Noun
The squirrel is running fast.
Squirrel
week or weak
The football player became ________ after his head injury.
weak
Maddie put the golden key in the lock.
Golden
The painting was a mixture of light purple dark green, and pale yellow.
The painting was a mixture of light purple, dark green, and pale yellow.
The boy ran as fast as lighting when he realized he was late.
Simile
Answer the telephone, please.
Telephone
Were or We’re
________ waiting for our chance to participate in the science experiments being hosted by local high school students.
We’re
Patricia played beautiful music on her guitar.
Beautiful
We dropped off boxes of books bags of clothes cases of canned foods and random household items to the victims of the tornado.
We dropped off boxes of books, bags of clothes, cases of canned foods, and random household items to the victims of the tornado.
The wind whispered my name and the branches from the nearby tree beckoned me.
Personification
Name the common and proper noun.
Did you see Kevin at the party?
Common ~ party
Proper ~ Kevin
soar or sore
If you have enough wind and you angle the kite correctly, it will ______ through the air.
Soar
This week’s temperatures are warmer than last week’s.
Warmer
Mrs. Williams is it to late to turn in my homework?
Mrs. Williams, is it to late to turn in my homework?
The sound of the basketball player were thunder to my ear as he ran down the court.
Metaphor
Is the noun in the sentence singular or plural?
Three of the plates are round.
Plural ~ plates
to, too or two
“I’m _____ tired to walk home,” said the boy.
Too
We had a difficult test today.
Difficult
Depending on the amount of tickets sold we will have two or three showings of the movie.
Depending on the amount of tickets sold, we will have two or three showings of the movie.
The test was taking me forever to finish.
Hyperbole
How many nouns are in this sentence?
Jamie was outside playing catch with the football.
4 ~ Jamie, outside, catch, football
their, there or they’re
Place your musical instrument over ______.
There
Do you think a snake is slower than an owl?
Slower
Susan your purse is nearly falling apart. It is time for a new one isn’t it?
Susan, your purse is nearly falling apart. It is time for a new one, isn’t it?
David was digging deep down in the dirt.
Alliteration