Speakin Speech
What is a verb?
An action.
What is the first memory Jonas recieves?
The sled
Fix this sentence: "She runned fast to catch the bus."
She ran fast to catch the bus.
Define the bolded word:
"I wasn't permitted to share the books with my spouse, that's correct. And there are other difficulties, too." (Lowry, 129)
Allowed
What force pulls objects toward Earth?
Gravity
What is a proper noun?
A name.
The sled accident
Fix this sentence: "i dont have no homework today"
I don't have any homework today
or
I don't have homework today
Define the bolded word:
"My job is important and has enormous honor. But that does not mean I am perfect, and when I tried before to train a successor, I failed." (Lowry, 97)
A person or thing that comes after another.
What war ended slavery in the U.S.?
The Civil War
Identify the adverb.
"He ran through the park quickly."
Quickly
What is the memory Jonas gives Gabriel to go to sleep?
The sailboat
Fix this sentence: "Because I was tired. I went to bed early."
Because I was tired, I went to bed early.
or
I went to bed early because I was tired.
"Even trained for years as they all had been in precision of language, what words could you use which would give another the experience of sunshine?" (Lowry, 113)
To be exact and accurate.
What country is the Statue of Liberty from?
France
Identify the conjunction:
"I wanted to go to the park, but it was raining,"
But
The Giver gives Jonas the memory of hunters. What animal are they hunting?
Elephants
Fix this run-on sentence: "I went to the park I played soccer."
I went to the park and I played soccer.
or
I went to the park. I played soccer.
"He sat there for a moment, panting, holding the rope in his cold hands. Tentatively he opened his eyes-not his snow-hill-sled eyes, for they had been open throughout the strange ride." (Lowry, 104)
Hesitant, unsure
Name 3 continents
North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Antartica, Oceania
"The tree stretched its roots into the earth." This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification
Why does the Giver give Jonas the memory of starvation?
The Community wanted birthmothers to have more babies.
Fix this sentence: "there going too the store later."
They're going to the store later.
Define the bolded word:
"Our people made that choice, the choice to go back to Sameness...We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with differences." (Lowry, 120)
To give up something
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile