Homophones/Homographs/Homonyms oh MY!
“I can’t _______ the loud music from my neighbor.”
A. hear
B. here
What is "hear?"
Identify the sentence type: “Maria finished her homework before dinner.”
What is a simple sentence?
The prefix over- means this:
What is too much?
This word means “to work too much.”
What is overwork?
If Sally has 200 dolls and wants to donate 25% of them, how many will she be donating?
What is 50 dolls?
Fix the mistake:
“The knight rode his horse threw the forest.”
What is "through"?
Identify the sentence type: “I wanted to go swimming, but it started raining.”
What is a compound sentence?
The prefix pre- means this:
What is before?
This word means “to find something again after losing it.”
A bakery uses 3 cups of flour to make 24 cookies. If the bakery wants to make 48 cookies, how many cups of flour will it need?
What is 6 cups of flour?
Explain the difference between these two sentences:
“I watched the baseball player swing the bat.”
“I saw a bat flying outside.”
What is one refers to sports equipment while the other refers to a flying animal.
Identify the sentence type:
“Although the test was difficult, the students tried their best.”
What is a complex sentence?
The prefix re- means this:
What is again?
This word means “to see something before it happens.”
What is preview?
A teacher buys 4 packs of pencils. Each pack has the same number of pencils plus 3 extra pencils. If the total is 28 pencils, how many pencils are in each pack?
Fix the following sentence: “The principle excepted the award, but the students excepted the award to be about principals."
What is the principal accepted the award, but the students expected the award to be about principles.
A complex sentence usually starts with a subordinate conjunction. This is the acronym used to describe these conjunction?
What is AAAWWUBBIS?
The prefix under- means this:
What is below?
This word is used to describe someone who is above average at something. They might be considered the "goat" by your contemporaries.
What is a superstar?
A square garden has a side length of 5 meters. Find the area of the garden
What is 25 meters?
Explain why “I object to that object” is confusing.
What is the first “object” means disagree; the second means a thing?
A compound sentence uses a coordinate conjunction. This is the acronym used to remember these?
What is fanboys?
The prefix micro- means this.
What is small?
This word means “to cook something less than enough.” But beware, if you do this with chicken you may get poisoned with salmonella!
What is to undercook?
A bag has 5 red candies, 3 blue candies, and 2 green candies. If you randomly pick one candy, what is the probability it will be blue?
What is 3 out of 10 chance? Or 3:10