Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Phonics
Grammar
Miscellaneous
100
When something is ________, it is important and not funny.
serious
100
If something is __________, it is crazy or silly. (and sometimes inappropriate)
absurd
100
Triple Jeopardy! 300 points! Which vowel pattern have we been studying this week?
r-Controlled Vowel (/or/or, ore, our)
100
What is a verb? Provide the definition and two examples.
an action word (run, jump, swim, write)
100
What genre is Serious Farm?
fantasy
200
When you think something is _________, you think it is very, very funny.
hilarious
200
If you __________ to do something, you try to do it.
attempt
200
Which word has the same vowel pattern/sound as the word report? more, flower, float, moth
more
200
Choose the word which best completes the sentence. My siblings ________ me crazy! drive, drives, driving, driver
drive
200
What is the difference between comparing and contrasting?
comparing- you are telling how 2 things are the SAME; contrasting- you are telling how 2 things are DIFFERENT
300
Double Jeopardy! 600 points! When you can __________ do something, you almost can’t do it at all.
barely
300
When you _________ something, you agree that it is true even though you might not want to.
admit
300
Which word has the same vowel pattern/sound as the word fourth? first, fox, friend, four
four
300
Choose the word which best completes the sentence. I _______ my bike after school. rides, ride, rider, riding
ride
300
The ___________ in a story is something that needs to be worked out or solved.
problem
400
If you are _________, you say things in a clever and funny way.
witty
400
Something that is _____________ a certain way is very much that way. (very, very, very, very...)
extremely
400
Which word has the same vowel pattern/sound as the word chore? chip, morning, mice, chop
morning
400
Choose the word which best completes the sentence. Mollie Patton ________ to me on the phone. talking, talks, talk, talker
talks
400
Double Jeopardy! 800 points! What is a noun? Provide the definition and three examples.
person, place, thing, idea or animal (ball, bat, cow, horse)
500
If you own or buy something, you have ____________ it.
acquired
500
If you __________ something, you believed something without thinking about it.
assumed
500
Double Jeopardy! 1000 points! Think back... Which vowel pattern did we study LAST week?
Vowel Diphthong /ou/ou, ow
500
Choose the word which best completes the sentence. The runners ___________ to the finish line. sprinter, sprinting, sprint, sprints
sprint
500
Define plot.
the sequence of events which occur in a story
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