Parts of Speech
Prefix/Suffix

Reading
Language Arts
Test Taking Strategies
100

Give an example of a verb.

What is sing, dance, walk.....?

100

What does the prefix "pre" mean? 

ex. preview

What is prior to or before?

100

Some kinds of bats eat many insects. Some bats can eat up to 600 mosquitos in one hour.  Bats are helpful to the environment. They help us by eating insects.  Without bats, we would have too many insects.

What is the main idea?

a. bats are mammals

b. bats eat 600 mosquitos in an hour

c. bats eat many insects

What is C? Bats eat many insects.

100

Give an example of a simile.

Comparing two unlike things with words like or as.

100

What should you do the morning of the test?

What is "Eat a good breakfast?" 

200

Give an example of an adjective?

What is happy, bright, colorful etc."

200

What does the prefix "re" mean?

ex. rebuild

What is again? 

200

What is the main idea mean?

What is what the story is mostly about?

200

Give an example of a metaphor.

Comparing two unlike things.

200

Name on thing you should do if you don't know an answer.

* cross out any answers you can eliminate

* re-read the problem

* re-read the text

300

Give an example of a pronoun

What is I, he, she, it, etc?

300

What does the suffix "ful" mean?

ex. helpful

What is full of, or having the qualities of?

300

What is the theme of a story?

What is the overall message or lesson of the story?

300

What is personification?

What is giving non-human things, human qualities?

300

True or false:  You should be stressed out over the test.

What is false?  You should relax and try your best.

400

Give an example of a conjunction.

What is for, and, but, etc.?

400

What does the suffix "ed" mean?

ex. dropped

What is an action that already happened?

400

What is the setting of a story?

What is where and when the story takes place?

400

What is an idiom?

What is a phrase that means something different than what it says?

400

True or False: If you don't know an answer, you should skip it.

What is False?  You should eliminate any answers you can and then take an educated guess.

500

Give an example of an adverb.

What is quickly, slowly, cheerfully, etc?

500

What does the prefix "semi" mean?

What is half or partly?

500

What is the short version of the story that includes the important details?

What is the summary?

500

Give an example of onomatopoeia?

What is crash, boom, bang?

500

Name TWO things you should do the night before testing?

1. get a good night sleep

2. CHARGE YOUR CHROMEBOOK

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