Verbs
Select the VERB in this sentence:
My fingers got caught in the barn door.
caught
Select the ADJECTIVE in the sentence:
The putrid swamp was stewing with waste.
putrid
What type of figurative language does this sentence use:
She swims like a fish.
simile
Place the missing quotation marks/ inverted commas in this sentence:
As if! Jess shouted as he ran out the door.
"As if!"
Give me a verb
any action word in any tense wins the point!
Give me an adjective
any describing word!
Which type of figurative language is used:
The ghostly moon watched me closely from the sky above.
personification
Which word uses the apostrophe incorrectly?
The two girls' mom was running late.
Their toy's are broken.
My dog's bark is too loud.
Who's going to the beach?
toy's
What does the verb tell us? What is it's job?
A verb tells us the action/ it is an action word
what job does an adjective do? BE SPECIFIC
It describes a noun
(You must use the word noun for the point- nut just describing word)
Which type of figurative language is used here:
She was a raging inferno of fire.
metaphor
Correct the misused prefix:
I used an unflammable blanket to be sure it couldn't catch fire as I drank my delicious hot cocoa by the fireplace.
INflammable
Change the verb to a synonym:
Dad walked next to the dog through the neighborhood.
Any synonym for walked-- strolled, ambled, ushered, sauntered, trotted, patrolled, wandered, treaded
NOT ACCEPTED- words which are not synonyms of walk e.g.: Ran, dashed, danced, etc.
Write a synonym for the ADJECTIVE in the sentence:
My hungry stomach growled ferociously when I saw the buffet laid out.
HUNGRY: empty, ravenous, hollow, starving, famished, ...
Give an example of a hyperbole.
I have told you to clean up after yourself 1 million times!
My parents are the best in the entire world.
Correct the error:
"Your not going out without a sweater," dad declared.
you're
Give me a conjunction
FANBOYS or ISAWAWABUB
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so, if, since, as, when, although, while, after, before, until, because
Which is the time CONJUNCTION in this sentence:
I have been so busy since I got home from the swimming gala that I forgot to eat lunch.
Since
Which is the conjunction in the sentence:
If you are going to the movies, there is no way I will be there.
IF
Correct the error:
There was not enough time for everyone to grab they're bags, so some got left behind.
they're = THEIR