PARTS OF SPEECH I
Mechanics
Types of Words
Punctuation
Spelling
100
Joshua performed in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. This is the part of speech for "performed."
What is a verb?
100
Yes I will go with you to see Justin Bieber. These two words should have a comma between them.
What is "Yes" and "I"?
100
These are words that have the same or very similar meanings. For example: friendly and amiable.
What are antonyms?
100
This punctuation mark is at the end of every declarative sentence.
What is a period?
100
This is the misspelled word in the list below. wierd foreign seized
What is wierd?
200
Lainie and Alexander went with Squigla and Squiglum to see Santa Claus at the mall. This is the part of speech for the word "the."
What is an article?
200
When Luke asked Mitchell how the game went, Mitchell immediately answered "I played an awesome game!" These word should have a comma after it.
What is "answered"?
200
These are words that have opposite meanings. For example, direct and circuitous
What are antonyms?
200
This punctuation mark appears at the end of a question.
What is a question mark?
200
This is the spelling of the homophone which should be inserted in the following sentence. I am going to dress as a _________ for Halloween because I love to dress in black and wear pointy hats.
What is "w-i-t-c-h"?
300
Since Isabella is determined never to be late, she arrived in Mr. Klus's classroom four minutes early. Wow! This is the part of speech for the word, "Wow!"
What is an interjection?
300
When asked whether he wood go to Harvard, the wierd student said, "Oh no, not me!" These are the two words which are misspelled in the above sentence.
What are wood and wierd?
300
These are words that sound the same but have different meanings and are spelled differently.
What are homophons?
300
This punctuation mark separates two independent clauses in a sentence which are not connected by a conjunction.
What is a semi-colon?
300
This is the one correctly spelled word in the list that follows. asent, heir, reindeer, niegh
What is reindeer?
400
Blanton and Tabor are just too chatty to be in this class. This is the part of speech for "too."
What is an adverb?
400
I have been a teacher for over thirtyfive years. This is the error in the above sentence.
What is thirty-five?
400
"To be" and "to sleep" are examples of this verb form.
What is an infinitive?
400
This punctuation mark is used when combining two words into a contraction.
What is an apostrophe?
400
Spell the homophone that is used when one is shredding cheese.
What is "g-r-a-t-e"?
500
Marielena and Edward swiped Mrs. Newman's zen garden and ferreted it away in Karim's locker. This is the part of speech for the word "ferreted"?
What is a verb?
500
This is what distinguishes an independent clause from a dependent clause.
What is expressing a complete thought?
500
This is the name given to words that look like verbs but act as nouns.
What is a gerund?
500
This punctuation mark is used after the salutation in a business letter?
What is a colon?
500
Spell this word.
What is orbiting?
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