What is the verb tense in the following sentence?
Chris had played soccer for 7 years.
What is past perfect?
100
When you add a prefix or suffix to a root word, it _____________ the meaning of the root word.
What is changes?
100
This word is LITERALLY the opposite of figurative and means true or basic.
What is literal.
100
Where would the missing comma go in the sentence?
Nolan please remember to complete your study guide after soccer practice.
What is after Nolan?
200
These are the 4 principle parts of verbs.
What are present, present participle, past, and past participle?
200
Fix the verb mistake in the sentence:
They has boated on this lake many times before.
What is They have boated on this lake many times before?
200
This is the root word of "midsection".
What is sect?
200
Which aims to teach you a lesson? Idioms or adages/proverbs?
What are adages/proverbs?
200
This type of writing uses figurative language frequently.
What is poetry/narrative.
300
This is one way to tell if a verb is regular.
What is adding the suffix -d (ed) to make it past tense?
300
What is the direct object of "wagged" in the following sentence?
Dr. Bacon wildly wagged his tail when the new toy arrived.
What is tail?
300
This is the suffix that means "made of".
What is -en.
300
What is the meaning of the idiom "bend over backwards"?
Hint: I would bend over backwards to help my students!
What is do anything possible...
300
This is an extreme exaggeration of something, such as, "It is so hot you could fry an egg on my forehead!"
What is hyperbole.
400
Fix the verb in the following sentence.
Later today we throwed the ball around on the playground.
What is throwed should be will throw.
400
Change the following sentence to future perfect tense (hint: change win to the past participle).
Mom will win at Monopoly again!
What is Mom will have won at Monopoly again!
400
This suffix means inclined or likely to do something.
What is -ive.
400
What is the meaning of the adage "no use in crying over spilled milk"?
What is don't cry about something you cannot change...
400
Where would the commas go in the following sentence (3 commas missing)?
Andrew you are from St. Paul Minnesota aren't you?
What is Andrew, you are from St. Paul, Minnesota, aren't you?
500
What are the helping verbs and action verb in the following sentence?
The students have been waiting for their quiz results.
What is the helping verbs are have and been, and the action verb is waiting?
500
Change the following sentence to present perfect tense.
The kids pick flowers from the garden each day.
What is The kids have picked flowers from the garden each day.
500
Give one example word and a quick definition for each root word:
divis-
equi-
sect-
sequ-
What is...
500
What is the meaning of the adage "The grass is greener on the other side of the fence"? What is the lesson in this adage?
What is another person's situation looks better than yours...
The lesson is to appreciate what you have, because someone else's might not actually be better...
500
Adding the suffix -ation to a word can turn a verb to a ________.
Hint: Concentrate- Concentration