Grammar
What punctuation should go after this sentence?
Can you please hand me that paper
? (asking a question)
What do you add to the end of an adjective in order to make it comparative?
-er or -est
-er
What is a synonym for the word immense in this sentence?
The size of the crowd at the concert was very immense.
large, big, or any word that is similar.
What acronym do we use to take apart a prompt?
BITE
Use the word interesting to fill in the blank in this sentence.
This is the ________ part of the movie.
Most interesting
Which word in this sentence should be capitalized.
We are going to be visiting germany this summer.
Germany (specific place)
What do you add to the end of an adjective in order to make it superlative?
-er or -est
-est
What does the word tinkering mean in this sentence?
The Wright brothers needed to do a lot of tinkering to their airplane in order to get it to work.
fixing, making small changes, or something similar.
Which sentence in our prompt is telling us what to analyze or explain??
Which Greek root means sound?
Phon- or Phony-
Which word is an example of a preposition in this sentence?
The teacher spoke with a smile when talking.
with (adding details)
Write a word that contains the prefix meaning distant
A word with the prefix tele-
What does the word spewed mean in this sentence?
Lava spewed from the active volcano.
Shoot out, sprayed, or something similar.
What does PIE stand for? (what are the three author purposes?)
Persuade, inform, or entertain.
What is a word that can fill in the blank for this range of meaning.
serene calm ________ agitated
A word that is between someone who is calm and someone who is agitated (tense, annoyed, nervous, etc)
What is the direct pronoun in this sentence:
Angelina visited her mom last weekend.
mom (who did Angelina visit?)
Write a word that contains the latin root meaning hand.
Any word with the root man-
What does the word quarters mean in this sentence?
The astronauts' sleeping quarters was very small on the rocket ship.
living space or room.
What does each letter in BITE represent.
Begin with information
task
evidence
Which word is NOT related to the others?
choir, symphony, percussion, and botanist
botanist (the rest of the words are related to music)
What is the compound direct object in this sentence?
The pioneers crossed the desert and the mountains.
Desert and the mountains (where did they visit?)
Which of these is an example of an irregular superlative adjective?
Sooner, least, lately, and greenest
Least
What word can go into this sentence?
When bees gather nectar, they also ______ the flowers.
pollinate
What is the purpose of a thesis statement.
A thesis statement answers a question and tells the reader what specific points the writer will be making
Complete the sentence using a prepositional phrase.
Since it snowed yesterday we built a snowman ________________.
in our backyard (starts with a preposition and ends with an object)