Vocabulary
Fill in the word:
The color red is a ______ sign to stop.
Universal.
Universal means common to everyone or available everywhere.
What does "part of speech" mean in English grammar?
What kind of word it is.
True or false:
A good paragraph has a main idea, and two or three supporting details.
True.
What do we have to add to a verb when we conjugate "he/she/it"?
Add an "s".
Example:
eat becomes he eats, read becomes she reads
Fill in the word:
That woman looks ______ to me. Was she in my English class?
Familiar.
Familiar means that you know something, or someone, from an earlier time.
What is a proper noun?
A name.
Is the word "reliable" a noun or an adjective?
Adjective.
Example: My coworker is reliable. I can trust her to do her job well.
Where can you study nouns and adjectives and lots of other grammar topics?
In IXL!
What does "moreover" mean?
Moreover means "in addition" or "and".
What does an adjective do?
It describes a noun.
True or false:
Communicate is a noun.
False.
To communicate is a verb.
Where does June like to look when she does not know a word?
In the Britannica online dictionary.
What does the word "transfer" mean?
To move something from one place to another.
Example:
Tomorrow I will transfer $1,000 to my brother in Ecuador.
What is a noun?
A person, place or thing.
What kind of word (part of speech) do the suffixes "-able" and "-ible" create?
Adjectives.
-Able and -ible mean "capable of being".
They are added to a root word.
Examples: comfortable, manageable, valuable, reliable, visible, dependable, enjoyable, knowledgeable, acceptable, likeable
What does the prefix "uni-" mean?
Uni means to join together into one.
Examples:
United States (states joined together into one country)
What does the word "advantage mean?
An advantage is something that helps you or benefits you in some way.
Example:
One of the advantages of having a car is flexibility in my travel.
Living across the street from a fire station is an advantage because you get faster help.
What do teachers say when they want to describe what job a word does?
What is the "part of speech".
Which suffixes show us a word is a noun?
Name any that you know.
Some examples:
-tion, -ness, -er, -ment
(education, happiness, driver, development)
Who will be the teacher for this class in January?
Doug