Word Analysis
We learned about two types of compound words. Name one of them.
What are open and hyphenated compound words?
This word means "in a strict way".
What is sternly?
The meaning of "port" in the word import.
What is "to carry"?
The following is an example of this type of sentence:
Fed the chickens before going to the stables.
What is a sentence fragment?
What is compare and contrast?
The meaning of the suffix -ment.
What is "action or process" or "state of being"?
This word means "the act of ending; stopping".
What is abolition?
This word means to be in the state of excite.
What is excitement?
The following is an example of this type of sentence:
Our fieldtrip is tomorrow we need to pack a lunch.
What is a run on sentence?
This suffix changes a noun to an adjective.
What is -al/-ial?
The suffix -able/-ible have this same definition.
What is "able to be" or "can be done"?
This word would complete the sentence: My great great grandmother was an _________ from Ireland. She traveled to Ellis Island when she was very young.
What is an immigrant?
This type of place will have people being in a state of happiness or amuse. (*hint: it has rollercoasters)
What is an amusement park?
This means more than one simple subject joined by the word and or or.
example: Macaws and parrots live in the Amazon rainforest.
What is a compound subject?
The following are examples of this type of word:
follow-up, get-together, well-being, blue-green
What is a hyphenated compound word?
This Latin root(s) means "move".
What is mob/mot/mov?
This is a building where machines make raw materials into finished products.
What is a mill?
This prefix means in between or among.
Give an example of a word that uses this prefix.
What is inter-?
How it can be used: interrupt, interpreter, interview
This means more than one simple predicate being performed by the subject.
example: The kind veterinarian cradled the puppy and fed it formula from a bottle
These are two things you need in order to make an inference.
What is "clue" and "prior knowledge"?
Regarding range of meaning, the word that would best fit in the blank:
(crawl, _____, jog, run)
What is walk?
This is a temporary structure that soldiers would rest or live in; usually with several other soldiers.
What are barracks?
This suffix would complete the following words:
indivis_____, revers_______, invis_____, imposs___
What is "-ible"?
Give an example of a compound sentence.
Your sentence should include a compound subject and a compound predicate.
What is a synonym?