Your Word Classes
What is a noun?
A noun is a word that serves as a name for a person, thing, animal, plant, event, or place.
What is an adverb of manner?
An adverb of manner describes how something happens.
What is an adverb of time?
An adverb of time describes when something happens.
What is an adverb of place?
An adverb of place describes where something happens.
Give two types of stories.
adventure story, mystery story, historical story, story set in an imaginary world, story from another culture, real life story, detective story
What is an adjective?
It is a word that describes nouns.
What is the difference between fact and fiction?
A fact is something that can be checked. Meanwhile, fiction is a product of the imagination.
What is a homophone?
Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently.
Give a homophone for ate.
eight
What are the "to be" verbs in the present tense?
is/are
What is a verb?
A verb is a word that shows actions.
How do we turn regular verbs into the past tense?
We add -d/-ed at the end of these regular verbs.
What are the "to be" verbs in the past tense?
was/were
What is the singular form of the verb "have"?
has
What is the past tense form of the verb "have"?
had
What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words with a subject, verb, and object.
A sentence is a group of words with a subject or a predicate that express a complete thought.
Which word do you use to indicate the future tense?
will
What does an introduction do? Give one.
The introduction should grab the reader’s attention, and show the main characters and the setting.
What is a paragraph?
Paragraphs are groups of sentences.
Use the phrase "the coast is clear" in a sentence.
As they are about to sneak into the library, Yousuf said, 'The coast is clear!"
What is an adverb?
An adverb is a word that modifies (changes) the meaning of a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Give three ways to use the word "said"
whispered, shouted, mumbled, yelled, roared, suggested, sobbed, etc.
Where can you find a recipe for pancakes?
In a recipe book
Where can you find the synonyms of a word?
In a thesaurus
What do you call the books that give you necessary information?