Affixes/Roots
Appositive Phrases
Prepositions
Verb Tenses
Figurative Language
100
A suffix that means "person who" or "that which"?
What is -er or -or?
100
The definition of an appositive phrase?
What is a word or group of words that gives more information about a noun, and can be easily removed from a sentence?
100
The definition of a preposition.
What is a word or phrase that tells where or when something happened.
100
A verb that shows something is on going?
What is a present progressive verb?
100
The type of figurative language that compares two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
200
The meaning of the prefix "extra."
What is beyond?
200
The appositive in this sentence: My mom, the best cook in the world, made lasagna for dinner.
What is "the best cook in the world"?
200
Three prepositions that tell when something happened.
What is before, after, earlier, late, etc?
200
An auxilary (extra) verb with a past tense verb.
What is a perfect verb?
200
The kind of figurative language that compares two things but does NOT use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
300
A root that means smart or wise.
What is soph?
300
The appositive phrase in this sentence: The little girl called to her dog, Fluffy.
What is "Fluffy"?
300
Three words that tell where something happened.
What is on, in, beside, between, under, over, etc?
300
A verb that acts as an adjective.
What is a participle?
300
The kind of figurative language that gives human characteristics to non-living things.
What is personification?
400
The meaning of the word "adventurous" based on its prefix and suffix.
What is going toward (ad-) something that is full of (-ous) excitement?
400
The noun that is being described by the appositive in this sentence: I yelled at my sister, Betsy, because she was being too slow.
What is "my sister"?
400
The preposition in this sentence: "I could hear a dog barking around the corner."
What is "around the corner?"
400
The verb tense of each verb in this sentence: I had asked my mom 50 times, but she was still saying, "No."
What is perfect (had asked) and progressive (was still saying).
400
The reason an author would use this sentence: The banana looked like it belonged in the garbage dump.
What is to make the reader understand that the banana was old and rotten?
500
The meaning of the word mortally based on its root and suffix.
What is an adverb (-ly) that means someone is hurt so bad they will probably die (mort)?
500
The noun that is being described by the appositive in this sentence: The playground, old and dirty, needed to be cleaned up.
What is "the playground"?
500
The two prepositions in this sentence: My mom left me at home because I was still in bed.
What are "at" and "in"?
500
The tenses of the verbs in this sentence: "Laughing, the girls walked down the street."
What is perfect (laughing) and past (walked).
500
The reason an author would use this sentence: "The big canoe gave birth to many smaller canoes."
What is to help the reader understand that there were many smaller boats coming from the big one?
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