Tense
Hans is tall, but he ________ before.
wasn't
What are ellipses, and when do you use them?
Ellipses are a punctuation mark made of three dots (…). They are used to show that words have been left out of a quote or sentence, or to show that a thought trails off or pauses.
I can see that (your / you're / yore) worried.
you're
What does the prefix “un-” mean in words?
not or the opposite of
In the sentence, "The detective scrutinized the scene for any clue,” what does scrutinized mean?
Use future tense to write a sentence about what will happen over March Break.
___ will....
Which sentence has the correct punctuation?
1. Martin enjoy's baking, biking riding and climbing trees.
2. Martin's bestfriend John likes to play with toy duck's.
3. Martin was listening to music on his friend's laptop.
3!
Carolyn and Jeremy went to Paris and stayed (there / their, they're) for two weeks.
there
How many word parts are in the word replayed
3! re-play-ed
NAME THAT GENRE! A story that takes place in the future and often involves technology or space travel is called a…
science fiction
Yesterday, Maya got to the park and see'd her friends playing soccer. She runned over to join them and kicking the ball into the net.
Yesterday, Maya went to the park and saw her friends playing soccer. She ran over to join them and kicked the ball into the net.
True or False: You use these quotation marks to show a direct quote, but not when you are paraphrasing someone’s words.
TRUE!
Vivian draws very good!
well
The suffix “-ly” in quickly changes the word quick into what part of speech?
an adverb
What type of figurative language is demonstrated in this sentence, "The wind whispered secrets through the trees.”
personification
Fix the tense!
Before the storm began, the campers build a shelter.
Before the storm began, the campers built a shelter.
or
Before the storm began, the campers had to build a shelter.
RIDDLE ALERT!
I live between thoughts, but I am not a word.
I make you pause, yet I am never heard.
I can separate, I can connect,
Without me, meaning can deflect.
What am I?
A comma!
The football team won (its / it's) final game.
its
What are 5 words that start with the prefix in-
Who wrote the famous play, A Midsummer Night's Dream?
William Shakespeare
What are the past participles of these five base verbs? bring, wear, fly, pay, choose
brought, worn, flown, paid, chosen
Use a semi-colon correctly in a sentence about fruit!
Teacher discretion!
After Leena waked up, she have a dream.(3 errors)
before
woke up
was having
Explain what a morpheme is!
Morphemes are like the building blocks of words! Each morpheme adds a piece of meaning. When you combine them, you can build new words.
What was the first book ever published?
The Bible