Suffixes
Add the suffix "ion" to the base word conduct. What is the new word. Write it on your whiteboard.
conduction
How do you divide the word "transmit" into syllables.
trans / mit
What word means "a long time without rain?"
A. desert
B. diverse
C. drought
C. drought
What part of the following sentence is an adverbial clause (dependent) clause?
After finishing her work, Maria went for a walk.
After finishing her work
What word is an interjection in the following sentence?
Wow, that was an amazing performance!
Wow
Which suffix means "to make or become?"
A. fy/ify
B. tion/sion
C. ive
A. fy/ify
Which Greek root word means "earth" or "land?"
A. photo
B. geo
C. scope
B. geo
Which text structure explores similarities and differences between two or more things?
A. Chronology
B. Compare and Contrast
C. Cause & Effect
B. Compare and Contrast
Choose the article that completes this sentence:
I am going on vacation to ____ beach.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. that
C. the
Which word is correctly divided into syllables?
A. dis-mi-ss
B. di-sm-iss
C. dis-miss
C. dis-miss
Choose the correct spelling of the word "pollute" when adding the suffix "ion."
A. pollutetion
B. pullusion
C. pollution
C. pollution
Which Greek root word means "to write" or "to draw?"
A. geo
B. graph
c. meter
B. graph
What word means "differences among people or things?"
A. diverse
B. adapt
C. typical
A. diverse
What collective noun can be used to describe several wolves?
A. pack
B. bunch
C. audience
A. pack
Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
A. telescope
B. teleskope
C. telscope
A. telescope
Add the suffix "ion" to the base word "activate."
Write the new word on your whiteboard.
activation
What is the meaning of the Latin Roots "mit/mis?"
A. to send or let go
B. to make or become
C. across
A. to send or to let go
True or False: A summary includes the main idea, key details, and concluding statement about the text.
True
Listen to the sentence your teacher reads. Write the sentence correctly on your whiteboard.
Did you submit your homework yet?
Which figurative expression means the speaker has asked many times for the car to be washed?
A. The car is as clean as a whistle.
B. I have told you a thousands times to wash the car.
B. I have told you a thousand times to wash the car.
Add the suffix "ion" to the word "transmit."
transmission
What does the word "photogenic" mean in the following sentence?
The magazine declared the puppy was the most photogenic out of all the animals.
looking attractive in a photograph
What is the text structure of this sentence?
As a result of the hurricane's winds, the power was out all through town.
A. sequence
B. compare and contrast
C. cause and effect
C. cause and effect
What part of the following sentence is an adverbial clause (dependent) clause?
The children played outside until the sun set.
Which sentence uses the word "intended" correctly?
A. My family intended me to the beach.
B. I intended to give my dog a treat when he sat nicely.
C. Joe intended to the dog.
B. I intended to give my dog a treat when he sat nicely.