Parts of Speech
What color do we use for adjectives?
What is an adjective?
Give an example of an adjective.
Blue
A description word.
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What sound do AU & AW make?
Give an example of a word for each.
"awwww"
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What is the the section on the back of the book called? It gives you information on what the book is about.
A blurb
True / False
Ow and Ou make the " OOOOOO " sound
FALSE!
THEY MAKE THE OWWWW sound.
What are contractions?
Give 2 examples of them.
apostrophe represents the missing letters when combining two words.
I + AM= I'm
What color do we use for Verb?
What is a verb?
Give an example of a verb.
Orange
An action or state of being.
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What sound do OY & OI make?
Give an example of a word for each.
EX: BOY, BOIL
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What is a book series?
Several books about same characters/different adventures.
True / False
Only fiction stories have narrators and dialogue.
FALSE!!
ONLY PLAYS (DRAMAS) HAVE NARRATORS AND DIALOGUE.
What are the conjuntion words? hint... Fan...
FANBOYS
FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO
What color do we use for nouns?
What is a noun?
Give an example of a noun.
yellow
A person, place, thing.
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What sound do Gn & Kn make?
Give an example of a word for each.
EX: Knight, Gnome
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What is the difference between a fiction book and a play(Drama) ?
One has dialogue that is discussed back and forth. one is only a storyline.
We use capital letters for Calender words, Holidays, I by itself, Peoples names, S
TRUE!!!
What is Mrs. Mays least favorite kind of candy?
Chocolate
What color do we use for adverbs?
What is an adverb?
Give an example of an adverb.
Purple
tells you how you act or do something.
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What sound does Wr & Mb make?
Give an example of a word.
EX: Wrong, Write ... Lamb, limb
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I can tell important events (RETELL), What are they?
Setting, Characters, Happenings (BME), Problem, and Solution.
True / False
You can start reading an informational text on any page number you pick from the table of contents.
TRUE
What is Mrs. Almazan's favorite animal?
Starts with Soft G.
Giraffe.
What color are prepositions and articles?
What are they?
Give an example of each.
Green and Red
Tells the position of something, the words THE, AN, & A
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What sound do Soft & Hard C&G make?
Give an example of a word for each.
Soft G, Hard G, Soft C, Hard C.
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List 5 things that non-fiction books have.
Table of contents, headings, graphic images, captions, index, dictionary, dates, etc..
G and C make their soft sounds when E, I or Y follow it.
TRUE
What are all 7 parts of speech?
Define each
Nouns Verbs Adjectives Articles Adverbs Pronouns and Prepositions