ELA parts of speech
What is a noun?
a person, place or thing
Bonus: name a noun
What is this :
Colon, it's used when creating a list,
"Mrs. Quarls goes to the story and needs to buy: bread, cheese, turkey, and lettuce."
What is wrong with this sentence?
james and maggie brang a bag of popcorn to the picnic
James and Maggie brought a bag of popcorn to the picnic.
What does the prefix re- mean?
Again
How many sentences should be in a paragraph?
3-5 sentences
What is the adjective in the following sentence?
Mrs. Randenburg screamed in excitement when she saw the cute kitten.
cute
Fact or opinion: "Green beans are gross and taste like boogers."
Opinion
An interrogative sentence ends with a...
Question Mark
??????
What does the prefix un- mean?
not
Give three out of five different text structures a text can be written in.
Description (main idea), Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, Chronological (sequence/time order), Cause and Effect
What is the verb in this sentence:
Deputy Loney ran after the hairy dog.
ran
What does the idiom "she was driving me up the wall" mean?
She was making me crazy OR she was annoying.
Find the 4 problems with this sentence:
without her lunch Emma were very hungry
Without her lunch, Emma was very hungry.
Capital, Comma, Tense, Period
What is the root word in the word "breakable".
break
Third-person point of view will typically have these words in it.
Words like he, she, they, them
What is a simile?
Comparing two different things that are not alike using like or as.
My mom terminated my phone contract because I was not responsible. What is a synonym for terminated?
a. paid b. stopped c. grew
stopped
What is wrong with this sentence?
how do we take a test without letrs or numbers!
How do we take a test without letters or numbers?
Capital, spelling, punctuation
What does the suffix -ing mean?
something being done
A first-person narrator uses the words "I, me, we, our, theirs".
True or False?
True!
What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?
Cheryl celebrated her birthday with a cake on the table.
What can we infer from this sentence?
Suzi walked quickly down the street, gripping her umbrella tightly.
It is raining.
What type of sentence is shown below?
Sally baked a batch of cupcakes for Jack.
A. Interrogative
B. Declarative
C. Exclamatory
B. Declarative
What does the word 'react' mean?
Act again
What figurative language is used here?
Cause and Effect
Give two examples of a conjunction.
for, and, but, so, etc.
Mr. Turner went to the story BUT he forgot his money.
I was bending over backwards to please my teacher. What does the idiom "bending over backwards" mean?
Trying really hard to please someone.
What type of sentence is shown below?
At what time will we go to lunch today?
Interrogative
The prefix quad- in the word: quadruple mean?
four times
What is the theme of this paragraph?
Steven was jogging down the beach and saw a pile of trash next to a trashcan. Deciding not to touch it in case there was something gross on it, he ran closer only to see a turtle trapped in some of the plastic. Steven stopped running, and pulled the plastic off the turtle, smiling as the turtle ran off into the ocean.
The theme is to help those in need.