Context Clues
The turtle was so sluggish that it took ten minutes to crawl across the room. What does sluggish mean?
Answer: Slow or moving slowly.
What punctuation mark goes at the end of a question?
A question mark (?)
What is the subject (who or what the sentence is about) in this sentence? "The brown dog barked."
Answer: The brown dog (or dog).
Fix the capitalization in this sentence: "my friend lives in new york.
Capitalize My and New York.
Is the word run a noun, a verb, or an adjective?
A verb (an action word).
She felt exhausted after running two miles, so she took a long nap. What does exhausted mean?
Very tired or worn out.
What punctuation mark goes at the end of a sentence that states a fact?
Answer: A period (.)
Is this a complete sentence or a fragment? "Running through the park."
A fragment (it is missing a subject/who is running).
Fix the action word (verb): "The boys plays basketball after school."
Answer: Change plays to play ("The boys play...").
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea
The puppy was famished because he had not eaten his dinner yet. What does famished mean?
Answer: Very hungry.
Which punctuation mark is missing? "I need to buy apples bananas and oranges."
Commas (between the list items: apples, bananas, and oranges).
Combine these two sentences using the word and: "I washed the dishes. I dried them."
I washed the dishes, and I dried them."
Fix the incorrect word: "They left there backpacks by the door."
Change there to their (showing ownership).
Which word in this sentence is an adjective (describing word)? "The happy child sang a song."
Answer: Happy.
The room was cluttered, with clothes, toys, and books scattered all over the floor. What does cluttered mean?
Answer: Messy or untidy.
Fix the missing punctuation in this quote: She said, I am ready to go.
Add quotation marks: She said, "I am ready to go."
Fix the run-on sentence: "I was hungry I ate a sandwich."
"I was hungry, so I ate a sandwich" (or "I was hungry. I ate a sandwich"
What goes at the end of an exciting sentence? "Watch out for that car"
An exclamation point (!)
If the prefix un- means "not," what does the word unhappy mean?
Answer: Not happy.
Instead of being loud, the student spoke in a whisper so she wouldn't disturb the class. What context clue shows what a whisper is?
"Instead of being loud" (it is the opposite of loud).
What punctuation mark shows ownership, like in "the student's pencil"?
Answer: An apostrophe (')
Is this sentence Simple or Compound? "Sam likes pizza, but Maya prefers tacos."
Answer: Compound (two simple sentences joined by but).
Fix all 3 errors: "she dont like to do her homework"
She doesn't (or does not) like to do her homework. (Capitalize S, fix dont, add a period).
What is the plural form (more than one) of the word child?
Answer: Children.