COMPREHENSION
VOCABULARY
GRAMMAR
FOUNDATION SKILLS
EXPOSITORY TEXT
100

Why did Dr. Sereno and his team need to create a blueprint?

The blueprint helped them know how to put the skeleton together.

100

What is the antonym for the word create?

destroy

100

Use these words to make a complete sentence, in sequence, and with correct punctuation.

sandwich     made     it     it     cut     ate     a    jam

and     I

I mad a jam sandwich, cut it, and ate it.

100

Which word ends with a z sound?  Choose one below.

cats

cabs

cups

cots

cats

100

What does expository writing do?

Gives information

200

Why were the Touareg people able to help Dr. Sereno?

The Touareg know the desert best.

200

We used a _________ to lift the heavy boxes onto the ship at the __________.

pulley, port

200

Which task would you need to do in a precise way?  Choose one below.

ride a bike down the street

code a computer game

wipe mud off your hands

code a computer game

200

Which word correctly completes the sentence?  Choose one below.

lick

pick

wick

wick

200

What is the first paragraph of an essay called?

Introduction

300

If we only tell the main steps of "African Digs" what are we doing?

a.  summarizing

b.  stating the main idea

c.  drawing a conclusion

300

The scientists watched the baby bird __________ from the egg.

emerge

300

What would be a logical way to complete this sentence?

She fixed the car __________.

with a yak's tail

with her mother's tools

in the doctor's office

with her mother's tools

300

The cats ran to him.

Which word is a plural noun?

cats

300

What are the middle paragraphs of an essay called?

body

400

It has been buried for 135 million years!

What part of the paragraph is this?

Choose one:

topic

supporting detail

conclusion

400

What kind of place is opposite of a desert?  Choose one below.

grassland with little rain

a small town without many houses or cars

a jungle with a lot of rain and many plants

a jungle with lots of rain and many plants

400

A direct object tells...  Choose one below.

who is doing the action

what is doing the action

what the action is done to.

What the action is done to

400

Where should you divide the syllables in the word uppercut?

up  per  cut

400

What is the ending paragraph of an essay called?

Conclusion

500

Teacher reads the paragraph..

The main idea of the paragraph is?

Dinosaur bones created many legends (stories that are not real)

500

A museum is a good place to __________ a dinosaur

skeleton.

display

500

His __________ displayed their __________

paintings on the wall.  Choose one below

brother's friend's

brothers, friend's

brothers, friends

brothers,  friend's

500

What are correct graphemes for mill?


m   i   ll

500

What two things should a body paragraph have?

a topic sentence 

supporting details