Word Study
A manager is someone who is ___ of something.
Who is in charge?
When an author repeats words for effect, this device is used.
What is repetition?
The past tense of know.
What is knew?
A word that shows time or place like after, before, under.
What is a preposition?
Correct syllable break: lemon →
What is le/mon?
Wise and wisdom share this feature.
What is the same base word?
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
Change to past progressive: “She is running.”What is was running?
What is was running?
He are happy” breaks this rule.
What is subject–verb agreement?
Correct syllable break: report →
What is re/port?
The r-controlled vowel sound in the word start is —
What is ar?
A comparison that says something is something else.
What is a metaphor?
This sentence shows future progressive tense: Sam will be studying.
What is future progressive tense?
Correct the verb: “I ___ excited.”
What is am?
A word with r-controlled vowel sound: start, see, play, time
What is start?
A word with a final stable syllable: decorate, run, cat, jump
DOUBLE POINTS
What is decorate?
Giving human qualities to nonliving things.
What is personification?
Regular past tense verbs usually end with —
What is -ed?
An auxiliary verb that can give a polite command.
What is shall or would?
A final stable syllable appears at the end of words like —
What is -tion?
Two words with silent letters in this sentence:What are know and write?
What are know and write?
Every moment is a miracle” is an example of this device
What is a metaphor?
Walk, jump, fix — these are examples of —
What are regular verbs?
Fix this sentence: “She may please sit.”
What is She would please sit?
Correct syllable break: moment →
What is mo/ment?
What is mo/ment?