What is the difference between who's and whose?
who's is the contraction for who is (Who's [who is] there?)
whose is a possessive pronoun (Whose bag is this?)
Give the plural of deer
deer
some plurals stay the same like deer, moose, trout
What are the four principal parts of a verb?
Present tense, past participle, past tense, past participle
We learned three perfect tenses: the present perfect, past perfect, and ________ _________.
future perfect
A preposition is a word that shows _____________ in time, place, or degree.
relationships
What is the difference between persevere and perseverance?
persevere is a verb meaning to continue in spite of difficulties
perseverance is a noun meaning continued effort in spite of difficulties
Give the plural of mouse
mice
some plurals change completely like mouse->mice, goose->geese
Fill in the blank with the present tense of "to look"
I __________ at the screen.
look
Tell whether the italicized phrase is in the present perfect, past perfect, or future perfect.
By noon, the girls will have laughed a million times.
future perfect
will have and shall have are used to form the future perfect
Select the prepositions from this list:
word, letter, above, kind, to, on, jump, skate, off
above, to, on, off
The prefix sub means _____________ like in ___________, the layer of soil just beneath the surface soil or _____________, someone or something which is put in the place of another.
under or to put under
subsoil
substitute
Give the plural of cliff
cliffs
add -s to words ending in f, ff, and fe
What is the present participle of look?
(is) looking
Tell whether the italicized phrase is in the present perfect, past perfect, or future perfect.
Ms. Vander Bleek has looked at the moon many times.
present perfect
have/has are used to form the present perfect
Select the prepositions from this sentence:
I asked Santa for a new pair of shoes.
for, of
Define conscientious
careful, painstaking
Give the plural of radio
radios
add s to words ending in o
What is the past tense of look?
looked
Tell whether the italicized phrase is in the present perfect, past perfect, or future perfect.
I had arrived to school before the bell rang.
past perfect
had is used to form the past perfect
Name a preposition beginning with the letter b
before, behind, below, beneath, beside, besides, between, beyond, but, by
Define diligent
hard-working, persistent
Give the plural of echo
echoes
some words are important exceptions to the o rule, like echo, hero, veto, tomato, potato, torpedo, and mosquito
What is the past participle of look?
(has) looked
The have/has helping verbs are added to the __________ _________ of a word to form the perfect tenses.
past participle
Tell whether each word is a noun, verb, or preposition:
carrot, into, sky, under, integrity, lay, during, skip
nouns= carrot, sky, integrity
verbs= lay, skip
prepositions= into, under, during