Parts of a Word
What does the word beautiful mean?
A. Lots of beauty
B. With beauty
C. Full of Beauty
D. Very attractive
C. Full of beauty!
Identify the subject of the following sentence:
The children were excited for Christmas.
The children.
What is a synonym for happy?
Joyful, elated, ecstatic, glad, cheerful, delighted
Compound
What kind of word describes a noun?
What does unsuccessful mean?
A. Not full of success
B. Before success
C. Not accomplished
D. Not with success
A. Not full of success
What is missing from this sentence fragment?
"The scary old witch"
Predicate
It was getting dark so we hurried home.
What is a synonym for the underlined word?
A. Rushed
B. Walked
C. Chopped
D. Danced
A. Rushed
John and Sue went out for coffee and scones.
Simple
Every sentence has a subject, predicate, and sometimes a __________? Or the noun inside of the predicate?
Object
What is the root word in: Interchangeable
Change
Which of the following is a sentence fragment:
A. The people danced.
B. Whenever the music came on.
C. She danced.
D. They danced all night.
B. Whenever the music came on.
It was cold, so I had to turn my heat on!
Which word has a stronger, yet similar, meaning to the underlined word?
A. Rainy
B. Snowy
C. Freezing
D. Warm
C. Freezing
John likes pizza and tacos.
Simple
Give one example of a coordinating conjunction
and
one example of a subordinating conjunction
Label each!
Coordinating: FANBOYS
Subordinating: Although, Because, When, Whenever, If, Before, As, etc
Joe was the ________ person in the group.
A. Oldful
B. Oldless
C. Older
D. Oldest
D. Oldest
Ellie locked the door. Ellie turned off the light after locking the door.
Which best combines the sentences:
A. After Ellie locked the door, she turned off the light.
B. Ellie locked the door, but she turned off the light.
C. Ellie locked the door, and she turned off the light after locking the door.
D. Although Ellie locked the door, she turned off the light.
A. After Ellie locked the door, she turned off the light.
What prefix can you add to words like happy, fair, kind, and lucky to make their antonyms?
Un-
Mark had to go shopping because he needed groceries.
Complex
What is the contraction form of "will not"?
Won't
What suffix do you add to show "a person who does"
Hint: How do we turn teach into a person?
-Er suffix
John bought a car yesterday. It is blue.
Which best combines the two sentences?
A. Yesterday John bought a new car, but it is blue.
B. Since John bought a new car yesterday, it is ablue.
C. John bought a new blue car yesterday.
D. John bought a new car yesterday and it is a blue car.
C. John bought a new blue car yesterday.
What kind of book lists synonyms and antonyms?
Thesaurus
Although Summer is almost over, the weather is still beautiful!
Complex
What are the three articles and give a noun that you could use with each.
The Chicago Bears
An interception
A touchdown