Pronouns
What is a pronoun?
A word that takes the place of a noun.
What is the comparative form of "big"?
Bigger
True or False: the theme of a story is the central message or idea?
True!
What was one reason colonists wanted independence from Britain?
Taxation without Representation
What does the prefix "tri-" mean?
Three
What is the antecedent in this sentence: "Sara loves her dog"?
Sara
What is the superlative form of "fast"?
Fastest
True or False: The main idea can change in different paragraphs of a story.
True!
What did the Boston Tea Party protest?
Tea taxes.
Someone who speaks two languages is called:
a. multilingual
b. trilingual
c. bilingual
Replace the italicized nouns with a pronoun: Addy and Brady enjoyed going to the store.
They
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What is a setting?
The time and place the story takes place.
True or false: the Stamp Act was a tax on stamps.
False.
True or false: to overestimate someone is to think they can do more than they really can.
True
Fill in the blank: "The cat chased _ tail."
How many people or objects is the comparative form comparing?
Two
True of false: narrative stories must have a problem and a solution.
True
Who was the soldier who warned "The British Are Coming!"
Paul Revere
What part of speech is "midterm"
(example: she had an A in math at the midterm report).
a. verb
b. adjective
c. noun
d. adverb
Why are pronouns used in sentences?
To avoid repeating nouns.
What do we add to an adjective to make it superlative?
-est
True or false: there are three parts in a story retell.
False
Name one event that led up to the American Revolution.
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Intolerable Acts
Boston Massacre
Tea Act
Quartering Act
What is an example of "multimedia?"
a. an e-book
b. a biplane
c. a tricycle
d. a uniform