EA08 3.28 Lesson

Eagle Hour Day 8

-Prefixes re–, un–, ex-
-Suffixes –less, –ness, –logy
-Plurals
-Greek Root graph
-Latin Roots vis and mem
-Perfect Tenses Had, Will Have
-Easily Confused Verbs
-Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Multiple Choice

Choose the prefix or suffix that completes the word.

Julie can run fast_ than me.

• er

• est

Multiple Choice

Choose the prefix or suffix that completes the word.

Do you like hik_ in the mountains?

• ed

• ing

Multiple Choice

Choose the prefix or suffix that completes the word.

My family was _pressed by my singing.

• im

• non

Multiple Choice

Choose the prefix or suffix that completes the word.

Little Lily rode her red _cycle.

• tri

• mis

Multiple Choice

Choose the prefix or suffix that completes the word.

Please read the directions before making the soup._

• dis

• pre

Multiple Choice

Choose the prefix or suffix that completes the word.

Asher went _side to play board games.

• in

• im

Multiple Choice

Choose the prefix or suffix that completes the word.

Is the sloth the slow_ animal of all?

• er

• est

Multiple Choice

Choose the prefix or suffix that completes the word.

She add_ milk to her cereal.

• ed

• ing

Multiple Choice

Choose the prefix or suffix that completes the word.

I don’t eat eggplant because I _like it.

• dis

• mis

Multiple Choice

Choose the prefix or suffix that completes the word.

Is that old sailboat still sail_?

• er

• able

Drag and Drop

My puppy wags his tail and jumps on me to show his​

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.

After it fell down, Sam​

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his tower of blocks​.

The​

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dancer leaped gracefully across the stage.

Paul walked ​

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across the swaying bridge.

Dad ​

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our dinner when we came home late.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

rebuilt

tireless

unsteadily

reheated

happiness

Drag and Drop

Our teacher ​

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us that our report was due tomorrow.

The loud noises caused me to have a ​

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night.

We packed and then ​

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our suitcases after the trip.

The ​

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of the runner helped her win the blue ribbon.

The lamb bleated with ​

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until it spotted its mother.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

reminded

sleepless

unpacked

swiftness

sadness

Dropdown

Have you ​

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turned your library book that was due?

A visit to the dentist was pain​

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for Nancy.

Do you enjoy the gentle​

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of the summer rain?

Dad ​

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painted the living room wall.

Sue couldn’t wait to her ​

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wrap birthday gift.

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Did you ​

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read that interesting story?

Lions and tigers are not harm​

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.

If I have a night sleep​

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, I am grouchy the next day.

Mom wrapped our lunch, and then we ​

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wrapped and ate it.

I enjoyed watching the playful​

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of the monkeys at the zoo.

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Jerome and Zev used to be buddies, but now they are ex-​

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.

After we moved away, the people who used to live next door became our ex-​

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.

Devonte hurt his knee during a performance, so now he is an ex-​

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who is studying physics.

Ms. Rodriguez used to work at the hospital, but these days she is an ex-​

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and works on a goat farm.

In the movie, the ex-​

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comes back to town and decides she wants to run for office again

Multiple Choice

Read each sentence. Identify the correct singular or plural noun.

Two _ jumped and played in the yard.

• puppy

• puppies

Multiple Choice

Read each sentence. Identify the correct singular or plural noun.

We need to eat healthy food to keep our _ strong.

• body

• bodies

Multiple Choice

Read each sentence. Identify the correct singular or plural noun.

Our school lunchroom buys fresh milk from a local _.

• dairy

• dairies

Multiple Choice

Read each sentence. Identify the correct singular or plural noun.

Dave and I went to the market to buy _.

• grocery

• groceries

Multiple Choice

Read each sentence. Identify the correct singular or plural noun.

Farms are not found in large _.

• city

• cities

Multiple Choice

Read each sentence. Identify the correct singular or plural noun.

Each student wrote a _ for our class book.

• story

• stories

Multiple Choice

Read each sentence. Identify the correct singular or plural noun.

The _ were as soft as cotton.

• bunny

• bunnies

Multiple Choice

Read each sentence. Identify the correct singular or plural noun.

I want to knit _ for the new baby.

• booty

• booties

Multiple Choice

Read each sentence. Identify the correct singular or plural noun.

Have you ever ridden a _?

• pony

• ponies

Multiple Choice

Read each sentence. Identify the correct singular or plural noun.

Farm animals usually have their _ in the springtime.

• baby

• babies

Dropdown

Choose a word with the root graph or the suffix –logy to finish each sentence.



Martina is a ​

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. She studies Earth’s geographical features and records detailed maps.

Dropdown

Choose a word with the root graph or the suffix –logy to finish each sentence.



At the hospital we talked to a neurologist, or a doctor who studies the body’s nervous system. He told us a lot about ​

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.

Dropdown

Choose a word with the root graph or the suffix –logy to finish each sentence.



The explorer was going to let a biographer write her life story, but then she decided to write the book herself. Her book will be an ​

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.

Dropdown

Choose a word with the root graph or the suffix –logy to finish each sentence.



If you want to make a career of studying volcanos, you can major in ​

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in college.

Multiple Choice

My New Kitten

(1) I had gone to the pet store to pick out a new pet. (2) I picked out a kitten with white paws. (3) The kitten had a meow that sounded like a squeak. (4) By this time next year, the kitten will grow. (5) Right now she is tiny and very playful.

Which of the following is the best way to rewrite Sentence 3?

• The kitten had meowed that sounded like a squeak.

