Reference Materials
This reference material is one that contains synonyms and antonyms of any given word.
What is a thesaurus?
Where should the comma(s) be?
Three famous artist who painted murals were Rivera Orozco and Siquieros.
What is...
Three famous artist who painted murals were Rivera, Orozco, and Siquieros.
What is the prepositional phrase?
On top of the book shelf, there was a pile of papers.
What is On top of the book shelf?
Fill in the blank with the correct helping verb (has or have). The students _________ visited the Pink Palace every year since 3rd grade.
What is have?
Correctly punctuate the following title.
The first chapter of the book is called Navigating the Trail.
What is...
The first chapter of the book is called "Navigating the Trail".
If Susan is looking for the quickest route to New Orleans, which reference material should she use?
What is an atlas?
Where should the comma(s) be?
Before the sun rose the runners set out across the plains.
What is...
Before the sun rose, the runners set out across the plains.
What is the prepositional phrase?
Judy put her toys under the bed.
What is under the bed?
What perfect verb tense uses the words have or has?
What is present perfect?
Correctly punctuate this title.
The poem Blue Ridge was quoted in the article Mountain Time
What is...
The poem "Blue Ridge" was quoted in the article "Mountain Time".
This type of reference material contains the origins, parts of speech, and definitions of words.
What is a dictionary?
Where should the comma(s) be?
I think you Olivia should guard their forward.
What is...
I think you, Olivia, should guard their forward.
What is the prepositional phrase?
Mark climbed onto the boat.
What is onto the boat?
Identify the past perfect verb used in the sentence: The winners were announced once the judges had held their meeting.
What is had held?
Identify the interjection in this sentence.
Ouch! I hit my elbow on the table.
Greg is writing a report on Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he needs to find facts about FDR's early life. In which reference material would Greg need to look to find facts and articles about a famous person?
What is an encyclopedia?
Where should the comma(s) be?
They didn't win any games last year did they?
What is...
They didn't win any games last year, did they?
The prepositional phrase in this sentence: We saw the squirrel running up a tree.
What is up a tree?
Identify the verb and rewrite the sentences using the present perfect verb tense. The babysitter watched us every minute at the pool.
What is...
The babysitter has watched us every minute at the pool.
Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman. Ex.) The flowers waltzed in the gentle breeze
What is personification?
This reference material contains facts about events, people, weather patterns, and even the best time to plant crops for a specific year.
What is an almanac?
Where should the comma(s) be?
Miss Dunn visited the White House on Friday April 5 2019.
What is...
Miss Dunn visited the White House on Friday, April 5, 2019.
Add a prepositional phrase to this sentence and make sure it is punctuated correctly. My mom baked cookies.
Teacher will decide if correct or not.
Correct the inappropriate shift in verb tense in this sentence.
The artists huddle in the cold and sketched the river at dawn.
What is...
The artists huddled in the cold and sketched the river at dawn.
Comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?