1. bumblebee – I have never gotten stung by a bumblebee before.
2. cloudburst – Today in Port McNeill we had a big cloudburst.
3. courthouse – My mom had to go to the courthouse in Port Hardy.
4. daybreak – I sometimes wake up at daybreak.
5. downhill – I usually don’t ride my bike downhill.
6. drawbridge – I wish I had a drawbridge to get into my house.
7. earthquake – I have never experienced an earthquake before.
8. elsewhere – They didn’t have chicken fingers at the restaurant, so we went elsewhere.
9. fruitcake – I do not like fruitcake and neither does my sister.
10. grapefruit – My favourite kind of fruit is grapefruit.
11. mainland – Vancouver is part of the mainland in British Columbia.
12. meanwhile – The security guard for the bank was talking to a friend, meanwhile someone robbed the bank.
13. oversight – My mom saw an oversight on my science project about panda bears.
14. pineapple – One of my favourite kinds of fruit is pineapple.
15. switchboard – For a play, I think I would want to work the switchboard.
16. throughout – Throughout the assembly, people kept constantly going to the bathroom.
17. typewriter – I think it would be hard to use a typewriter.
18. upright – My mom told me to stand in an upright position.
19. wastebasket – I have a clear coloured wastebasket in my bedroom.
20. whatever – I have a t-shirt that says whatever on it.