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100

In the word   MISUNDERSTOOD,  what does the prefix mean?

wrongly 

100
These words join two complete sentences and usually are preceded by a comma.

conjunctions  

I am ready and confident, but I still need to work carefully.

100

A pronoun stands in the place of a ______. 

Give at least 2 examples

noun

100
Name three times that a capital letter is needed. 
beginning of sentence

proper noun

pronoun I 

100
What type of text is it if you notice

it's a true story about a person's life

it's narrated- 3rd person point of view

text structure is chronological  

biography

200

What does the suffix mean in the word  

BEAUTIFUL?

 Full of  (beauty)

200
These words are made of two or more smaller words put together and create a new word.

compound words

200

Instead of saying state, I named Pennsylvania.  Instead of saying store, I named Target. 

What kind of nouns am I choosing to use?

Pennsylvania and Target are PROPER NOUNS


*state/store are common nouns

200
If a sentence is about 2 or more nouns, it is said to have a ____________subject.

compound

200

You read a story that was written to entertain.

It is not a true story.

It has realistic characters, setting, and events.


Realistic Fiction

300

Name three prefixes that can mean NOT.

Possible answers:  


dis  un  in  im  il  non
300

Contractions are two or more words that have been abbreviated using an..... (punctuation mark)

apostrophe

300

When I have only one noun, it is singular.  What is the word that means I have more than one noun?

plural

300
If a subject does two or more things, the sentence will have a compound ________________

predicate

300

This text can be told from a 1st person point of view.

It is true.  It tells a story about something that happened.  

The author uses literary devices such as metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, and flashbacks to help readers enjoy the story. 

narrative nonfiction


400

What is the name of the word located after a prefix or before a suffix?

root word

400

Words can look the same, but mean more than one thing. The same word might be pronounced differently and be used as a different part of speech in a sentence.  What do we call these words?

homographs

400

What do I need to do to verbs to make them show future tense?

add WILL before it.   


I WILL succeed.

400

What punctuation mark is used to separate the date from the year,   the greeting from the body of a letter, and words in a list?

comma

400

This genre is another word for a PLAY.  The author's purpose is to entertain. 

The text structure is a script explaining what characters will say.  

Stage directions in parenthesis tell what the characters are doing or how they are talking.

drama

500

Name three prefixes that tell about the number of something.

uni  1           dec  10

bi  2           oct 8

tri  3             cent 100

quad 4        other answers possible

500

Comparative and Superlative adjectives compare two or more words.  What are the suffixes that mean 

more 

most

-er    is more  

-est   is most 

500

Regular past tense verbs have what suffix added to them?

-ed

500
How do you correctly change the spelling of a word that ends in a consonant and Y   if you need to add a suffix such as -es?

Change Y to I, then add es.

ex: puppy   puppies

500

Haikus are Japanese poems. 

They have lines made of   7  5  and 7  what?

syllables