Vocabulary
What does optimistic mean?
Definition: Having a hopeful or positive attitude about what will happen in the future.
Example: Even after losing the first game, our team stayed optimistic about winning the tournament.
Identify the adverb:
The dog barked loudly at the mail carrier.
Loudly
Fill in the blank, spelling the correct homophone:
I like pizza, and I want some ice cream ___.
Too
What does "suburban" mean?
Definition: Describing an area or neighborhood just outside a city.
Example: They moved from the city to a suburban neighborhood with quiet streets.
Identify the adverb: The teacher smiled proudly when everyone turned in their homework.
Proudly
Fill in the blank, spelling the correct homophone:
“_______ going to the park after school.”
They're
Give an example of a "deterrent."
Definition: Something that discourages someone from doing something.
Example: The security cameras act as a deterrent to people who might steal.
Identify the adverb:
They arrived early to get good seats for the assembly.
Early
Fill in the blank with the correct homophone:
___ going to love this movie!
You're
Give an example of a time where someone would be "insistent."
Guardian making you clean your room, someone holds the door open for you and insists you enter first, etc.
Identify the adverb:
She will always remember her first day of middle school.
Always
Fill in the blank with the correct homophone:
___ really nice to meet you!
It's
Fill in the blank:
The soldiers showed courage even in the _____________ of danger
Extremity
Identify the following in the sentence below (you have 45 seconds): -nouns, verb, adjectives, and adverbs
Jason carefully painted a bright blue picture for art class.
Jason- noun
carefully- adverb
painted- verb
bright- adjective
blue- adjective
picture- noun
art- adjective
class- noun
Spell the homophone correctly:
The dog wagged ___ tail happily.
its