Proper Grammar
Shells, wood, and animal horns were stuff used to make the first spoons. What word can be replaced with "stuff".
Materials/Objeects
I went buy the store too get some snacks.
Correct this sentence.
I went to by the store to get some snacks.
Sarah frantically woke up out of her sleep, nervously got dressed, and grabbed her backpack to head out the door. What can you infer about Sarah?
She woke up late and is rushing to get to school.
The students sold candy, chips and drinks to raise enough money for their trip.
What does raise mean?
To collect.
The car was as loud as a bomb.
Simile. The car was loud.
Peter Pettigrew wanted to take a nap but he was only halfway through his homework assignment. What punctuation should be added to this sentence? Why?
the Bell Telephone Hour brought classical music into the lifes of listeners across the United States. What are two errors in this sentence?
Capitalize T in The, change lifes to lives.
When Zeek trudged off the football field, he shrugged his shoulders and ignored his teammates on the sideline. What can you infer about Zeek based on his actions?
Zeek is upset and mad about something that happened in the football game.
We went through an extensive interview process.
The team is a sinking ship.
Metaphor. The team is not doing good.
Lionel Messi is one athlete who’s / whose hard work and determination helped him keep up with his taller competitors. Which is the correct homophone to use in this sentence?
Whose
mens, womans, and children also enjoyed comedys such as Lum and Abner. What is the correct way to fix this sentence?
Men, women, and children also enjoyed comedies such as Lum and Abner.
Alice was carrying a large clothes basket from the bedroom down the stairs to the laundry room. She struggled under the weight of the basket. She wished her younger brothers would help her. Instead, they were playing. She had heard them throwing a baseball in the house earlier. She had told them to go outside. They had gone to the backyard, but they had left the baseball on the stairs.
What inference can you make about what will happen next based on the story?
Alice will trip on the baseball that is laying on the stairs and the large basket of clothes will fall out her hand too.
I was very apprehensive when it came to confronting my bully about their behavior.
Fearful, frightened, scared.
SPLAT!
Nintendo could not continue to loose/ lose money in North America, so they asked a young engineer named Shigeru Miyamoto to create a game that Americans would enjoy. Which homophone is the correct way to use it in this sentence?
Lose.
Wolfs howl to gather their pack before and after a hunt. What is a grammar error in this sentence?
Wolves (plural)
The room was dark and quiet. We heard Carl and his mother come in the front door talking. I heard two girls in the corner giggle nervously. Another girl told them to be quiet. I hid behind the table where the cake and presents were set out. The tension in the room grew as we waited for them to open the door.
What can you infer is happening?
They are at a surprise party trying to surprise someone who is entering.
The wings on an airplane allows it to fly and maneuver efficiently.
What does maneuver mean?
to change a position, to move through something
The thirsty grass drank the rain.
Personification. The grass and ground was dry, the rain absorbed it.
Though the original idea for the statue had been Laboulaye’s, Bartholdi became the project’s principal/principle advocate. Which homophone is used correctly in the sentence.
principle.
The flock of goose arrives at the lake about the same time each year. What is a correct way to fix the grammar error in this sentence?
Geese (plural)
When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great, gray prairie on every side. Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country that reached to the edge of the sky in all directions. The sun had baked the plowed land into a gray mass, with little cracks running through it.
What is the tone/mood of the setting based off of how they are describing the lad around Dorothy's house?
The tone/mood of the setting is gloomy, sad, and dull. Key words "Gray prairie and gray mass. Not a tree nor house."
In science, you use different test tubes for materials so that you won't contaminate any of them.
Pollute, infect, impure.
I learned to ride a bike about a million years ago.
What type of figurative language is this?
Hyperbole. I learned to ride a bike a long time ago.