T3 Grammar Review

T3 Grammar Review

Prefixes and Suffixes

• A prefix is added to the beginning of a base or root word to change its meaning.

• A suffix is added to the end of a base or root word to change its meaning.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the PREFIX re- ?

• wrong

• apart

• no

• again

Multiple Choice

Which prefix can you add to the root word 'build' to make a new word?

• mis
• un
• pre
• re

Multiple Choice

What does the suffix 'less' mean?

• full of

• the most

• in the manner of

• without

Multiple Choice

Choose the word that contains a suffix.

'The unhappy boy could run the fastest in his preschool.'

• unhappy

• could

• fastest

• preschool

Multiple Choice

Some words have a prefix and a suffix.

• True

• False

Contractions

• A contraction is a shorter way to say two words.

• An apostrophe (') takes place of the missing letters.

Multiple Choice

I did not finish the homework.

• don't

• didn't

• doesn't

Multiple Choice

What does the contraction stand for?
let's

• lettuce
• let is
• let us
• let has

Multiple Choice

Contraction for we are

• we're

• wer'e

• were'

Multiple Choice

What does the contraction stand for?
won't

• will not
• wo not
• would not
• can not

Similes

• A simile is a comparison of two things using like or as.

Multiple Choice

Complete the simile.

Her ring shines like _____.

• water

• the sun

• a kitten

• ice

Multiple Choice

"My bed felt like a fluffy cloud" means...

• Clouds are fluffy.

• Fluffy clouds are good to sleep on.

• The bed was very soft and fluffy.

Multiple Choice

Complete the Simile: 
As flat as a _______

• cake
• tree
• pancake
• muffin

Multiple Choice

What does "slow as a snail" mean?

• it looks like a snail

• it's the shape of a snail

• it moves quickly

• it moves very slowly

Open Ended

Complete the Simile:

The bread was as hard as _______

Possessive Nouns

• Possessive nouns shows something belongs to a person or thing.

• If the noun is singular, you add 's.

• If the noun is plural, you add ' if it ends with an s and 's if it doesn't.

Multiple Choice

Tell whether each underlined possessive noun is singular or plural: The horses' riders were dressed in red.

• plural

• singular

Multiple Choice

the eggs of the nests

• the nests egg's

• the nests' eggs

• the nest's eggs

• the nest's egg's

Multiple Choice

the tires of the truck

• the truck's tires

• the truck tires

• the trucks' tires

• the truck tire's

Multiple Choice

What is the correct Possessive Noun that belongs in the blank.



All of the ________ tails are black and white.

• cat's

• cats'

• catses

• cats's

Poll

Which Grammar topic did you enjoy the most this trimester?

• Prefixes and Suffixes

• Contractions

• Similes

• Possessive Nouns