PAST SIMPLE & PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
SYNONYMS
COMMAS & CAPITALIZATION
PREFIXES & SUFFIXES
ADVERBS & ADJECTIVES
100

The verb go is irregular in the past tense. Go becomes _______.

What is went?

100

The 7 letter word means apply to or relate to something.

p_______

What is pertain?

100

The comma is used whenever there is a _____ in a sentence.

What is a pause?

100

Prefixes are letters added to the beginning of words to change their meaning. For example, the prefix that means "heart" is:
c____

What is cardio?
100
Adverbs describe verbs/actions. They will often describe how something is/was done, when something happened, and where. Identify the adverb below.


The timid man drove slowly along the icy roads.

What is slowly?

200

Shawn _______ (ride; past simple) his motorcycle wrecklessly yesterday. 

What is rode?

200

This 7 letter word means to eliminate or get rid of entirely.

a______ 

What is abolish?

200

Place capitals where they belong:

queen elizabeth was born on april 21st, 1926 in london, england.

What is
Queen Elizabeth was born on April 21st, 1926 in London, England.?

200

Suffixes are letters added to the end of words to change their meaning. For example, the suffix that means "able to" combined with the word "understand" is:

What is understandable?

200

Identify the adverb below:

New plants must be watered daily.

What is daily?
300

He ______ (throw; past simple) a 90mph fastball that nearly broke the hitter's bat.

What is threw?

300

This 9 letter word means unwilling to or hesitant to do something.

r_________

What is reluctant?

300

A comma is missing in this sentence. Which word does it follow?

The classes were on Tuesdays her swimming-practice nights.

What is after Tuesdays?


The classes were on Tuesdays, her swimming-practice nights.

300

This 2 letter suffix means "pertaining to" or "belonging to" and can be used with:
1. music + _ _ = ___________
(pertaining/belonging to music)
2. instrument + _ _= __________ (pertaining to instruments)

What is -al?

300

An adverb describes the action/verb. An adjective describes a _________ which is a person, place, thing, or idea.

What is noun?

400

I was _________ (teach) how to write a descriptive paragraph. I have _________ (write) a few paragraphs this week for practice.

What is taught & written?

400

This 7 letter verb means to obtain or get something.

a_________

What is acquire?

400

In the phrase below, these two words should be capitalized.

Michael J. Fox has parkinson's disease and has created the foundation: Michael J. Fox foundation.


What are Parkinson's and Foundation?

400

The suffix -ful, -ous & -____ (4 letters) means possessing or "full of". For example:

beauty + -ful = beautiful (full or beauty)
glory + -____ = _______ (full of glory)
wonder + -ous = wondrous (full of wonder)

What are -ious & glorious?

400

Identify all the adverbs:

His dreaded interview lasted longer than expected. Casey, a normally bold and unbothered man, was sweating through his shirt and trembling nervously.

What is: longer, normally bold, through (his shirt) nervously.

500

Complete the sentence with the present perfect (have/has + past participle)
He ______ (have) _______ (drink) too much coffee.

What is "has drunk"?

500

This 8 letter word means to enroll or sign up for something.

r____________

What is register?
500

A comma and some capital letters are missing from the sentence below:

I love german cars especially mercedes-benz.

What is I love German cars, especially Mercedes-Benz?

500

The most common negative prefixes are non-, un-, mis-, ir-, im-, in- and il-. They are mean "not" or "no".

What are the negative forms of the following adjectives:
1. spelled
2. appropriate
3. literate

What are misspelled, inappropriate and illterate?

500

Identify all the adjectives:

His dreaded interview lasted longer than expected. Casey, a normally bold and unbothered man, was sweating through his shirt and trembling nervously

What are: dreaded, bold, and unbothered.

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