Ms. Coleman
Crossroads Middle School
Grammar
Figurative Language
Prefixes, Roots, Suffixes
100

How many years has Ms. Coleman been teaching? 

two
100

How many grades are in Crossroads Middle School? 

3
100

What goes at the end of a sentence? 

period

100

What form of figurative language uses the words, "like" or "as"?

simile

100

What is the prefix for astronaut? 

astro

200

How old is Ms. Coleman?

23

200

Who is the Principal of this building? 

Mr. Maine

200

What is the noun in this sentence? 

"I have the best pencil sharpener ever!"

pencil sharpener

200

What form of figurative language is this sentence? 

"Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." 

Alliteration 

200

What is the suffix for happiness? 

ness

300

How many pets does Ms. Coleman have? 

4

300

What was this building before it was a middle school? 

An intermediate school

300

What should always be capitalized in a sentence? 

The first letter of a sentence and proper nouns. 

300

What form of figurative language is this sentence an example of? 

"My alarm clock screamed at me to wake up." 

Personification 

300

What does the root word, "geo" mean? 

earth

400

Where did Ms. Coleman travel to this summer? 

Universal Studios and Disney World

400

When was this school built? 

1978

400

What punctuation mark is in the word, "didn't"? 

apostrophe 

400

What is a metaphor? 

A figure of speech that compares two different things by saying one is the other. 


For example: Life is a highway 

400

What is a root word? 

The basic or main part of a word

500

What is Ms. Coleman's favorite food? 

Sushi

500

What street is Crossroads Middle School located on?

Donald Drive

500

Where should a comma be placed in this sentence? 

"I would like to but I need to finish my homework first." 

Before the but

500

What is an idiom? 

A phrase or expression where the total meaning is different from the literal meanings of the individual words. 

For example: Break a leg


500

What does the suffix, "less" mean? 

without
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