Context Clues
In the sentence, "After running the marathon, Jason was exhausted," what does exhausted mean?
What is "very tired"
In writing what do nouns signify?
What are persons, places, things, or ideas
What two things do verbs show?
What are actions and state of being?
What do pronouns do?
What is take place of nouns?
What do subjects tell the reader?
What is who or what the sentence is about
What does a predicate do?
What is tells what the subject does or is?
In the sentence, "The teacher was elated when the class earned all A's on the test," what does elated mean?
What is very happy or excited
In the sentence "The dog chased the ball," what are the nouns?
What are dog and ball
In the sentence, "Liam runs every morning," what is the verb?
What is runs
In the sentence, "She went to the store," what is the pronoun?
What is she?
In the sentence, "The cat slept on the couch," what is the complete subject?
What is "The cat"
In the sentence, "The dog barked loudly," what is the complete predicate?
What is barked loudly?
"The little girl was timid, hiding behind her mother when meeting new people." Based on the sentence, what does timid mean?
What is shy or nervous
Name the two common nouns in this sentence: "Emma went to the park to fly her kite."
What are park and kite
Name the two verbs in this sentence: "Ava sings and dances at the talent show."
What are sings and dances
Name the pronoun in this sentence: "Marcus gave the book to him."
What is him
Identify the subject in this sentence: "We are going to the park after school."
What is We
Identify the simple predicate in this sentence: "My brother plays soccer every weekend."
What is "plays"
"After the storm, the street was littered with branches, leaves, and trash." What does littered mean using context clues?
What is scattered around or covered with?
What type of noun names a specific person, place, or thing and is always capitalized?
What are proper nouns
What type of verb connects the subject to a word that describes it, like the word is in the sentence: "She is happy"?
What is a linking verb
What is the pronoun in this sentence, and what noun does it replace? "The students were loud, but they calmed down."
What is they, and it replaces students
In the sentence, "My best friend loves pizza," what is the complete subject?
What is My best friend?
True or False — All predicates contains a verb.
What is true
In the sentence, "The magician tried to deceive the audience with his clever tricks," what does deceive mean?
What is to trick or fool someone?
In this sentence, which words are proper nouns? "On Saturday, Mr. Lopez went to New York."
What are Saturday, Mr. Lopez, and New York
In the sentence, "The cat leapt onto the windowsill and watched the birds," what are the two verbs?
What are lept and watched
List three pronouns you might use to talk about yourself.
What are I, me, and mine or my
True or False — The subject of a sentence can sometimes be more than one word.
What is true
In the sentence, "We went to the zoo and saw a giraffe," what is the complete predicate?
What is went to the zoo and saw a giraffe?