Root Words & Affixes
Figurative Language
Parts of Speech
Prepositions & Conjunctions
Commas & Quotation Marks
100
What is the root word in the word below:
Reread
Read
100
Which sentence is an example of a simile?
A. My dad is a bear.
B. My dad is as big as a bear.
C. My dad went to buy a bear.
B. My dad is as big as a bear.
100
What is a noun?
A. An action word.
B. Person, animal, place, thing, or idea
C. Mrs. Farrar's favorite snack
B. Person, animal, place, thing, or idea
100
Which word is a preposition?
A. Through
B. Circle
C. Someone
A. Through
100
Which form of punctuation is a comma?
A. .
B. ,
C. !
B. ,
200
What is the prefix in the follow word:
Untie
Un- meaning "not"
200
Which sentence is an example of a metaphor?
A. The moon is like a big smelly ball of cheese.
B. The moon is in the sky.
C. The moon is a big smelly ball of cheese.
C. The moon is a big smelly ball of cheese.
200
What is the verb in the sentence below?
Ms. Ciullo is skipping through the grass.
skipping
200
Which preposition best completes the sentence?
Najiib went _______ the pool.
A. above
B. in
C. on top
B. in
Najiib went in the pool.
200
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
A. Emily, Ruqaya, and Jaylin went shopping.
B. Emily Ruqaya and, Jaylin went shopping.
C. Emily Ruqaya, and Jaylin, went shopping.
A. Emily, Ruqaya, and Jaylin went shopping.
300
What is the suffix in the word below:
Played
-ed indicating the past tense
300
Write 3 examples of onomatopoeia.
Various answers:
Boom!
Pow!
Zap!
300
Use 3 adjectives to describe the image below:
Various Answers:
Spooky
Black
Strong
300
What is the definition of a conjunction?
A. A word that describes where something is.
B. A word that shows expression.
C. A word that glues a sentence together.
C. A word that glues a sentence together.
300
Finish the Quotation Mark Chant:
"... Speaking here, speaking there,
When a ________ speaks, _________ there."
"... Speaking here, speaking there,
When a character speaks, quotations there."
400
Write a word that has the prefix:
pre-
Various Answers:
prefix
preread
preheat
400
What is the correct definition of an idiom?
A. A phrase that means something different.
B. A sound word.
C. A word that means the same.
A. A phrase that means something different.
400
Which word is correctly written in the past tense?
A. Splashing
B. Jump
C. Cooked
How do you know?
C. Cooked
-ed means it is the past tense.
400
Identify the preposition and the conjunction in the sentence below:
The bird flew above the trees and landed gently.
above
and
The bird flew above the trees and landed gently.
400
Which sentence correctly uses commas and quotation marks?
A. Ozzie asked is today the last day of "tutoring?"
B. "Ozzie, asked," is today the last day of tutoring?
C. Ozzie asked, "Is today the last day of tutoring?"
C. Ozzie asked, "Is today the last day of tutoring?"
500
Write a word that has a prefix, root word, and suffix. What does the prefix mean?
Various answers:
Ex: preheated - pre= before
500
What is the word that we use to define "sound words"?
Correct spelling!
Onomatopoeia
500
What is a proper noun?
Hint: Chuck E. Cheese
The specific name of a person, place, or thing.
500
Name the top 5 conjunctions.
and, or, so, but, because
500
In the mnemonic device COMMAS, what does the "S" represent?
Series - A list of something (ex. Bananas, apples, and oranges.)