Vocab
A hot air balloon does this.
What is ascend?
The deep-sea diver spotted a luminous jellyfish drifting through the dark water. It glowed so brightly that it lit up the sandy ocean floor beneath it.
Luminous means...
to give off light
During the final week of the semester, Leo decided to procrastinate on his biology research paper, choosing instead to spend his evenings marathon-watching a new sci-fi series. Because he ignored his structured study plan, he was forced to pull an all-night "cram session" the night before the deadline to finish the ten-page assignment. As a direct result of his exhaustion and lack of preparation, Leo made several careless formatting errors and failed to cite his primary sources correctly. Consequently, his professor docked twenty points for the technical mistakes, leading to a much lower final grade than he had originally hoped for.
What was the effect of Leo staying up late?
What is he made several mistakes on his project?
The possessive pronoun in this sentence.
Shepard's pie is our favorite dinner
What is our?
The best conjunction to join these two sentences is.
I wanted to go to the park. It started to thunder and lightning.
What is but?
If you want a large property, you are looking for this type of land.
What is ascend?
After hiking for six hours, Marcus felt enervated and could barely take another step. His legs felt like lead, and all he wanted to do was curl up in his sleeping bag and nap.
Enervated means....
extremely tired
While playing a spirited game of backyard baseball, Jake swung his bat with too much force and sent a foul ball soaring toward the neighbor's house. The heavy ball shattered the living room window, resulting in a loud crash and a costly repair bill for Jake’s parents.
What is the cause of the window breaking?
What is Jake hit the ball into it?
The interrogative pronoun in this sentence.
Who wanted to start a community garden?
What is who?
The prepositional phrase in the following sentence.
“The nervous squirrel ran quickly across the busy street."
What is across the busy street?
The people who drive boats
What are mariners?
The bright, sunny morning suddenly turned somber as thick, charcoal-colored clouds rolled in. The cheerful birds stopped singing, and the air grew chilly and quiet.
Somber means
dark and gloomy
Toby was so excited about the championship soccer game that he left his backpack on the school bus. When he got home, he realized his math folder was gone. He couldn't finish his assignment, so he had to stay in during recess the next day to complete it.
What is the cause of Toby missing recess?
What is he didn't do his homework?
Fill in the correct possessive pronoun.
Annika is wearing .... family bracelet.
What is her?
The correct tense word to replace threw.
Sarah catches the ball and threw it to first base.
What is throws?
A rule that explains how something in the natural world works.
What is a princple?
The cactus is a resilient plant that can survive for months without a single drop of rain. Even in the blistering heat of the desert, it stays green and strong while other flowers wither away.
Resilient means...
able to survive difficult things
The hikers forgot to secure the heavy lid on their plastic food container before crawling into their tents for the night. Hours later, a mother bear and her cubs followed a faint, sweet scent drifting through the pines. By sunrise, the hikers awoke to find their campsite littered with torn granola bar wrappers and an empty jar of peanut butter.
What was the primary cause of the hikers losing their breakfast?
What is they left the lid unscrewed?
Fill in the correct interrogative pronoun.
.... piece of cake would you like?
What is which?
The figurative language in this sentence.
The blanket was as white as snow.
What is simile?
A blacksmith will do this with a furnace and metal.
What is forged?
Mr. Henderson was known for being curmudgeonly, often scowling at the kids when they accidentally kicked their ball into his yard. He rarely smiled and preferred to stay inside his house with the curtains drawn.
What does "curmudgeonly" mean?
bad tempered/grumpy
Over many decades, the iron gate at the edge of the estate was battered by salty sea spray and heavy coastal fog. Eventually, the hinges became coated in a thick layer of reddish-brown rust. When the gardener tried to force the gate open yesterday morning, the metal snapped with a loud crack, leaving him holding a broken handle.
What was the long-term cause of the gate breaking?
What is salty sea spray and heavy coastal fog?
Replace the underlined pronoun with the correct one.
What planted all of those seeds in the garden?
What is who?
The figurative language in this sentence.
The sun was so hot. The girl was going to melt if she did not get ice-cream.
What is hyperbole?