Find the syllable break in:
commend
com - mend
Find the syllable break in:
disgrace
dis - grace
Find the syllable break in:
vacant
va - cant
What is the vowel team in coax. What sound does it make?
oa
sounds like "oh"
Find the syllable break in:
humble
hum -ble
Find the syllable break in:
persist
per -sist
Which word is a synonym for commend:
a) cheer
b) command
c) praise
c) praise
Which word is a synonym for disgrace?
a) shame
b) praise
c) whisper
a) shame
Which word is a NOT a synonym for vacant:
a) empty
b) available
c) broken
c) broken
What word is a synonym for coax:
a) persuade
b) laugh
c) stop
a) persuade
Which word is a synonym for humble?
a) rude
b) loud
c) modest
c) modest
What word is NOT a synonym for persist:
a) continue
b) jump
c) remain
b) jump
Which word is an antonym for commend?
a) dance
b) disapprove
c) listen
b) disapprove
Which word is an antonym for disgrace?
a) commend
b) think
c) disappear
a) commend
What word is an antonym to vacant:
a) open
b) occupied
c) messy
b) occupied
Which word is an antonym to coax?
a) close
b) discourage
c) cough
b) discourage
What word is an antonym to humble?
a) conceited
b) quiet
c) kind
a) conceited
Which word is an antonym to persist?
a) brag
b) hide
c) quit
c) quit
Commend is a verb (an action word). Which suffix would make commend an adjective (describing word)?
a) ed
b) able
c) ing
b) able
"commendable" is an adjective
Disgrace is a noun (thing) or a verb (action). Which suffix would turn disgrace into an adjective (describing word)?
a) ful
b) able
c) ing
a) ful
"disgraceful" is a describing word
Which choice describes a sign telling people there are NO rooms available at the hotel?
a) "Vacancy"
b) "No Vacancy"
c) "Vacant Rooms"
b) "No Vacancy"
Which choice is an example of coaxing someone?
a) "Hurry up! I don't want to be late!"
b) "Please come...everyone would love to see you and you'll have so much fun..."
c) "If you don't want to go then just stay home. I don't care."
b) "Please come...everyone would love to see you and you'll have so much fun..."
What sounds like something a humble person would say?
a) "I think I deserved to win, I'm the best."
b) "I kind of knew I would get first place."
c) "It was a team effort...I never could have done it without my teammates."
c) "It was a team effort...I never could have done it without my teammates."
Which action is NOT something a persistent person would do?
a) Continuing to run the race to the end - even though it started pouring rain!
b) Completing a 3000 piece jigsaw puzzle without any help.
c) Making cookie dough, but not baking them.
c) Making cookie dough, but not baking them.
What type of syllable is the first and second syllable of commend?
Both syllables are CLOSED syllables
What type of syllable is the second syllable in disgrace?
The second syllable is a silent e syllable.
What type of syllable is the first syllable in vacant?
The first syllable is an OPEN syllable.
What type of syllable is the word coax?
It is a vowel team syllable.
What type of syllable is the second syllable in humble?
The second syllable is a consonant + le syllable.
What type of syllable is the first syllable in persist?
The first syllable is an r-controlled vowel syllable.