Vocabulary
Endings and Idioms
Main Idea
Plural and Possessive
Hodge Podge
100
Fat is to thin as ______________ is to mournful a. sad b. happy c. rich d. silly
What is happy?
100
The word in past tense. a. run b. dodged c. screaming d. joyfully
What is dodged? (words ending in -ed are generally past tense verbs)
100
The main idea of the three little pigs.
What is three little pigs each build a house, but only one is prepared for a big, bad wolf?
100
The plural of calf.
What is calves?
100
Repeating lines or words in poetry.
What is repetition?
200
The doctor was very ________________ to her patients and took their calls day or night. a. ambitious b. hesitation c. dedicated
What is dedicated?
200
The word that is an adverb. a. happy b. sad c. happily d. happiness
What is happily? (words ending in -ly are generally adverbs)
200
A detail from the three little pigs.
What is pigs use different materials to build their homes- straw, sticks, bricks?
200
The ___________________ faces lit up when they saw the decorations. a. childrens b. children's c. childrens'
What is children's?
200
Repetition of a vowel sound in a line of poetry, such as the cat ambled across the land.
What is assonance?
300
The words in this sentence that help you determine the meaning of forbidden. The children were forbidden from entering the contest and would get in trouble if they did.
What is "get in trouble"?
300
The meaning of "hold your horses"
What is wait, be patient?
300
The main idea of Cinderella?
What is a girl who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters meets a handsome prince and her life changes?
300
The __________________ new suit was very sharp. a. mans' b. man's c. men's d. mens'
What is man's?
300
The word that is a noun in the following sentence. The parents told them to move faster.
What is parents?
400
Hesitant is to reluctant as ____________ is to elegant a. ugly b. shabby c. fancy
What is fancy?
400
The meaning of "once in a blue moon"
What is not very often, rarely?
400
A detail from Cinderella.
What is Cinderella's fairy godmother helps her go to the ball? (answers may vary)
400
Many ____________________ were needed to complete the job. a. tool's b. tools' c. tools d. tool
What is tools?
400
The proper noun(s) in the following sentence. Mary walked the dog and did the dishes after doing her homework on Thursday.
What are Mary and Thursday?
500
blared is to loud as _____________ is to quiet a. talked b. whispered c. screamed
What is whispered?
500
The ending you would add to the word wild to show that a dog is the most wild out of a bunch.
What is -est? (wildest)
500
The main idea of Shiloh.
What is a boy falls in love with a mistreated dog and works to figure out a way to keep him?
500
The plural of the word goose.
What is geese?
500
The common noun(s) in the following sentence. Mary walked her dog and did the dishes after doing her homework on Thursday.
What are dog, dishes, homework?