Grammar
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Finish this sentence with the correct pronoun: "Sharon brought us cookies! We should thank ____."
Her
A gerund is a verb ending in - _____.
*Bonus MI dollar- How do you pronounce "gerund?"
- ing
*Bonus $MI- "jerr-uhnd"
How many people or things do we compare when using the superlative adverb?
*BONUS MI DOLLAR- Give an example of a superlative.
3 or more people or things
*BONUS MI DOLLAR- anything with -est ending or "the most ___" Ex. Fastest, the most slowly
What is the definition of "mold"?
BONUS 1 M.I. DOLLAR: Make a sentence with this word, but you have to include your teacher in the sentence.
- a soft green, gray, or black growth that forms on old food or objects
What is the part of speech of ravenous?
*BONUS 2 MI DOLLARS: Act how you would be when eating a big bowl of spaghetti if you were ravenous.
Adjective
What does "it" refer to?
I got a magic unicorn for my birthday, but my mom said we had to keep it outside.
magic unicorn
We use "Will" in the future tense to say something is going to happen in the future or for a request. Which is it used for in the following sentence?
Will you give me 100 MI dollars?
Request
Give an example of an irregular comparative adverb and say what the original adjective is.
1 syllable adverb: add -er (faster)
ending in -ly: add "more" before (more slowly)
irregular: well--> better
Make up a story using this vocabulary word: hunt.
*BONUS 2 MI DOLLARS: Include 2 of your classmates in the story.
Teacher may judge if student used the word correctly.
Coral reef is a noun. Explain why it is a noun and give 2 examples of other nouns that may live in a coral reef.
Coral reef is a noun because it is a structure. It is a thing you can see and touch and it is also a place where many animals live.
Nouns that may live there- clownfish, lobsters, crabs, eels, sharks
Which word is the possessive adjective in this sentence?
I love their caterpillar soup!
Their
*BONUS 3 MI DOLLARS- Show the class your favorite dance move.
Turn this statement into a question:
Ben is going to be late.
*BONUS MI DOLLAR- Make up an excuse of why Ben was late, including a dinosaur in the story.
Is Ben going to be late?
Which is the preposition of movement in the following sentence:
"Alex jumped into the pool and made a big splash."
into
Say two synonyms and two antonyms of the word colossal.
Possible answers: synonyms- big, large, huge, enormous. antonyms- tiny, small, little
What is the part of speech of howl and why is it that part of speech?
*BONUS MI DOLLARS: You get 1 dollar for every person you get to howl with you.
The part of speech of howl is a noun. It is a noun because it is a sound that we can hear.
Change this sentence to the present continuous:
Heather and Mark ride bikes.
*BONUS 2 MI DOLLARS: Change to past continuous.
Heather and Mark are riding their bikes.
*BONUS 2 MI DOLLARS: Heather and Mark were riding their bikes.
What is the "be" verb we use for the future tense "be going to" if our subject is in the he/she/it form?
Is
Example- "Sharon is going to give me all her MI dollars."
*BONUS 1 MI DOLLAR- Give us your best impression of one of the farmers from Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Change each sentence to an affirmative statement and negative tag. All must be correct to gain points!
"Yoon didn't promise us all his M.I. dollars, did he?"
"Chloe said she wouldn't eat 10 worms, did she?"
"Ryan didn't dance on the table, did he?"
*BONUS MI DOLLAR- Act like Ryan dancing on the table
"Yoon promised us all his M.I. dollars, didn't he?"
"Chloe said she would eat 10 worms, didn't she?"
"Ryan danced on the table, didn't he?"
*BONUS
What is the definition of interact? Give 2 examples of how we can do this.
Interact means to communicate with or react to each other. Ways to do this may be- talk on the phone, play, video chat, zoom
Giggle can be a noun or a verb.
Explain why.
*BONUS 3 MI DOLLARS: Give an example of how each can be used in a sentence.
Giggle as a noun is a light silly laugh. Giggle as a verb is the act of laughing lightly. Noun is the actual laugh, verb is the act of doing it.
Ex. Noun- "The sound of giggles came from the market day room."
Verb- "The girls giggled as they stole all of Miss Bella's MI dollars."
How do you make this sentence into a negative form of the past continuous:
We _______ (study) for the test because we were climbing trees.
We were not(weren't) studying for the test because we were climbing trees.
What is an adverb of frequency and does it usually come before or after the main verb?
*Must answer both to get correct
Adverb of frequency tells us how often something happens and usually comes before the main verb.
Example- "Kimberly always eats my pizza."
What are the words called we use to link parts of a sentence together? These can be used to link ideas, actions, choices, or opposite ideas.
*BONUS MI DOLLAR: 1 dollar for every example you can give using a conjunction
Conjunctions
BONUS- but, and, or, because, so
Make a fantasy fiction story about your teacher using these 4 vocabulary words. Must use in correct context.
- famous, weird, lizard, faucet
Teacher may judge if all words were used correctly.
Say what part of speech each of these words is, then explain why. The words that are verbs- act them out.
"sob, embarrassed, ocean, prowl, chortle"
Verbs- sob, prowl, chortle
Nouns- ocean
Adjs- embarrassed