Synonyms
Give a synonym for "happy".
What is glad, cheerful, delighted, joyful, trilled?
Is "myself" considered an intensive, reflexive, or both?
It is considered both, depending on the context and word placement.
In the sentence: "The cat chased its tail," what is the antecedent of its?
What is tail?
What is the contraction for "do not"?
What is don't?
Which word is a demonstrative pronoun: "this, who, she"
What is this?
Choose the best synonym for "cold": "frigid, bright, smooth."
What is frigid?
Choose the correct reflexive pronoun: "She made ___ a sandwich." (herself or her.)
What is herself?
Identify the antecedent and pronoun: "The students turned in their homework."
What is their and homework?
Expand the contraction "they're" into two words.
What is "they are"?
Choose the correct demonstrative pronoun: "___ are my shoes over there." (this / those)
What are those?
Provide two synonyms for quick and use one in a sentence.
What is "fast and speedy."? sentences may vary.
Identify whether the underlined pronoun is reflexive or intensive: "I myself will finish the chore."
What is intensive?
Choose the correct pronoun to match the antecendent: "Every student must put ____ name on the paper." (his or her / their)
What is their?
Choose the correct contraction: "She ____ going to the game"
What is "she is or she's"?
Identify the interrogative pronoun in the question: "Which of the books is yours?"
What is which?
Find a synonym for "begin" in this sentence: "Let's begin this game."
What is "Let's start this game."?
Fix the sentence: "he dressed hisself for school."
What is "He dressed himself for school."?
Explain why pronoun-antecedent agreement is important and correct this sentence: "The teacher asked the class to hand in his homework."
What is "the class is multiple people, and so their would make more sense in the sentence; The teacher asked the class to hand in their homework."?
Write down the difference between "you're" and "your".
What is "you're is a contraction and your shows possession"?
Write a question using an interrogative pronoun to ask about a person and another asking about a thing.
What is "Who is eating all of the cookies, is it you?"
Explain why using synonyms can make writing stronger.
What is synonyms add variety to a sentence?
Write a sentence where the pronoun is reflexive.
Sentences will vary.
Use an antecedent in a sentence and underline the antecedent.
sentence will vary.
Write 2 sentences that include a contraction used properly and underline the contraction.
sentences will vary.
Create a short dialogue (3 lines) between two students that uses one demonstrative pronoun and one interrogative pronoun correctly.
Dialogue will vary.