Prefixes and Suffixes
Look at the roots below. Which one means earth or rock?
A) geo
B) therm
C) bio
What is geo?
What is the meaning of pull strings?
Ex: I can pull strings and get your an invitation to the Academy Awards.
A) to ask for favors to make something happen
B) to play with puppets
What is A) to ask for favors to make something happen?
Does this sentence use a simile or metaphor?
Maggie went down the slide face-first, like a penguin.
What is simile?
Complete the sentence with the correct homophone.
A ___ on Taylor's bike is stuck, and even though he oiled it, it won't move.
A) petal
B) pedal
What is B) pedal?
Which tense does the sentence use? (Past, Present or Future)
The friends collect old baseball cards.
What is present tense?
Look at the roots below. Which one means one?
A) uni
B) tri
C) multi
What is uni?
What is the meaning of ring a bell?
Ex: You may have mentioned this book before, but the title doesn't ring a bell.
A) to sound familiar
B) to be very expensive
What is A) to sound familiar?
Does the sentences use a simile or metaphor?
The joking boys and girls are silly clowns.
What is metaphor?
Complete the sentence with the correct homophone.
A ____ of striped socks fell our of Anna's laundry basket on the way to the washing machine.
A) pair
B) pear
What is A) pair?
Which tense does the sentence use?
The acrobats will swing through the air.
What is future tense?
If you solved a math problem unaided, how did you solve it?
What is by yourself?
What is the meaning of beat around the bush?
Ex: Please stop beating around the bush and just tell me what is on your mind!
A) to struggle to succeed when chances are bad
B) to clear overgrown brush and weeds
C) to avoid saying something directly
What is C) to avoid saying something directly?
What is the meaning of the simile?
The thorns on the rose's stem are like a sharks teeth.
A) The rose's thorns are sharp.
B) The rose's thorns are white.
What is A) The rose's thorns are sharp.
Complete the sentence with the correct homophone.
You _____ distracted today, so I'm wondering if there's something on your mind.
A) seem
B) seam
What is A) seem?
Complete the sentences with the verb in the past tense.
The teachers (remind) the children about the tests.
What is reminded?
If someone is left speechless by a performance, what is she likely to do?
A) admire in silence
B) immediately start talking about it
What is A) admire in silence?
What is the meaning of on the back burner?
Ex: My hobbies will be on the back burner until studying for exams stops taking up my free time.
A) on hold
B) far away
C) to the beginning again
What is A) on hold?
Which sentence uses a metaphor?
A) Her laughter was a bird's song
B) Her laughter was like a bird's song.
What is A) her laughter was a bird's song.
Complete the sentence with the correct homophone.
After they swim, Roxy and Harold always _____ out their wet swimsuits and hang them on a rack to dry.
A) ring
B) wring
What is B) wring?
Complete the the sentences with the verb in the future tense.
The boys (pump) air in to their bicycle tires.
What is will pump?
What does the root scrib mean?
A) shape
B) look at or observe
C) write or draw
What is C) write or draw?
What is the meaning of walking on air?
Ex: Mary was walking on air when she got chosen to read her essay in front of the whole 5th grade class.
A) off the ground, looking down
B) talking nonsense
C) feel delighted
What is C) feeling delighted?
What is the meaning of the metaphor?
When I opened the closet door, everything fell out in a landslide.
A) Everything in the closet was covered in mud.
B) Everything in the closet was tumbling out.
What is B) everything in the closet was tumbling out.
Complete the sentence with the correct homophone.
When the wing changes, Matt expertly adjusted the sail in order to keep is boat on ______.
A) coarse
B) course
What is B) course?
Complete the sentence with the future-tense form of the verb.
Next week Ms. Rinehart (attend) a math conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
What is will attend?