Shurley English Chapter 1

Lesson 3

100

What are words that have almost the same meanings called?

Synonyms

200

What are words that have opposite meanings?

Antonyms

300

Name one synonym of absent.

missing, away, gone

400

Name an antonym of absent.

present, here

500

Name the 5 Parts of a Complete Sentence

1. Subject

2. Verb

3. Complete Sense

4. Capital Letter

5. End Mark

Lesson 4

100

cat : bat :: town :  ___________

down, clown 

(I will accept any other word that rhymes with town)

200

Name the relationship and fill in the blank: 

north : south :: ______ : easy

hard or tough

300

Name the relationship and fill in the blank:

nice : kind :: soar : ______

Synonym relationship

fly

400

Name the Relationship and fill in the blanks:

core : apple :: _____ : ______

Relationship: part to whole

Blanks: any part to whole such as branch : tree

500

What do we call the way of thinking about how pairs of words are related?

Give an example for an extra 25 points.

analogy

Lesson 5

100

You may use your rule sheet. Which rule says to always capitalize the first word of a sentence?

Capitalization Rules #1

200

You may use your rule sheet. Which rules say to always capitalize the pronoun I and people pets. (2 rules)

Capitalization Rules #2 and #3

300

Which rule explains why Target is capitalized in this sentence?

I like to shop at Target.

Capitalization Rule #6

400

Which rules explain why Acorn St. and  Christmas are capitalzied in this sentence?

We celebrated Christmas at my house on Acorn St.

Christmas- Rule #4

Acorn St.- Rule #5

500

Tell which rules explain why each of these letters are capitalized.

The Call of the Wild is written by Jack London.

The- #1 and #8

Call- #8

Wild- #8

Jack- #3

London- #3

Lesson 6

100

What punctuation mark is used at the end of a sentence to make a statement.

period

200

What rule explains why there is a comma in a greeting and closing of a letter:

Dear Class, 

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Clements

Rule #4

300

Which rule says to put a comma between the words in a series?

#2

400

What is it called when you correct mistakes in a sentence or paragraph?

edit

500

State which rules explain the punctuation below: 

Class, do you know Sarah, our new friend?

first comma- Rule #13

second comma- Rule #13

Question Mark- Rule #1

Vocab

100

Which word means not in a particular place?

A. absent

B. amuse

C. ample

D. export

A. absent

200

My mom gave us ________ time to be at church on time.

A. absent

B. amuse

C. ample

D. export

C. ample

300

My father will __________ the dog to his new family.

A. absent

B. amuse

C. ample

D. export

D. export

400

I _______ my brother by telling him a joke. 

a. absent

b. amused

c. ampled

d. eported

b. amused

500

What is the definition of export?

to carry out or send out