Grammar and Word Study 1
Geography 101
Figurative Language
Literary Devices
Editing and Revising
100
What prefix should be inserted here?Everyone always blames Jake but he feels that he is ____ undertsood.
what is "misunderstood?"
100
This country borders the United States to the North.
What is Canada?
100
What kind of figurative language is used in the following:
The darkened sky snuck across the landscape eerily silent.
What is personification?
100
What literary device is used below:
Immanuel heard the cat meowing loudly, so he gave it some food.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Identify the problem with the sentence:
I saw youre uncle at the park!
What is "your?"
200
Combine the following sentence using "because."
It was raining in the morning. I wore a raincoat.
I wore a raincoat because it was raining in the morning.
200
This country is our (United States) greatest trade partner. It was originally a Spanish colony and home to such great peoples such as as the Mayans and the Aztecs.
What is Mexico?
200
What figurative language is used here
The lightning danced across the night sky.
What is personification?
200
Taco taco taco
filled with sweet delights
Taco taco taco
Why can't everyday be Tuesday
Taco taco taco
What is repetition?
200
Identify the problem with the sentence:
The dog eight twelve biscuits!
What is "ate?"
300
What prefix should be inserted here?
The house was falling apart so they decided to ____model it.
What is "remodel?"
300
This country is NOT in the continent of Europe
France, Spain, Belgium, Israel, Turkey
What is Israel?
300
What kind of figurative language is used in the following:
The test was a piece of cake, and everyone received an A.
What is a metaphor?
300
What literary device is used below:
Digging dogs don't date deer.
What is alliteration?
300
Combine the two sentences using a fanboy:
It was raining. I put on a raincoat.
It was raining, so I put on a raincoat.
400
Add the correct suffix.
The research____ was in the amazon researching the biodiversity there.
What is "researcher"?
400
This country once held land in the central United States and sold that land to the US in what was called the "Louisiana Purchase." Much of the culture can still be found in places like Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
What is France?
400
What kind of figurative language is used in the following:
I feel like a million bucks!
What is "simile"
400
The following is what kind of phrase.
simple, fragment, complex, compound, etc?
Since I won’t be able to attend the party
What is complex?
500
Use the root word "create" to create the proper word in the sentence:
The _________of the new country of Israel caused a lot of problems in the Middle East.
What is "creation?"
500
This country in Asia is slowly becoming the most populous country in the world with a population of 1.4 billion!
What is India?
500
What kind of figurative language is used in the following:
You can take a horse to water, but you can't force it to drink.
What is an idiom?
500
Insert the comma/as in the proper location:
I love many different types of food. My favorites are tacos pizza burgers, and hotdogs.
My favorites are tacos, pizza, burgers, and hotdogs.