ELA 1
What are the two main parts of a complete sentence?
Subject and Predicate
What is a conjunction?
A word that joins words or sentences.
What is a prefix?
A word part added to the beginning of a word.
Look at the following sentence:
"I told you...this wasn't my idea."
Why would an author make the word 'my' in italics?
They made the word 'my' in italics because they wanted the reader to emphasis this word when reading it.
States the main idea of the entire book.
Title
A picture with labels.
Diagram.
What is the predicate of a sentence?
What the subject does or is.
Name one conjunction:
And / but / or / so / because
What is a suffix?
A word part added to the end of a word.
What kind of sentence shows strong feeling?
An exclamatory sentence!
A list of parts of the book and where they are located. Usually in the front of the book.
Table of contents
A picture that is drawn or created by an illustrator.
Illustration
What is a homophone?
two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun
Is re- a prefix or a suffix?
Prefix
Which word is the subject:
“My best friend plays soccer.”
Friend
List of main points details or examples the author wants you to know.
Bullet points
What is the problem in a story called?
Conflict
What is a homonym?
two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins.
Shows action or a state of being (e.g., run, is, seem)
Verb
Is -ed a prefix or a suffix?
Suffix
What does every sentence need at the end?
Punctuation.
An alphabetical list of important topics and the page numbers where they can be found.
Index
What is the setting of a story?
When and where the story takes place.
What is past tense?
Something that already happened.
Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun (e.g., big, red, happy).
Adjective
In the word unhelpful, what is the prefix and what is the suffix?
Prefix - Un
Suffix - Ful
Modifies verbs, adjectives, or other verbs (e.g., quickly, very, often).
Adverb
An alphabetical list of important words and their meanings found at the back of the text.
Glossary
What should every sentence begin with?
A capital letter.