ELA
What is a synonym for fast?
Quick, speedy, etc.
What are these: " "
Quotation marks
Name the spelling error.
Mrs. Mangham teachs math at my school.
Teaches.
Where did Mrs. Mercado grow up?
Florida
Spell the word that completes this sentence: Summer __________ is over, it's time to go back to school
(8 letters)
vacation
What is an antonym for cold?
Hot, warm, etc.
Fact or opinion: "I think green beans taste like boogers."
Opinion
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Similes compare using "like" or "as"
This is how many dogs Mrs. Mercado has
2
Spell the word: a mountain with hot lava inside
volcano
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
What is my favorite color?
Black
What does the word "tedious" mean?
Boring, uninteresting, unexciting.
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
What is Mrs. Mercado's favorite sport to watch
Hockey
Spell the word: What has the dates, months, and days of the week on it?
Calendar
What is the theme of this paragraph?
Lucas was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke his mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. He went to his mom and told her what he had done even though he knew he'd be punished.
The theme is honesty is the best policy
Dior assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing.
What does the word assumed mean?
suspected or guessed
Simile or metaphor?
When Krimsyn heard about her party being canceled, she felt as deflated as an old balloon.
Simile
What is Mrs. Mercado's favorite NBA basketball team?
The Atlanta Hawks
Spell the last month of the year.
December
A writer would most likely write an book about how steam engine trains were invented and designed in order to:
a. inform readers about the history of the steam engine.
b. inform readers about how many steam engines are still in use.
a. inform readers about the history of the steam engine.
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
What is Mrs. Mercado's favorite food?
Seafood
Spell the word for a 5 sided quadrilateral
pentagon
These words are used to combine sentences.
(Think: FANBOYS)
Conjunctions!
My new pants were on (sale/sail) at the store.
My soccer team (beet/beat) our rivals.
Sale / beat
What is the part of speech that describes or changes a verb or adjective.
an adverb!
What is my favorite Disney movie?
Lilo & Stitch
or
Aladdin
Spell the word for an 8 sided polygon