Grammar/Phonics
Vocabulary
Comprehension
100

Adding "-ed" to the end of a word, makes it _____ tense. 

past [tense]

100

Define "Advise."

To offer suggestions about the best course of action to someone.

100

How can you tell who is the main character in a story?

They are the person the story focuses on the most (most of the time, the story is about them).

200

Adding "-ing" to the end of a word implies the action is:

a) in the past

b) in the present

c) in the future

b) in the present


We are playING Jeopardy right now. 

200

What vocabulary word describes someone waiting a moment before they do something.  

Hesitated

200

What is the setting of a story?

Where the story takes place

300

What are two features a sentence must have in order to be complete?

Subject and Predicate

300

To act "________" means to try anything to change a hopeless situation.

Desperately - to try anything to change a hopeless situation

300

What is the plot of a story?

The storyline; the series of events that occur in a story.

400

"She spilled the beans" is an example of an ______.

Idiom

400

To be ______ means to be made to feel ashamed or foolish.

humiliated - to be made to feel ashamed or foolish.

400

What is the overall idea or message about life in a text?

The theme is the overall idea or message about life in a text.

500

Explain the meaning of "When pigs fly." 

Never/impossible

500

If a person or thing stirs your mind, feelings, or imagination, you are feeling ______.

Inspired

500

What was the solution of "The Talent Show?"

Maura and Tina both performed their own acts in the talent show.