Figurative Language
Predictions
Fixing the errors
Parts of Speech
Context Clues
100

Jeremy is as smart as Einstein. 

Simile

100

Jairo looked out the kitchen window into the yard. He saw the huge pile of snowballs he had made yesterday. Today's snowball fight with his little brother was going to be great.

"Alex wake up!" Jairo called. He waited while they ate breakfast. They were so slow! After breakfast, the kids headed outside to play. Jairo raced ahead of his brother.

"Alex, think fast!" Jairo yelled.

What's going to happen next? 

1) Jairo threw the snowball at the kitchen window and broke it. 

2) Jairo attacks Alex with the snowball. 

2) Jairo attacks Alex with the snowball. 

100

as soon as we get out of schol i will go get 30 boxes Of piza. 

As soon as we get out of school I will go get 30 boxes of pizza. 

100

Give an example of an adjective. 

any color

smart

beautiful 

soft

100

Heaven thanked her employer for giving her holiday pay for last Monday. 

a) A friend 

b) Someone you work with 

c) Someone you work for 

d) Some who works for somebody

c) someone you work for

200

It's a zoo when the 4th and 5th graders play out in the field. 

Metaphor

200

Julissa lay in her sleeping bag, wide awake. It was late, and the campground was silent. She wanted to dip her feet into the calm, glassy water of the lake. But her mom told her not to leave the tent alone at night. She looked over to see if Karely was still awake.

Karely looked over at her and whispered, "I can't sleep either."

Julissa whispered back, "I have an idea."

Julissa and Karely walk out of the tent together to go to the lake.

200

landon is one of the moste athletic students @ NASA

Landon is one of the most athletic students at NASA. 

200
Give an example of a preposition.
in 

on 

over

above

within

200

Please conduct yourself as if your mother was sitting beside you. 

a) Behave 

b) Like 

c) Settle 

d) Obey

a) behave

300
I've told Brandon a billion times to put his mask up. 
Hyperbole or Exaggeration
300

Audrey and Karen were at Helen's house. They had a keyboard, guitar, microphone, and drums. Audrey wanted the three of them to try to make music together.

"Helen, I'll play the keyboard if you drum," Karen offered. Helen started playing the drums.

"Audrey, you should play the guitar," Helen suggested. Audrey looked frustrated and disappointed as she whispered something under her breath.

"What?" Karen said.

- Why do you think Audrey was upset? - 

Audrey was upset because she doesn't want to play the guitar. 

300

emerson ran towards Alexanders arm and yeled - cheese touch - 

Emerson ran towards Alexander's arm and yelled, "Cheese touch!"

300

Write down all the nouns that you see in the short passage below:

Poaching is when people hunt animals illegally.

In the rhino’s case, their horns are coveted for use in traditional medicines, according to reports from the World Wildlife Federation. 

people

animals

rhino's

horns

medicines

reports

World Wildlife Federation

300

It is essential all the students finish their homework before having free time. 

a) a joke that

b) important

c) bad that

d) not important


b) important

400

The ball looked angry as it was coming towards Baylee's face after Mr. Adrian threw it.  

Personification

400

"Beavers can knock down whole trees. They chew the wood at the bottom of the tree with their strong teeth. This weakens the tree's base and makes the tree easier to knock over," Mr. Adrian said. Angel and Hugo followed him further into the woods. Soon, Mr. Adrian and the students found a beaver's home.

"Hey, look!" Hugo shouted. He pointed to a tree that was chewed up near the bottom. He walked over and put his hand on the tree.

"Watch out!" yelled Angel.

Hugo knocked down the tree with his hand. 

400

how do u get a squirel 2 lik you

act lke a nut

How do you get a squirrel to like you?

Act like a nut. 

400

Write down all the verbs you see in the passage below:

On March 24, a Sumatran rhino named Rosa delivered new hope for her species when she gave birth to a female calf in Way Kambas National Park, Indonesia.

This is great news for Sumatran rhinos.

They are one of the most threatened rhino species in the world, according to the International Rhino Foundation. 


named

delivered

gave 

are

400

Victoriano coaxed Mr. Adrian and Ms. Heaven into playing dodgeball against all the 4th graders.

a) Pushed

b) Bullied

c) Yelled at 

d) Convinced

d) Convinced
500

Give an example of an onomatopoeia. 

 Pow! Boom! Crunch!

500

Eliu was excited about the field trip. He grabbed his backpack and was ready to head into the bus. Eliu thought about what the teacher had told them to do. He had packed his lunch and even brought a snack to share. Suddenly, Eliu remembered he left the field trip form that his dad had signed on the table.  

Eliu had to go to the office to call his dad to bring him his field trip slip.


He didn't get to go on the field trip. 

500

y did the cokie go to da hospital

bcause he felt crummy 

Why did the cookie go to the hospital?

Because he felt crumby. 

500

Identify all the past tense in the passage below:

On March 23, Afghanistan's Taliban rulers decided against reopening schools to girls above the sixth grade, breaking their promise that girls of all grades would be returning to school that day.

The Taliban, an Islamist extremist group that has been waging war in the country for nearly 30 years, took over Afghanistan in August 2021.

decided

has been

took 

500

During morning breakfast at school, Jeffrey was feeling weary from going to sleep late watching his favorite tv show. 

a) Hungry

b) Tired

c) Energetic 

d) Interested 

b) Tired

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