_______ nouns are words that name things in a general way.
Examples: car, dog, person
Common nouns
100
__________ use the words like or as to compare things
Example: “Life is like a box of chocolates.
Similes
100
The complete ________ is who or what the sentence is about.
Example: The red car
subject
100
This word is misspelled. Can you correctly spell it?
anowncement
announcement
200
___________ nouns are words that name things specifically.
Example: Kate Turley, America, New York
Proper nouns
200
________ directly state a comparison.
Example: “Love is a battlefield"
Metaphors
200
The complete __________ describes what's going on in the subject.
Example: (The red car) broke down yesterday.
predicate
200
This word is misspelled. Can you correctly spell it?
Platoe
plateau
300
________ nouns are feelings and ideas that you can talk or think about, but that cannot be held in your hand.
Examples: imagination, jealousy, humor, death
Abstract nouns
300
The fruit is so ripe. It is _________________ .
A) as sweet as honey
B) as cool as cucumber
C) as flat as a pancake
A) as sweet as honey
300
What is the complete subject in this sentence?
Sian’s boa constrictor seems restless this morning.
Sian's boa constrictor
300
This word is misspelled. Can you correctly spell it?
arkipelageau
archipelago
400
_________ nouns are things that exist physically. They can be seen, touched, smelled, etc.
Examples: car, shoes, students, gasoline.
Concrete nouns
400
Choose the correct metaphor:
The ice cream was so hard _____________
A) it was as solid as a rock.
B) it was a rock when I took it out from the freezer.
C) it was like a solid piece of granite.
B) it was a rock when I took it out from the freezer.
400
What is the complete subject in this sentence?
The very rambunctious and very out-of-control VI won’t stop running!
The very rambunctious and very out-of-control VI
400
Choose the correct homophone:
(They're, There, Their) shoes are outside because they were very muddy.
Their
500
Rewrite the sentence, replacing a common noun with a proper noun to give it more information.
One day last week, I visited the restaurant.
Possible answers:
On Monday, I visited the restaurant.
or
One day last week I visited Denny's.
500
Choose the best simile:
The speed of traffic at the toll plaza is ___________.
A) is molasses
B) sloth-like
C) as slow as a snail
C) as slow as a snail
500
What is the complete subject in this sentence?
Across the clearing and through the stream ran the frightened deer.
the frightened deer
500
Chose the correct homophone:
I wanted to go to (yore, your, you're) house but I had to finish my homework first.