Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension
Verbs
Nouns
Sentences
100
What does "Vacant" mean?
Empty
100
When reading a text, what is the "setting"?
What the surroundings look like in the story; where the story is happening.
100
What is an "action" verb?
A word that says what action is taking place; what someone or something is doing.
100
What is a "common" noun?
An everyday place or thing. Is NOT capitalized.
100
What punctuation ends a "declarative" sentence?
a period.
200
What does it mean to "reconstruct" something?
To build it again.
200
What is a "character trait" of a character in a story?
A personality trait of the character; what the character is like.
200
Name a helping verb.
Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Have, Has, Had
200
What is a "proper" noun?
A specific person, place or thing. It IS capitalized.
200
What punctuation ends an "interrogative" sentence?
a question mark, ?
300
What does it mean to "confer" about something?
To share your ideas with someone or ask for advice.
300
What is the "mood" of the text?
How the reader feels when reading the text.
300
What is special about a "progressive" verb? What is the suffix?
ing
300
What is a "possessive" noun?
A person, place or thing that owns or belongs to something. (i.e. the dog's bowl; dog is the possessive noun.)
300
What is a fragment sentence?
A sentence without a subject, or predicate or both.
400
Who is an "immigrant?"
Someone who moves permanently to another country.
400
What is an "internal conflict" when reading a text?
What a character feels inside; a conflict that a character is feeling or going through inside their mind and/or heart.
400
What question does an "indirect object" answer?
For whom or to whom an action was done.
400
How do you pluralize the word "leaf"? Spell it.
leaves
400
What is a run on sentence?
A sentence that can be made into several sentences, but does not contain commas or conjunctions.
500
What is an "emigrant?"
Someone who moves from their native country.
500
what is a "theme" of a story?
The author's message in a story; the main idea or overarching idea of the whole story.
500
What is a "linking verb"?
A verb that connects the subject of a sentence with a noun or adjective in the predicate of the sentence.
500
Make the word "hero" plural. Spell it.
Heroes
500
Which word should be capitalized in the following sentence? Jason told his friend sally he would like to be a captain of a ship someday.
Sally
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