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Welcome! The Topic For Today Is… PSSA Prep Reading

Welcome! The Topic For Today Is… PSSA Prep Reading. PSSA PREP. Parts of Speech: 200. Question: Is the sentence simple or compound? Jonathan finishes a book, and he shares it with a friend. Answer Compound. Back. Parts of Speech: 400. Question:

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Welcome! The Topic For Today Is… PSSA Prep Reading

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  1. Welcome! The Topic For Today Is… PSSA Prep Reading

  2. PSSA PREP

  3. Parts of Speech: 200 Question: Is the sentence simple or compound? Jonathan finishes a book, and he shares it with a friend. Answer • Compound Back

  4. Parts of Speech: 400 Question: • What is it called when an author gives human qualities to an animal or something that is not human? Answer • Personification Back

  5. Parts of Speech: 600 Question: • What is it called when one of two or more words in a language that have similar meaning? Answer: • Synonym Back

  6. Parts of Speech: 800 Question: • What is it called when you have a comparison of unlike things in which no words or comparison? Answer • Metaphor Back

  7. Parts of Speech: 1000 Question: • What part of speech is the underlined word? Because of the rain storm, the party was cancelled. Answer • verb Back

  8. Grammar: 200 Question: • What names more then one person, place thing or idea Answer • Plural Noun Back

  9. Grammar: 400 Question: • What is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns? Answer • Pronoun Back

  10. Grammar : 600 Question: • What tells what the subject of a sentence does, did or will do Answer • Action Verb Back

  11. Grammar : 800 Question: • In the sentence below is the underlined word a present participle, past-tense verbs, or past participles? Wanda had touched Peggy’s arm. Answer • Past Participle Back

  12. Grammar : 1000 Question: • What is a verb that does not end with ed in the past tense, they also have special spellings. Answer • Irregular Verb Back

  13. Spelling: 200 • Question: • Which word is misspelled in the sentence? I received a fruit basket at the hospital, it contained: an apple, a peach, a pair, strawberries and bananas. • Answer • Pair is misspelled, it should be pear. Back

  14. Spelling: 400 • Question: • Which word is misspelled in the sentence? While I am sitting on the beach I can here the sound of crashing waves. • Answer • Here is misspelled, it should be hear. Back

  15. Spelling: 600 Question: • Can you please help me tie a not in this rope. Answer • Not is misspelled it should be knot. Back

  16. Spelling: 800 • Question: • Which word is misspelled in the sentence? Katie and Sean received an A on there arithmetic test. • Answer • There is misspelled it should be their. Back

  17. Spelling: 1000 Question: • Which word is misspelled in the sentence? John would like to go with me too the circus. Answer Too is misspelled it should be to Back

  18. Punctuation: 200 Question: • What is wrong with this sentence: sometimes, i want to play with my dog and sometimes i want to play with my cat. Answer • You need to capitalize the S in sometimes and capitalize the i. Back

  19. Punctuation: 400 Question: • What form of punctuation belongs here? Plato_ the Greek philosopher, was a student of Socrates. Answer , Back

  20. Punctuation: 600 Question: • Is this sentence correct? After the wedding the guests attended the reception Answer • No, you need a comma after the word wedding Back

  21. Punctuation: 800 • Question: • Which comma is misplaced, the first or second? "Don't eat that pizza," warned Lisa. "It's over two weeks old ", she then explained.Answer • The first because the comma should always come after the quotation marks. Back

  22. Punctuation : 1000 Question: Is this sentence correct? my birthday is today febuary 18 2011. Answer • No, it should be: My birthday is today,February 18, 2011. Back

  23. Genres: 200 Question: • Which from of writing is a story that can be preformed for an audience Answer • Play Back

  24. Genres: 400 Question: • Which form of writing is a story about the person written by the person? Answer • Autobiography Back

  25. **Daily Double** Please write the amount of $$ you are willing to risk Question: • Which form of writing uses imagery figurative language and imagination to express feelings and ideas? Answer: Poem Back

  26. Genres: 800 Question: • Which form of writing is a story that tells about characters and events that are like people and events in real life? Answer • Realistic Fiction Back

  27. Genres: 1000 Question: • Which form of writing is a story that tells about real people or real events Answer • Narrative Nonfiction Back

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