Everyday Vocabulary
What does it mean to enjoy something?
To really like it
A morpheme that you add to the beginning of a word.
What part of speech does -ly make?
a. Adjective
b. Adverb
c. Verb
d. Pronoun
b. Adverb
How does adding -er change a word?
Give an example of a word that ends in -er.
Adding -er to a word makes a comparative.
An example of a comparative is "larger"
When you add -er to "dark", how do you spell the new word?
darker
What is a crowd?
A group of a lot of people
What does an adverb describe?
a. Verbs
b. Nouns
c. Pronouns
d. Comparatives
(A) An adverb describes verbs.
e.g. "Tom is driving the car slowly"
Slowly describes the driving
What tense does -ed make?
Past tense
What does the suffix -est mean? Give an example.
-est means "the most".
For example, "Ms. Olivieri is the nicest teacher" means that all the other teachers are not as nice as her.
When you add -est to big, how do you spell the new word?
biggest
What is a limb?
An arm or a leg
What is a vowel team?
A vowel team is __ _____ that work to make __ ______
A vowel team is two vowels that work to make one sound.
How do you say re-? What does re- mean? Give an example of a word with re-.
re- means "again"
For example, "redo" means to do again.
Say a completed comparative sentence comparing two things in this room.
The sentence must be true and grammatically correct.
Example: The library is bigger than the classrooms.
When you add -ing to "mop", how do you spell the new word?
mopping
What is a uniform?
The clothes when everyone wears the same thing
What is a suffix?
Give an example of a suffix, and a word with that suffix.
A morpheme that you add to the end of a word
e.g. -less → useless
Make a word that has -less and -ly. Explain the meaning of the word.
Possible answer: joylessly
"Joylessly" means to do something without joy.
What word means "more good"? What word means "more bad"?
For example:
Messi is ________ than Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is ________ than Messi.
-ew can show that a verb is in the past tense.
Make these words past tense (with correct pronunciation):
fly
grow
know
flew
grew
knew
What is a thought?
Something you think
What does "past tense" mean? Give an example of a sentence in the past tense.
Past tense describes a verb that happened and completed before now.
e.g. I walked to school this morning.
What are two (2) prefixes that mean "no / not"?
Possible answers: un- , dis- , a- , an- , non- , in-
What word means "most good"? What word means "most bad"?
For example:
Chocolate is the _______ candy.
Broccoli is the _______ vegetable.
best; worst
Pronounce the words "grabbed" and "stopped".
g r a b d
s t o p t