Stories
endings -ed & -ing
Character, Setting, Plot
Ending Punctuation
Plurals _s _es
100

How does Maria feel about going to practice at the beginning of the story (Maria Celebrates Brazil)

She doesn't want to go

100

When you add -ed to the end of a base word it changes its meaning.  

When play turns into played.  That means ________

a. it is happening now.

b. it will happen in the future.

c. It has already happened.

100

Which is an example of a "character"

a. a park

b. at school

c. Fly Guy

100

A statement ends with a _____

a. period (.)

b. question mark (?)

c. exclamation mark (!)

100

One bus ... many _______

a. buss

b. busis

c. buses

200

Which 2 words have the same ending as hooked?

1. lead

2. running 

3. bikes

4. stopped

5. closed

200

When you add -ing to the end of a base word it changes its meaning.  

When eat turns into eating.  That means ________

a. it is happening now

b. it happened in the past

c. it will happen in the future.

200

Which is a setting?

a. Lilly

b. in a kitchen

c. pizza

200

If I am asking you something I need to use a ____

a. period

b. exclamation mark

c. question mark

200

One chair, many _____

a. chaires

b. chairs

c. chairess

300

Which word shows it has already happened?

a. laughing

b. cleaned

c. jump

300

When I say laughing ... it means it is happening ____

a. now

b. yesterday

c. tomorrow

300

What is a setting?

a. When the story takes place.

b. Where the story takes place.

c. When and where the story takes place

300

What ending punctuation should I us? 

We lost the football game  __

a. (.)

b. (?)

c. (!)

300

How do you fill in the blank

One car ... many______

The student spells plural for car

400

Which sentence shows an action that has already happened?

My teacher always meets us at the door smiling.  Last week she was absent and I wanted to cry. I missed her but this week she is back and I am so happy.

a. My teacher always meets us at the door smiling. 

b. Last week she was absent and I wanted to cry.

c. I missed her, but this week she is back and I am so happy.

400

Base word is Walk

How would I write it has already happened?

a. walking

b. walks

c. walked

400

Mary and her brother were late for school.  They were in their mom's car but got stuck in the drop-off line.  

The characters are _________

The setting is ____________

400

What punctuation should I use?

Why did the chicken jump the fence ____

a. (?)

b. (!)

c. (.)

400

You have one lunch, but I have 2 __________

The student will spell the word for the plural of lunch

500

What is a caption?

a. the title of a story

b. it tells what a word in the story means

c. it tells you what is happening in a picture.

500

Look at the following words and fill in the blanks. Is it happening now (ing) or has it already happened (ed)?

laugh: 1. Right now I am _________ at that joke.

lift:     2. I am tired, I just ________ a heavy box.

500

What is a plot?

a. what the problem is in the story.

b. Where the story takes place. 

c. the events in the story ... the beginning, middle, and end.

500

Pick the correct ending punctuation for this sentence: 

Did my mom find my homework___

a. (?)

b. (.)

c. (!)

500

Which one of these words is a plural?

a. chess

b. stores

c. was