Antecedents
What is the antecedent in the sentence:
Noah is serious about his YouTube channel.
Noah
What is an example of a pronoun?
He him his she her they them I me you it your myself yourself himself
etc.
What is the subject in this sentence:
Gavin enjoys playing Minecraft.
Gavin
What is a homophone that means "to see how heavy something is"
A. Sack
B. Plane
C. Flew
D. Weigh
D. Weigh
Which word means "not usual"
A. disusual
B. unusual
B. unusual
What is the antecedent in the sentence:
Christian plays his video games after school.
Christian
What word is a subject pronoun:
A. Ourselves
B. Whom
C. She
D. Them
C. She
Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subjects:
KJ and Bella ____ twins.
are
What is an example of a homograph pair?
Possible answers:
bat and bat
ring and ring
letter and letter
etc.
True or false:
Free verse poetry has no rhyming words
True
What is the antecedent in the sentence:
Jace and Wyatt are reading Hatchet together.
Jace, Wyatt
What word is an object pronoun:
A. Ourselves
B. Whom
C. She
D. Them
D. Them
Fill in the blank with a verb that agrees with the subject:
Cats m_____ when they are hungry.
meow
What's the missing homograph pair?
fan and fan
What is the opposite meaning of the word "create"
A. appreciate
B. spend
C. invent
D. destroy
D. destroy
True or false:
"run" is an example of an antecedent
False, run is a verb
Give an example of a possessive pronoun
My your his her its our your their
Fix the incorrect verb in this sentence so it agrees with the subject:
A volcano with a lot of lava explode during an eruption.
explodes
Which is an example of a homophone pair:
A. eye and I
B. bat and cat
C. flew and flew
D. Van and pan
A. eye and I
The theme in a story is the:
A. Main idea
B. Life lesson or takeaway
C. Type of figurative language
D. Author's point of view
B. Life lesson or takeaway
An antecedent is the n_____ to which pronouns refer
Noun
Fill in the blank with the correct reflexive pronoun:
The party host told the guest, "You can help y______ to any food at the party".
yourself
Fix the incorrect verb in this sentence so it agrees with the subject:
The students in the school enjoys science when it involves an experiment.
enjoy
What is an example of a homophone pair?
Possible answers:
Plane and plane
Flew and flu
Ball and bawl
Tale and tail
What is an element of a tall tale?
A. The story characters are real
B. The story characters are larger than life
C. The story events actually happened
D. Describes people and events truthfully
B. The story characters are larger than life