Vocabulary
If someone is very lenient, how would you describe them?
Chill, easy-going
Identify the prepositional phrase:
The cat slept under the table.
Under the table
Identify the pronoun:
She gave the dog a treat.
She
Name the pronoun AND what it is referring to
The girls brought their backpacks to practice.
Their refers to the girls
What is an example of something that could fluctuate?
Temperature
Find the prepositional phrase and identify the preposition:
Before the bell, students lined up quietly.
Before the bell
Preposition = before
Find the pronoun:
The students enjoyed themselves at the party.
Themselves
This planet is known as the Red Planet.
Mars
His allergies weren’t just seasonal—they were ______ and happened often.
Chronic
Fix the sentence by adding a prepositional phrase:
The kids waited...
EX- on the bench, by the sign, etc.
Find the pronoun AND the noun it refers to:
When Mia talked to Ava, she got confused.
She refers to Mia
This word means strange or unusual in behavior.
Eccentric
The crowd grew quiet during a brief ______ in the concert.
Lull
Identify the prepositional phrase AND what it tells you:
He found his phone under the couch.
Under the couch
Where he found his phone
Fix the sentence by correcting the pronoun shift:
If a person wants to succeed, you need to work for it.
If a person wants to succeed, they need to work for it.
How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence?
During lunch, the students gathered near the stage for the assembly.
3- during lunch, near the stage, and for the assembly
A gardener waters and cares for plants every day to make sure they continue growing. Which word describes what the gardener is doing?
He is sustaining the plants!
One of the prepositional phrases in this sentence functions as an adjective, and the other functions as an adverb. Identify the adverbial prepositional phrase:
The book on the shelf fell during the storm.
During the storm- modifies fell
This is the answer because "fell" is a verb and adverbs are what modify verbs/adjectives (while "on the shelf" modifies a noun which would make it an adjective)
This sentence includes a pronoun whose meaning is unclear. Identify the unclear pronoun AND explain why it is unclear:
Jordan texted Alex after he won the award.
“He,”
It is unclear whether it refers to Jordan or Alex
This U.S. state is the largest by area.
Alaska