Synonyms and Antonyms
Which of these would be a synonym of pretty?
A. beautiful
B. ugly
C. crazy
A. beautiful
Which of these words contains a prefix?
A. unlike
B. likely
C. like
A. unlike
What belongs on the missing lines?
She was feeling very _____ after her earring fell out in the ______.
A. blue, see
B. blew, see
C. blue, sea
D. blew, sea
C. blue, sea
A science textbook
inform
The theme is the ________ or moral of the story. This is what the author is trying to teach you.
lesson
Which of these would be an antonym for tiny?
A. little
B. small
C. massive
C. massive
Which of these words contains a suffix?
A. redo
B. calmly
C. rewrite
B. calmly
I _______ an apple and two plums.
A. eight
B. ate
B. ate
Magic Tree House series
entertain
These are the people or animals in a story.
Characters
Which of these is a synonym for laugh?
A. sneer
B. chuckle
C. jump
B. chuckle
Which of these does NOT contain a prefix or suffix?
A. preheat
B. heater
C. reheat
D. heat
D. heat
Your cousins will be ______ in half an hour.
A. hear
B. here
B. here
An essay about why there should be no school on Fridays
persuade
This is where and when a story takes place.
Setting
Which of these is an antonym for gentle?
A. smart
B. soft
C. rough
C. rough
A base word is a word ____________ a prefix or suffix.
without
My dad dug a giant _____ in our front year.
A. hole
B. whole
A. hole
A fiction book about talking dinosaurs
entertain
This is another name for a problem in the story.
Conflict
Which of these is an antonym for gloomy?
A. sad
B. angry
C. cheerful
C. cheerful
Prefixes are letters added to the _________ of a word that changes its meaning and suffixes are letters added to the ________ of a word that changes its meaning.
beginning, end
Be careful not to _______ that glass bowl.
A. brake
B. break
Author's purpose is easy as PIE. What does PIE stand for?
persuade, inform, entertain
This is how your problem is solved in the story.
Resolution