Linking Up The Past
The correct past tense linking verb to complete the sentence: "Yesterday, the sky ___ cloudy."
What is "was"?
This word often tells you where something is, like "on," "in," or "under."
What is a preposition?
The pair of words that complete this sentence: "You can have ___ an apple ___ a banana."
What is "either...or"?
A synonym for the word "happy."
What is "joyful" (or "glad," "cheery," etc.)?
his prefix means "out of" or "from."
What is "ex-"?
This is the past tense linking verb in the sentence: "They were happy about the good news."
What is "were"?
The group of words "under the bridge" in the sentence "The troll lived under the bridge."
What is a prepositional phrase?
This pair of correlative conjunctions means "not one and not the other."
What is "neither...nor"?
An antonym for the word "cold."
What is "hot" (or "warm")?
The root word "serv" means to attend or protect. Add one of our prefixes to it to make a word meaning "to keep or save something for future use."
What is "preserve"?
Choose the correct past tense linking verb for this sentence: "My friends and I ___ at the park all afternoon."
What is "were"?
Complete the sentence with a prepositional phrase describing location: "The dog hid ____ after hearing the thunder."
What is "under the bed" (or "behind the couch," "in the closet," etc.)?
If you wanted to say that both Sam and his brother went to the game, you would use this pair of conjunctions.
What is "both...and"?
In the sentence "The large dog was enormous," this word is a synonym for "large."
What is "enormous"?
The prefix from our list meaning "in" or "not," which can be added to the word "active" to make "inactive."
What is "in-"?
If the sentence "The cat is sleepy" is changed to past tense, this is the new linking verb.
What is "was"?
In the phrase "across the river," this word is the object of the preposition.
What is "river"?
In the sentence "She not only sings but also plays the piano," these are the two things being connected equally.
What are "sings" and "plays the piano"?
In the sentence "She was sad, but her friend felt joyful," this word is an antonym for "sad."
What is "joyful"?
This prefix, which is spelled the same as one of our prefixes, means "in" or "into," as in "immerse" or "import."
What is "im-"?
This type of verb connects the subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective that renames or describes the subject, and it shows action that already happened.
What is a past tense linking verb?
In the sentence "She walked to the store," the underlined words modify the verb "walked" by telling us where she walked.
What is an adverbial prepositional phrase?
The purpose of these special pairs of conjunctions, like "whether...or" or "not only...but also," is to connect similar grammatical elements and show a relationship between them.
What are correlative conjunctions?
Provide both a synonym and an antonym for the word "ancient."
What are "old" (synonym) and "new" (antonym)?
This prefix, often meaning "not" or "without," forms words like "impossible" and "incorrect."
What is "im-" or "in-"?