Word Analysis

1. Word Analysis Grade 2 Lesson #2

2. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the answer which has the same or almost the same meaning as the underlined word. • To choose is to ____ • Hide • Color • Check • Pick

3. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the answer which has the same or almost the same meaning as the underlined word. • A blizzard is most like a ____ • Thunderstorm • Snowstorm • River • Movie

4. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the answer which has the same or almost the same meaning as the underlined word. • To shout is to ____ • Jump • Slip • Yell • Skip

5. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the answer which has the same or almost the same meaning as the underlined word. • Least means ____ • Best • Closest • Smallest • Fastest

6. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the answer which has the same or almost the same meaning as the underlined word. • A pail is most like a ____ • Bucket • House • Pain • Hill

7. Understanding Word Meanings • The sun’s light is bright. In which sentence does light mean the same as it does in the sentence above? • Will you light the candles? • The light from the flashlight helped us to see. • That bag is light, not heavy. • Pink is a light color.

8. Understanding Word Meanings • It is Tia’s turn to ring the bell. Use ring in a sentence. It should have the same meaning as it does in in the sentence in the box.

9. Understanding Word Meanings • Singing, talking loudly, or whistling is forbidden in the library. What does forbidden mean?

10. Understanding Word Meanings • He shoved the frightened actor onto the stage. Shoved means ____ • Sang • Returned • Pushed • Read

11. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the compound word. • Mailbox • Listen • Drawing

12. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the compound word. • Closet • Airplane • Fasten

13. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the compound word. • Anyway • Making • After

14. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the correct plural noun. • More than one house • Housees • Housies • Houses

15. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the correct plural noun. • More than one mouse • Mouses • Mousies • Mice

16. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the correct plural noun. • More than one man • Mans • Manes • Men

17. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the word that has the same sound as the underlined part of the first word. • there • This • Think • Thin

18. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the word that has the same sound as the underlined part of the first word. • loud • Through • Lid • Cow

19. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the word that has the same sound as the underlined part of the first word. • rare • Rain • Fair • Rough

20. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the word that rhymes with the given word. • new • Newt • Now • Two

21. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the word that rhymes with the given word. • red • Said • Real • Seed

22. Understanding Word Meanings • Select the word that rhymes with the given word. • four • Dry • Fork • Poor

23. Capitalization • Choose the line that has a mistake in capitalization of a word. • Look at this book. My • teacher, mrs. King, gave • it to me. • All are correct.

24. Capitalization • Choose the line that has a mistake in capitalization of a word. • Will you celebrate my birthday? • It is on Saturday, May 5th. • We will have cake. • All are correct.

25. Capitalization • Choose the line that has a mistake in capitalization of a word. • Have you read the story • of goldilocks? She eats • the bear’s cereal. • All are correct.

26. Punctuation • Choose the line that has a mistake in punctuation. • Susan Tom, and Anne • are going to Burbank, • California. • All are correct.

27. Punctuation • Choose the line that has a mistake in punctuation. • Will your mom give us a • ride home. My mom can’t • do it today. • All are correct.

28. Usage of Words • Choose the word or words that best fit in the sentence. • Riley is ______ than Tom. • Tall • Taller • Tallest • None of the above

29. Usage of Words • Choose the word or words that best fit in the sentence. • They bought a bunch of ______ for their mother. • Flowers • Flowering • Flower • None of the above

30. Usage of Words • Choose the word or words that best fit in the sentence. • Lauren ______ the planes take off. • Watching • Watch • Watches • None of the above

31. Sentence Structure • How should these groups be written? • Alex hurt his foot. On the bike. • Alex hurt his foot on the bike. • Alex hurting his foot on the bike. • Alex hurted his foot. On the bike. • None of the above.

32. Sentence Structure • How should these groups be written? • They coming are? • Coming are they? • Are they coming? • They are come? • None of the above.

33. Sentence Structure • How should these groups be written? • I cleaned up and spilled my milk. • I spilled my milk and then cleaned up. • The milk cleaned up and spilled. • I cleaned and spilled the milk. • None of the above.

34. Study Skills • Which word comes first in alphabetical order (A-B-C)? • Might • Maybe • Meat • None of the above.

35. Study Skills • Which word comes first in alphabetical order (A-B-C)? • Table • Talk • Tangerine • None of the above.

36. Study Skills • Which word comes first in alphabetical order (A-B-C)? • Bed • Bean • Being • None of the above.

37. Contractions Choose the correct contraction for each pair of words. • That is • They’re • She’ll • That’s • None of the above

38. Contractions Choose the correct contraction for each pair of words. • We had • We’ve • We’d • We’re • None of the above

39. Contractions Choose the correct contraction for each pair of words. • They will • They’ll • They’re • They’ve • None of the above

40. Spelling • Rearrange the underlined letters so it fits the clue for the new word you spelled. • Late – a story

41. Spelling • Rearrange the underlined letters so it fits the clue for the new word you spelled. • net – the number of dimes in a dollar

42. Spelling • Rearrange the underlined letters so it fits the clue for the new word you spelled. • nmae – a horse that has this on its head and neck

43. Spelling • Rearrange the underlined letters so it fits the clue for the new word you spelled. • seat – a direction

44. Spelling • Rearrange the underlined letters so it fits the clue for the new word you spelled. • pan – something you take when you’re tired

45. Thank You!