Vocabulary
Comprehension
Decoding
Grammar
Hodge Podge
100
What does the word tremor mean in this sentence: Seismometers can detect tremors in Earth caused by earthquakes.
What are vibrations?
100
What made it difficult for people see after the first eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
What is a cloud of ash filled the air?
100
How is the word disappear broken into syllables?
What is dis - ap - pear?
100
What is the preposition in the following sentence? The successful plumber fixed the leaky pipe under the sink.
What is "under?"
100
What does the word immature mean in this sentence? The immature child cried when someone took his hat.
What is childish?
200
What does the word salvage mean in this sentence: The pirate returned to the sunken chest to salvage the jewels that were buried there.
What is save?
200
Based on the author's tone at the end of the article, what did the author believe about the archaeological site's security?
What is the site needed more security to keep people from walking off with artifacts?
200
What is the correct way to divide intertwine into syllables?
What is in - ter - twine?
200
What word is modified by the prepositional phrase "with a microscope" in the sentence below? During the testing phase, Sarah examined all kind of cells with a microscope.
What is "examined?"
200
What does the word interviewed mean?
What is to speak to in order to get information?
300
What does the word dormant mean in this sentence: The volcano is dormant now but may erupt again.
What is inactive or sleeping?
300
Why does the author devote so much of the article to describing the time of the explosion?
What is to give readers an idea of what it was like to experience it?
300
What is the correct way to divide exterminate into syllables?
What is ex - ter - mi - nate?
300
Which prepositional phrase is used as an adverb in the sentence below? Animals with white fur and birds with white feathers survive well in Arctic areas because they match the color of the snow.
What is "in Artic areas?"
300
What does the word disbelief mean?
What is to not believe?
400
What does the word meager mean in the following sentence: There was no way to purchase the house with the meager amount of money I had in the bank.
What is small?
400
What was the main idea of the article?
What is Pompeii was lost for centuries but was found again through excavations?
400
What is the correct way to divide the word interconnects into syllables?
What is in - ter - con - nects?
400
Which prepositional phrase is used as an adjective in the sentence below? After the bull entered, a cowboy with a red bandana jumped on his horse and rode into the ring.
What is "with a red bandana?"
400
What does the word disproved mean?
What is to prove something isn't correct?
500
What does the word opulent mean in this sentence: The millionaire lived in a large and opulent house.
What is richly decorated?
500
What did Pompeii become much later that shows it was completely transformed after the eruption?
What is a farmland with rich soil?
500
What is the correct way to divide the word discourage into syllables?
What is dis - cour - age?
500
Which prepositional phrase is used as an adjective in the sentence below? With his friends' help, Alan searched in his room and around the house but couldn't find the baseball from his championship game.
What is "from his championship game?"