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What is a synonym for fast?
Quick, speedy, etc.
What are these: " "
Quotation marks
Name the spelling error.
Mrs. Crow teachs math at my school.
Teaches.
How many days are in a week?
7
What is an antonym for cold?
Hot, warm, etc.
Fact or opinion: "I think green beans taste like grass."
Opinion
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Similes compare using "like" or "as"
Metaphor figure of speech that compares two unrelated things.
How many kids does Mrs. Meyer have?
2
Tyler & Brendyn
What two words make the contraction "hasn't"?
Has + not
What is an example of a verb?
run, skip, walk, jump, etc
Simile or metaphor?
I am as hungry as a horse.
Simile
How long is a decade?
10 years
Which verb tense is correct?
There ______ 16 cows in the barn.
(Is / Are)
Are
What word is a verb in the following sentence?
Tony slithered quietly down the hallway.
slithered
Simile or metaphor?
The sky is an ocean.
Metaphor
Spell the 2nd month of the year.
February
What is the word for copying someone else's work or claiming someone else's work as your own?
Plagiarism
Emily assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing.
What does the word assumed mean?
suspected or guessed
Simile or metaphor?
When I heard about the party being cancelled, I felt as deflated as an old balloon.
Simile
What does the prefix "centi" mean?
one hundred
100
What is a word that describes a verb?
Adverb
What is it called when we put together what we already know about something together with what we read?
An inference
My mom's spaghetti is very filling. The school's spaghetti leaves me with an empty feeling.
The underlined words in the sentence above are examples of which of the following? (Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms)
Antonyms
How many reindeer does Santa have?
Eight
Words or phrases that help make connections between phrases, sentences, or paragraphs
(example: First, Next, Then, Last)
Transition words
My new pants were on (sale/sail) at the store.
My soccer team (beet/beat) our rivals.
Sale / beat
Unscramble the letters to discover a word that means "to make into small pieces"
r a g e t
grate
In what state do we live?
Georgia