Vocabulary & Grammar
Give the plural form of the noun “child.”
children
What is the main idea of a short paragraph?
The purpose of the paragraph, what the author wants you to learn or know
Which punctuation mark ends a declarative sentence?
Period
Identify the subject in this sentence: The loud band played at the fair.
The loud band
What is a narrator?
The person who tells the story.
Identify the part of speech for the underlined word: The cat slept quietly on the mat.
adverb
What do we use to support the main idea
Supporting details
Capitalize this title of the book correctly: the secret garden
The Secret Garden
Choose the correct pronoun: Neither of the boys brought (his/their) permission slip.
his (formal: “Neither of the boys brought his permission slip.”)
Define “plot” and name its main parts (beginning, middle, end).
Plot = sequence of events; beginning (exposition), middle (rising action/climax), end (resolution).
Choose the correct comparative form: My backpack is (heavy) than yours.
heavier
What is the meaning of “theme” in a story?
The moral or message of the story. The lesson.
Where do you need commas: On Monday we visited Boston Massachusetts and New York New York.
On Monday, we visited Boston, Massachusetts, and New York, New York.
What is the preposition in the following sentence: My dad surprised me when he walked through the door.
through
What is dialogue?
Dialogue = spoken words between characters.
Use a correlative conjunction to complete the sentence: “_______ you study hard, _______ you will do well.” (fill both blanks)
Either correlative pair: “If…then” or “Either…or” (example: “If you study hard, then you will do well.”)
Read this sentence from a passage: “After the storm, the town began to rebuild.” What inference can you make about the town’s condition before rebuilding?
The town was likely damaged or affected by the storm.
Revise this run-on sentence into two correct sentences: The bell rang we went outside to line up.
The bell rang. We went outside to line up.
Identify the verb tense: By next week, she _____ (finish) her project.
— will have finished — (future perfect) — “By next week, she will have finished her project.”
Identify the difference between first-person and third-person point of view.
First-person uses “I” or “we”; third-person uses “he,” “she,” or “they.”
Explain the difference between “there,” “their,” and “they’re” and use each in a sentence.
there = place; their = possessive; they’re = they are. (example sentences)
What are character traits?
How characters act based on their experiences...example honest, trustworthy, dishonest
Do you have the students notebooks? Students is missing an apostrophe. How would you write students?
students’
What is a participle
A participle is a verb form used as an adjective. (Example) The broken window needed repair.
What is a flashback?
A flashback is part of a story that goes back in time to show something important that happened to a character.