Morphology
These suffixes mean able to.
What are -able and -ible?
The past tense of go is not goed. What is the correct irregular past tense form?
What is went?
This word means to amaze or cause others to feel admiration or interest.
What is impress?
This war between Britain and France left Britain in debt, leading them to tax the colonies.
What was the French and Indian War?
Because colonists were angry about British taxes on everyday items, they refused to buy certain goods. This action is called:
What is a boycott?
This root word means to carry.
What is port?
This type of word describes a verb and often answers how, when, or where something happens.
What is an adverb?
This is a sharp piece of metal attached to the end of a musket.
What is a bayonet?
This law required colonists to pay extra money for printed goods such as newspapers, playing cards, and legal papers.
What was the Stamp Act?
This word is used to show why something happens. Example: “___ the rain, the soccer game was canceled.”
What is because?
This prefix means not and is used before words that start with m or p.
What is -im?
This part of speech shows location, direction, or position, such as under, between, or beside.
What is a preposition?
This word means to make a group stronger by adding more people or supplies.
What is reinforce?
This group of colonists protested British laws and sometimes used boycotts and dramatic actions, like dumping tea.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
This simple word shows that one event happened because of another. Example: “He forgot his homework, ___ he got a warning from the teacher.”
What is so?
This prefix means “not” and is used before words that start with most other consonants.
What is -in?
In a list of three or more items, we place this punctuation mark between each item.
What is a comma?
This refers to a group of ships traveling together for safety.
What is convoy?
This series of laws punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party by closing Boston Harbor and limiting town meetings.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
Because Paul Revere rode through the countryside warning the colonists that the British were coming, the militias were able to prepare for battle. This helped lead to this first fight of the Revolution.
What were the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
This affixed word could mean a small radio you can easily more to use in different places.
What is portable?
In the present tense, the verb must end in -s when the subject is he, she, or it.
What is subject-verb agreement?
This word means a group of military ships sailing under the same commander.
What is a fleet?
These were the first shots fired in the American Revolution, sometimes called “the shot heard ‘round the world.”
What were the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
Because colonists were unhappy with British control and taxes, they eventually decided to declare independence. This caused the start of:
What is the American Revolution?