Reading a Recipe
Synonyms and Antonyms
Idioms
Inferences and Clues
A little bit of everything
100
Multiply the original recipe ingredient amounts by 2
What is doubling a recipe.
100
Words that mean the same are called?
What are Synonyms?
100
Christina smiled when Brandon told her to “break a leg” before reading her part in the play.
What is good luck?
A theatrical phrase used to tell performers good luck before they perform
100
“Brandon hears his mailman close and his dog is barking.”
What do you infer from this sentence?
Brandon infers that the mailman has delivered his mail.
100
Sage has $14.50. She spent $3.00 on ice cream. How much money does Sage have left?
What is $11.50
200
How many teaspoons (tsp.)
equal 1 Tablespoon (Tbsp.)
What is 3 teaspoons (tsp.) make 1 Tablespoon.
200
The antonym for first is...
What is last?
200
I “pigged out” at Thanksgiving dinner.
What is overeating or eating too much?
200
What is an inference?
Example: “Cassandra hears a smoke alarm and smells burnt bacon.”
Inference: Someone burnt her breakfast.
Making a conclusion about what you are reading (what you think) based on the clues or evidence in the sentence.
200
William bought a Burger and Fries for a cost of $3.75. He also bought a milkshake for the cost of $3.00.
How much change will William get if he pays with $10.00?
What is $3.25
300
It tells you how to make the food in a recipe.
What is cooking directions?
300
The antonym for gigantic is...
What is small, tiny, little, miniature, teeny?
300
I am sick of people who
“air their dirty laundry in public.”
What is sharing private problems in a public way?
300
Alma’s sister bought six lottery tickets yesterday and quit work the next day.
What do you infer in this sentence?
Alma’s sister won the lottery!
400
In a recipe, it tells you what steps to do.
What is the cooking directions?
400
The synonym for yell is...
What is whisper, howl, shriek, call, cry, holler, shout.
400
Jennifer was already angry with her brother for taking her favorite DVD and then losing it without asking. Her brother was just "adding fuel to the fire."
What is “making a bad situation worse?”
400
Inferences/Text Clues $400 Question
What does sweltering mean?
What is very hot.
500
When someone is baking, you
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
to a certain temperature.
What is preheat the oven.
500
It was comical to watch the kitten fight its own reflection in the mirror. We laughed for hours.
The synonym for comical is...
What is funny?
500
“Air their dirty laundry” is what kind of phrase?
Hint:
Non-Literal is to use different words to say what you mean
Literal is when you say exactly what you mean.
What is non-literal language?
500
What is pungent?
What is a strong smell?
500
Shawn has $12.50 and William has $15.00.
How much more does William have than Shawn?
What is $2.50?