Figuratively Speaking
Correct/Incorrect Grammatical Phrases.
Multiple Meaning Words
Context Clues
Conjunction/ Conjunction
100

My heart beats like a drum.

Simile

100

The ball is theirs not ours.

Correct

100

Season

A season of the year.

To add spices. 

100

The ancient man has been here for a long time. 

Old

100

We were thirsty ____ we went to the water fountain. 

So

200
Burning the midnight oil.

Idiom

200

We goed to the movies with them. 

Incorrect

200

Sentence

A punishment for a crime.

A set of words that is complete in itself. 

200

I love geography because I like to travel. 

The study of the earth.

200

I bought a leash ____ My dog.

For
300

His heart is a stone.

Metaphor

300

They're he is. 

Incorrect

300

Coach

The leader of a team.


A seat behind first class.

300

The masked criminal looked suspicious

Making you feel that something illegal is happening. 

300
We can go to the movies ____ dinner for our next date. 

Or

400

Boom! pop! snap!

Onomatopoeia

400

I went to the mall by myself. 

correct

400

Ground

The floor beneath your feet.


To grind up into small pieces. 

400

The migrants came to the United States after suffering much adversity in their native country. 

Migrants- a person who moves from one place to another.

Adversity- difficulties

Native- A person born in a specific place/

400

The man was hungry ___ decided to wait until after work to eat. 

But

500

The book spoke to me poetically. 

Personification

500

We is not friends anymore.

Incorrect

500

Current

Happening now.


The movement of the ocean. 

500

For the first time in his life the number one NFL draft pick realized his dreams of prosperity.

Prosperity- The condition of being successful or thriving, especially economically.  

500

I scored a passing grade on my science test ____ my Mother wasn't pleased. 

Yet

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