Word Work
Which is a compound word?
A. holiday
B. baseball
C. tonight
B. baseball
What is the common noun?
The penguins waddled happily.
A. penguins
B. waddled
C. happily
A. penguins
Which set are synonyms?
A. dog/cat
B. happy/angry
C. quick/rapid
C. quick/rapid
What do we call the people or the animals in a story?
A. Characters
B. Setting
C. Theme
A. Characters
Which text feature helps you understand a photograph?
A. caption
B. glossary
C. Table of Contents
A. caption
Which is a contraction?
A. cannot
B. dog's
C. he's
C. he's
Identify the verb in the sentence.
The clouds floated through the sky.
A. clouds
B. floated
C. sky
B. floated
Which word contains the prefix pre-?
A. present
B. pretest
C. pressure
B. pretest
The location and time (past, present, or future) are which story element?
A. Characters
B. Setting
C. Plot
B. Setting
The guard hit the switch to open the gate.
Which definition of switch is used in that sentence?
A. verb - choosing an item
B. noun - a device for breaking a connection in a circuit
C. noun - a flexible shoot cut from a tree
B. noun - a device for breaking a connection in a circuit
Which is a plural noun?
A. feet
B. plate
C. tomato
A. feet
Identify the adjective in this sentence.
The loud crickets chirped in the pond.
A. chirped
B. crickets
C. loud
C. loud
Which word means full of grace?
A. graceful
B. gracefull
C. gracfull
A. graceful
What is the sequence of events that drive the story forward?
A. Characters
B. Setting
C. Plot
C. Plot
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. Miss Maloney said "Recess is over."
B. Miss Maloney said "Recess is over".
C. Miss Maloney said, "Recess is over."
C. Miss Maloney said, "Recess is over."
What is the proper noun in this sentence?
Yesterday, Drake Maye visited our school.
A. school
B. Yesterday
C. Drake Maye
C. Drake Maye
Identify the pronoun in the sentence.
We played the recorders in class.
A. We
B. played
C. recorders
A. We
What is the antonym of natural?
A. grassy
B. space
C. artificial
C. artificial
What is another name for the problem/struggle in the story?
A. Setting
B. Conflict
C. Theme
B. Conflict
Which is literal?
A. He walked slowly.
B. The boy had ants in his pants.
C. It was raining cats and dogs.
A. He walked slowly.
Which is a singular possessive noun?
A. the dog's leash
B. the students' desks
C. the teachers' lunchroom
A. the dog's leash
Identify the adverb.
We lined up quickly at the end of recess.
A. We
B. quickly
C. recess
B. quickly
Complete the sentence.
I left my homework at _____________ house.
A. their
B. there
C. they're
A. their
A lesson or message in a story that can be applied to life is ________________.
A. Conflict
B. Plot
C. Theme
C. Theme
First, we will take MCAS. Then, we will go to lunch and recess. Finally, we will go home.
What is the text structure of this paragraph?
A. compare/contrast
B. chronological order
C. cause/effect
B. chronological order