VOCABULARY
Choose the best synonym for precious:
ordinary, valuable, tiny
valuable
Identify the adjective: The tough elephant walked slowly.
tough
Change to a command: You should clean your desk.
Clean your desk.
What is the main idea?
The ocean is home to millions of animals.
Oceans have many living creatures.
Spell the word with ph that means “picture.”
photo
What does retains mean in this sentence:
“Salt retains water”?
keeps / holds
Which sentence contains a proper noun?
a) I saw a girl.
b) Alex visited Cairo.
b
What type of sentence is this?
How amazing that show was!
exclamatory
Infer: Sara grabbed her umbrella before leaving. Why?
It was raining / expected rain.
Which is spelled correctly?
skedule / schedule / schedul
schedule
What does the prefix re- mean in words like rewrite or rebuild?
again
Replace the noun with a pronoun:
The dolphins used the dolphins’ tails to swim faster.
The dolphins used their tails to swim faster.
Fix this run-on sentence:
I like dolphins they are smart.
I like dolphins because they are smart. / Add a period.
What is the author’s purpose?
A poster encouraging people to save water.
to persuade
Spell the word that means “a sudden strong pain”:
ache
Use the word demolition correctly in a sentence.
(A correct sentence about destroying a building.)
Identify the adverb and tell what it describes:
The boy laughed loudly.
loudly — describes laughed
Add a transition word: ____, we packed our bags and left.
First / Finally / Then
What problem is shown here?
The dolphin was caught in plastic.
pollution / plastic waste
Identify the pattern in these words: chef, machine, brochure
“ch” sounds like sh
Which word means “to give time or effort to something”:
donate, escape, compete, devote
devote
Choose the correct conjunction: I wanted to play outside, ___ it started to rain. (but/and/because)
but
Rewrite the sentence using correct subject–verb agreement:
The machines works well.
The machines work well.
Read and infer: Tom coughed hard and stayed home from school.
What can you infer?
He is sick.
Spell a word that has -ough and means “strong/durable.”
tough