlers brought the custom with them to America.
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- 10. Today, children enjoy this tradition.
- The tradition is of fooling someone.
- The tradition is of playing practical jokes.
- Afterward, they say, "April Fool."
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