parts of speech definitions
City of Ember
vocabulary
idioms
parts of speech in the sentence
100

what is a noun and give an example? 

parson, place, thing 

100

Who wrote the instructions






The builders

100

define frustration 

feeling upset or annoyed

100

raining cats and dogs

raining a lot 

100

find the verb 

  1. The butterfly landed on the flower.

           a. butterfly    b. landed     c. flower

B landed 

200

what is a verb and give an example? 

an action word

200

How long was the blackout?

7 minutes

200

define reluctantly

not wanting to do something

200

piece of cake

easy

200

find the noun(s)

  1. The squirrels climb the tree.

 a. squirrels   b. climb      c. tree

a. squirrels  and      c. tree

300

what is an adjective and give an example? 

describes a noun 

300

What does Lina buy at the store?



colored pencils
300

define necessary

something you need

300

wrong side of the bed

bad mood

300

find the adjective

  1. The girl played with her rose gold DS after school. 

           a. girl      b. DS     c. rose gold

c. rose gold

400

what is an adverb and give an example?

A word that describes a verb and ends in -ly

gladly

happily

400

What happened to Sadge Merrill?

He went into the unknown regions and went crazy

400

define prefer

something you like

400

under the weather

feeling sick

400

Decide which word is the adverb in the sentence.

  1. The boy is jumping crazily.

a. boy     b. jumping    c. crazily

crazily

500

what is a conjunction and give an example

Two words smooshed together with an apostrophe 

can't 

won't

500

How long were the citizens supposed to stay in the City of Ember?


200-220 years


500

define discouraged 

feeling down about something

500

make a long story short

real quick explanation

500

Decide which word is the conjunction in the sentence.

  1.  All of the students can't go to the zoo

          a. can't      b. students     c. zoo

can't

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