Vocabulary
Guess the word using the following clues:
*not ideas
*sensible
*realistic
*real situations
practical
What's John's fault?
a. mean to animals
b. rude to parents
c. likes to pull girls' hair
d. obsessed with candy
d. obsessed with candy
PREFIX
"--can't you at least get it into your head that you make your mother very unhappy when you eat so much candy that you can't eat anything else?”
What is the prefix word in it?
unhappy
Guess the word using the following clues:
*hungry
*quickly
*strong emotion
*great interests
devour
Bonus: Repeat the following tongue twister twice ^^:
Can you can a canned can into an un-canned can like a canner can can a canned can into an un-canned can?
How does John get the power to change everything he tastes into chocolate?
a. A gold coin
b. The store keeper
c. A tiny piece of plain chocolate
d. Toothpaste
c. A tiny piece of plain chocolate
Bonus: You can pick another student to choose the next question. ^^
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
"He had one bad fault: he was a pig about candy."
What is the type of figurative language used in the sentence.
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. personification
a. metaphor
Guess the word using the following clues:
*verb
*not approve
*speaking angrily
*blame
reprove
“John had a feeling that he’d had enough chocolate for a while. He was getting a bit thirsty.”
After reading these lines, you can predict that:
a. John is happy everything tastes like chocolate.
b. John might start to get tired of everything tasting like chocolate
c. John wants everything to taste like chocolate forever
b. John might start to get tired of everything tasting like chocolate
PART OF SPEECH
"…when his eye was suddenly caught by a dully gleaming, silvery gray coin lying right in the path."
Which part of speech is dully as used above?
a) adjective
b) noun
c) verb
a) adjective
Guess the word using the following clues:
*fall
*become less
*politely refuse
*reduce
decline
Bonus: Let's do a round of the "Category" game ^^
(Rule: You can name a category, and others has to name a word that fits in that category.)
All of the following are problems John is having EXCEPT:
a. He is getting very thirsty.
b. He is nervous his mom will be mad about his missing gloves
c. He didn’t do well on his math test.
d. He has a lot of homework that night.
d. He has a lot of homework that night.
PREFIX
“When Mrs. Midas rejoined Mr. Midas in the living room, she said, ‘I’ve never know John to be so good about going to bed before.’”
What does the prefix "rejoin" mean?
to do again; do over
Bonus: Can you do the same as Michelle? ^^