Comprehension
What does the metaphor add to our knowledge about bugs?
In fact, your body is a zoo for bugs!
It describes that our bodies are home to many bugs.
Which sentence contains a metaphor?
A. The sun is a blazing furnace.
B. The sun is like a blazing furnace.
C. The sun is as hot as a blazing furnace.
D. The sun is shining into the blazing furnace.
A. The sun is a blazing furnace.
Have you ever felt horror as some tiny insect crawled up your neck and attached itself to your scalp?
What does horror mean in this sentence?
What is the complete predicate of the following sentence?
The eyelash mite is a tiny organism.
is a tiny organism, tiny organism
They cleaned the house from top to bottom.
third person
What was the main idea of paragraphs 3 & 4 Bugs in Your Bed? from the reading "How Bugs Bug Us"?
Some types of bugs live in beds.
Which sentence contains a metaphor?
A. The baby is as relaxed as a rag doll.
B. The baby sleeps like a rag doll.
C. The baby is a rag doll when she sleeps.
D. The baby has a rag doll.
C. The baby is a rag doll when she sleeps.
How do these sentences clarify the meaning of the word bacteria?
One type of bug that can bug you is bacteria. Bacteria are microscopic organisms that can cause illness.
They explain that bacteria can play a role in illness.
Choose the transition word that best fits the blank in the sentence.
Does this happen when you shake out the bedspread? Does it happen when you sweep the floor? ______ you're a victim of dust mites!
Then
Vocabulary:
To break down food into substances that the body can use is what?
A person or thing harmed or threatened by another is what?
digest and victim
What does the author mean by blood bank?
Thousands can infest a single bedroom looking for a blood bank!
Bedbugs bite people to get blood, which helps them stay alive.
Which sentence contains a metaphor?
A. The box was like a pancake after I sat on it.
B. The box was as flat as a pancake.
C. I sat on the box and ate a pancake.
D. The box was a pancake after I sat on it.
D. The box was a pancake after I sat on it.
An example of the word infection
Strep throat, covid, chickenpox, colds, pink eye, ect.
Complete the sentence with the word that best fits the meaning and context.
Tom ______ at the crowd. They look like him, but they do not act like him.
looks, gazes, stares,
What is the verb phrase in this sentence? Remember, a verb phrase is two or more verbs working together!
Thousands of bedbugs are infesting this room!
are infesting
Introduction A: You have heard the phrase, "I've got a bug." You may have thought that the person got a new pet, but it actually means the person is sick.
Introduction B: For many centuries, bugs were used to try to heal the sick. Due to advances in medicine, it was a practice long forgotten in many places. Recently, it has made a comeback.
Introduction A is written in the second person point of view.
Introduction B is written from the third person point of view.
Which sentence contains a metaphor?
A. The train was a roaring lion.
B. The train was as loud as a roaring lion.
C. The train carried a roaring lion.
D. The train was like a roaring lion.
A. The train was a roaring lion.
The best meaning for the word bug in the following sentence is ____________.
I stayed home from school because I caught a bug.
a sickness
What is the direct object of the following sentence?
The bites of bedbugs leave read, raised bumps.
bites
What is the plural noun in the following sentence? HINT: there are TWO
But scientists are working on ways to manufacture it.
scientist, ways
How are dust mites and bedbugs similar?
They both like to live in your bed.
Which sentence contains a metaphor?
A. My math final was like a nightmare.
B. My math final was a nightmare.
C. I had a nightmare.
D. Even a nightmare wasn't as bad as my math final.
B. My math final was a nightmare.
What does the metaphor add to our knowledge about bugs?
Bugs are hitchhikers catching a free ride to their next victim.
Bugs use humans to get where they want to go
Choose the best conjunction to combine these two sentences.
Dust mites are harmless to most people. Some people are allergic to them.
but
Homophones: words that sound the same but have different meanings and different spellings.
Chose the correct homophone: Aunts or Ants
_____ bit my foot when I stepped on the mound.Ants