• The kitten had a meow that had sounding like a squeak.

• The kitten had a meow that have sounded like a squeak.

• Make no change

Multiple Choice

My New Kitten

(1) I had gone to the pet store to pick out a new pet. (2) I picked out a kitten with white paws. (3) The kitten had a meow that sounded like a squeak. (4) By this time next year, the kitten will grow. (5) Right now she is tiny and very playful.

What change, if any, should be made to Sentence 4?

• .Change will grow to will have grown.

• Change will to have.

• Change grow to grown.

• Make no change

Dropdown

Choose the correct verb in each sentence below



The smoke was​

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from the valley below

Dropdown

Choose the correct verb in each sentence below



The cowboy was ready to

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down his rope at the end of the day.

Dropdown

Choose the correct verb in each sentence below



She​

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her poncho on the ground.

Dropdown

Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.



You had to be a​

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horseback rider to be a vaquero.

Dropdown

Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.



It was difficult to hear​

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because of the howling coyotes.

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Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.



He didn’t feel

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after eating his breakfast.

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Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.



Luckily,​

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ranch was not in the path of the wild fire.

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Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.



The ranch was the largest in the area, and many cowboys worked​

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.

Dropdown

Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.



​

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are a lot of books in the library about the Mexican-American War.

Dropdown

Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.



I found a book about the famous battles and

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it on the counter.

Dropdown

Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.



This rule will​

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which books I decide to take home.

Dropdown

Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.



This library has​

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biographies of cowboys.

Dropdown

Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.



The cat​

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on the chair.

Dropdown

Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.



The cat​

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off the chair.

Dropdown

Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.



The teacher​

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us how to solve math problems.

Dropdown

Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence.



The cat​

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on the floor.

Multiple Choice

The Rodeo

(1) Rodeos are entertainment for millions of people. (2) They’re also a well way to keep the traditions of vaqueros and cowboys alive. (3) There are many sports in a rodeo, and each of them reflects the jobs that cowboys performed well for generations. (4) For example, in a steer roping event, a cowboy sitting on a horse, raises a lasso and throws it at just the right moment to rope the steer. (5) Many years ago, cowboys on the range used the same skills to round up cattle. (6) Now there are fewer cowboys than there once were. (7) But rodeos carry on there traditions. (8) The effect is that cowboy culture lives on.

Sentence 2 contains an error. Which of the following is the best way to rewrite the sentence?

• Their also a well way to keep the traditions of vaqueros and cowboys alive.

• They’re also a good way to keep the traditions of vaqueros and cowboys alive.

• There also a well way to keep the traditions of vaqueros and cowboys alive.

• Make no change.

Multiple Choice

The Rodeo

(1) Rodeos are entertainment for millions of people. (2) They’re also a well way to keep the traditions of vaqueros and cowboys alive. (3) There are many sports in a rodeo, and each of them reflects the jobs that cowboys performed well for generations. (4) For example, in a steer roping event, a cowboy sitting on a horse, raises a lasso and throws it at just the right moment to rope the steer. (5) Many years ago, cowboys on the range used the same skills to round up cattle. (6) Now there are fewer cowboys than there once were. (7) But rodeos carry on there traditions. (8) The effect is that cowboy culture lives on.

What change, if any, should be made to Sentence 7?

• Change there to they’re.

• Change carry to curry.

• Change there to their.

• Make no change.

Multiple Choice

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.

Schoolchildren tried to earn __ scores on their tests.

• good

• best

Multiple Choice

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.

The farmer’s ___ fear was that there would be a drought.

• worse

• worst

Multiple Choice

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.

Is a drought __ than locusts?

• worse

• worst

Multiple Choice

Choose whether the verb is a comparative adverb or a superlative adverb.

People traveled more carefully along the trails than they did on the flat prairies.

• comparative

• superlative

Multiple Choice

Choose whether the verb is a comparative adverb or a superlative adverb.

Pioneers looked for water most eagerly when they were near a desert.

• comparative

• superlative

Multiple Choice

Choose whether the verb is a comparative adverb or a superlative adverb.

Pioneers traveled most carefully when they were crossing a river.

• comparative

• superlative

Multiple Choice

Choose whether the verb is a comparative adverb or a superlative adverb.

Thunder seemed to crash more powerfully out on the open plain.

• comparative

• superlative

Multiple Choice

Choose whether the verb is a comparative adverb or a superlative adverb.

The water froze more quickly yesterday than it did today

• comparative

• superlative

Multiple Choice

Interview with a Farmer

(1) I met with a farmer to learn about what farmers do. (2) The farmer knew how to care for the animals and fields. (3) A plow was one of the expensive items on a farm. (4) It was important to take good care of it. (5) There was no school in the farmer’s small town, so his children were taught to read at home. (6) Soon, though, the community built a school.

Which of the following ways could you rewrite Sentence 1 to add a comparison?

• I met with a farmer to learn about them.

• I met with many farmers to learn about what they do.

• I met with a farmer to learn more about what farmers do.

• I met with a farmer to learn most about what farmers do.

Multiple Choice

Interview with a Farmer

(1) I met with a farmer to learn about what farmers do. (2) The farmer knew how to care for the animals and fields. (3) A plow was one of the expensive items on a farm. (4) It was important to take good care of it. (5) There was no school in the farmer’s small town, so his children were taught to read at home. (6) Soon, though, the community built a school.

Which of the following ways could you rewrite Sentence 3 to add a comparison?

• A plow was one of the most expensive items on a farm.

• A plow was one item on a farm.

• A plow was one of the items on a farm.

• Make no change.