Language Review-4th Grade

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What is a verb tense?

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A verb tense indicates the time of an action or state of being, such as past, present, or future.

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What is the present continuous tense?

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The present continuous tense describes an action that is currently happening. It is formed using 'am/is/are' + verb-ing.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things by saying one is the other, without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a complete sentence?

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A complete sentence has a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought.

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What is a sentence fragment?

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A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought and is not a complete sentence.

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What does 'piece of cake' mean in idiomatic expression?

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'Piece of cake' means something is very easy to do.

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What is the subject of a sentence?

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The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.

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What is a predicate in a sentence?

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The predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is.

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What is an example of a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'as brave as a lion'.

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What is the difference between a noun and a verb?

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A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea, while a verb is an action word that describes what the subject does.