Combining Sentences
Combine these sentences: "Should we play baseball? Should we play football?"
Answer: Should we play baseball, or should we play football?
How does the prefix "re-" in the word "rewatch" change the meaning of the root word?
Answer: the prefix re- means "again" or "repeat", "rewatch"= watch again
What is a synonym?
Answer: 2 words that have the same meaning
What is the plot of a story?
Answer: Sequence of events or main events that happen in a story. (Includes conflict and resolution)
What change should be made in this sentence? "She readed three books yesterday."
Answer: Change readed to read
Revise these sentences by combining repeated information. "Ostriches have long legs. Ostriches can run very fast."
Answer: Ostriches have long legs and can run very fast.
What is the root word in "happiness"?
Answer: Happy
What is an antonym?
Answer: 2 words with opposite meanings
What is the theme of a story?
Answer: The message or lesson learned.
What change needs to be made to this sentence? "The car stoped at the red light."
Combine these sentences: "She studied hard. She passed the test."
Answer: She studied hard, so she passed the test.
Answer: 3; e-vent-ful
What is an antonym for happy?
Answer: Mad, sad, angry, unhappy
If a story uses words such as "he", "she", "they", what point of view is the story being told from?
Answer: 3rd-person point of view
What change should be made to this sentence? "I go to Harvey brown Elementary."
Answer: Capitalize the B in brown
Combine these sentences: "Do you want a cupcake? Do you want a cookie?"
Answer: Do you want a cupcake, or do you want a cookie?
How does the prefix un- in the word "unafraid" change the meaning of the root word?
Answer: Not; Not afraid
What is a synonym for happy?
Answer: Joyful, glad, cheerful
If a story uses words like "I", "me", "my", what point of view is the story being told from?
Answer: First-person point of view
What change needs to be made to this sentence? "It was raining outside so I needed an umbrella."
Answer: Add a comma before "so"
Combine these sentences: "It was raining. I grabbed an umbrella."
Answer: It was raining, so I grabbed an umbrella.
An example of a homophone (ex: rode & road)
Answer: night, knight; new, knew; to, two, too
What is an antonym for slow?
Answer: Fast, quick, speedy
What is author's purpose?
Answer: The reason why the author wrote a text.
What change needs to be made to this sentence? "The boy has too dogs."
Answer: Change too to two