Tornado Vocab
Tornado Facts
-ous Words
Complete or simple/subject or predicate?
Fragments and run ons
100
A person who studies and forecasts weather.
What is a meterorologist?
100
The area in the U.S. that has the most tornadoes.
What is Tornado Alley?
100
This word describes someone or something that is funny.
What is humorous?
100
In the sentence, "The old man grinned happily": The old man.
What is the complete subject?
100
"Went to the store." is an example of this kind of sentence.
What is a fragment?
200
A guess based on facts.
What is an estimate?
200
Two other names for tornadoes.
What are "cyclones" and "twisters"?
200
This word describes someone who is very careful.
What is cautious?
200
In the sentence, "Rough, blue stones lined the path.": stones.
What is the simple subject?
200
"I went to the store I bought some milk." is an example of this kind of sentence.
What is a run on?
300
The remains of something that has been destroyed.
What is debris?
300
This cousin of a tornado sucks up dust in the desert.
What is a dust devil?
300
This word describes someone who causes trouble or is annoying.
What is mischievous?
300
In the sentence,"This soup tastes really strange.": tastes really strange.
What is the complete predicate?
300
This part is missing from this sentence fragment, "Is a really funny guy."
What is the subject?
400
An adjective that describes something that is parallel to the horizon.
What is horizontal?
400
The public announcement that tells you a tornado has been spotted in your area.
What is a tornado warning?
400
This word describes something that gives off light.
What is luminous?
400
In the sentence, "Mrs. H smiled at her silly students.": smiled.
What is the simple predicate?
400
This part is missing from this sentence fragment, "The teachers and the students."
What is the predicate?
500
Tornadoes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters cause a lot of this.
What is damage?
500
The scale used to rank tornado strength.
What is the EF Scale?
500
This class of words modifies, or changes, nouns. - ous words are in this class.
What is an adjective?
500
In the sentence, "After the dance, the happy couples went to a restaurant.": couples.
What is the simple subject?
500
Mrs. Harvey
What is our teacher's name?
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