Super Sentences
What type of sentence is this?
Look at me, please.
Simple sentence
Imparative
What does the prefix UN mean?
Not or the opposite of.
UNtie = not tie or the opposite of to tie
What type of figurative language is this sentence?
The birds chirped all morning.
ONOMATOPOEIA = chirped
What type of noun is this? Name BOTH types.
friendship
friendship =
ABSTRACT (can't touch it) and COMMON (not an exact name)
Put these words in alphabetical order:
cart, caring, cars
alphabetical order = CARING, CARS, CART
Is this sentence correct? If not, what is wrong with it?
She was having a bad day so she took a long nap.
No. It is a compound sentence, so it needs a COMMA <SPACE> CONJUNCTION.
She was having a bad day, so she took a nap.
OR- you could divide it into 2 simple sentences.
What does the suffix LESS mean?
Without.
joyLESS = without joy.
What type of figurative language is this sentence?
The clouds hopped around the sky all morning.
PERSONIFICATION = clouds hopping
What is the plural form of this word? and spell it
woman
W-O-M-E-N
Name 3 things you can learn about a word in a dictionary.
how to spell it, syllables, word origin, sometimes synonyms/antonyms, definition, word in a sentence, part of speech, pronunciation, sometimes plural forms or verb tenses
What type of sentence is this?
Will you come to the park with me this afternoon?
Simple sentence.
Interrogative
What is the root of this word?
unpredictable
root = PREDICT
un is a prefix
able is a suffix
What type of figurative language is this sentence?
You must have ants in your pants!
IDIOM = doesn't literally mean you have bugs in your shorts.
What is the plural possessive form of this word?
student
STUDENTS'
plural student = students (already ends in S, so just the apostrophe at the end).
What is each bold word that you look up (in alphabetical order) in a dictionary called?
an ENTRY WORD
Is this sentence correct? If not, what is wrong with it?
Julie did you ask your mom about the dog.
No. There should be a COMMA after JULIE and a QUESTION MARK at the end.
Julie, did you ask your mom about the dog?
Name 1 synonym and 1 antonym for this word:
EASY
EASY
synonym: simple
antonym: hard, difficult
Explain what an IDIOM is.
Words that do not have literal meaning (they do not mean exactly what they say).
What is the complete predicate of this wentence?
After school, we quickly went to the neighborhood swimming pool.
complete predicate = QUICKLY WENT
(verb and the words that go with it)
What are the 2 words on the top corner of each page called? What do they do?
GUIDE WORDS
They show you the first and the last word on each page.
Is this sentence correct? If not, what is wrong with it?
Several tiles in the box was broken.
No. The subject does not agree with the verb. It should be WERE, not WAS.
Several tiles in the box were broken.
Using prior knowledge and word etemology, what does this Latin word part mean?
BIO
BIO = LIFE
biology - study of life
biography - written about one's life
biosphere - a system containing plant, animal, and human life
What TWO types of figurative language could this sentence be?
The bacon sizzled and popped in the pan, screaming to be eaten!
The bacon sizzled and popped (ONOMATOPOEIA) in the pan, screaming (PERSONIFICATION) to be eaten!
What is the object of the preposition in this sentence?
We went to the golf course, it started to rain.
prepositional phrase: to the golf course
object of the preposition: COURSE
Would the word TENT
come before the page, after the page, or on the page with these guide words?
TENTACLES and TENSE
BEFORE the page with TENTACLES and TENSE as guide words (because TENT starts just like TENTACLES, but it is shorter, so it would come BEFORE that).