v. to appear falsely; to make believe; adj. make-believe; imagined as in a play
He pretended to be sleeping.
He pretended to be sleeping.
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Who pretended that Olaf was alive?
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Who pretended they were a monkey?
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Who dressed up and pretended to be a journalist in order to search for clues?
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Who pretended to be the captain?
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Who pretended to be a ghost in the Thibodeauxs' house?
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Who pretended to be Jess?
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Who pretended to be Andrew?
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Who pretended to be a Komodo Dragon?
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He pretended to be pleased and applauded decorously.
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Who put on a shark fin and pretended to be a shark to scare off the Dirty Rotten Rodents?
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His pretended indifference to criticism was annoying.
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After Ben got into a fist fight with Chip, Erica pretended to cradle his face affectionately, but what did she really do?
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When Huck pretended to be a girl, which of these did NOT give him away?
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What was following Libby when she pretended to play a flute?
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fictional; make-believe; fictional
real; actual
3 syllables
pre-tend-ed
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