Vocabulary
A word that is similar in meaning to another word.
What is a synonym?
Spell the word ___________.
What is B E C A U S E?
This describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
This phrase means something that is very simple or easy to do.
What is "a piece of cake"?
This comes at the end of a sentence
What is a period or full stop?
Give three synonyms for the word "beautiful".
What are pretty, gorgeous, and stunning? (there are others)
Spell the word _________________.
What is T R A V E L I N G?
This is an action or state of being.
What is a verb?
This phrase can mean something was done but not done on time.
What is, "better late than never"?
This comes at the end of a question.
What is a question mark?
This means, "a small annoyance".
What is "pet peeve"?
Spell the word ____________.
What is S I N C E R E L Y?
This describes a verb, adjective, or adverb?
What is an adverb?
This is a phrase you say to someone about to take the stage acting or singing, for example.
What is, "break a leg"?
You use this punctuation to show you are really excited or that something is really exciting.
This phrase means, "makes me crazy"?
What is "drives me nuts"?
Spell the words _____________ and ___________.
These connect words, phrases, and clauses.
What are conjunctions?
This phrase means that someone is mildly sick or ill.
What is, "under the weather"?
This is used to separate items in a list.
What is a comma?
In order to understand vocabulary you don't know you use this to read around a word to learn its meaning.
What is circumlocution?
Spell the three words ___________, _________, and ____________.
What are T H E R E, T H E I R, and T H E Y ' R E?
These form the second word of a phrasal verb.
What are prepositions?
This phrase is said to someone who is having a hard time waiting and wants to rush.
What is, "hold your horses"?
These are used to show someone is talking in a piece of writing.
What are quotation marks?