5.2.5 Prefixes, Nowhere Boy Chapters 37-39, Grammar Review

Match

Match the prefix with the correct definition.

• ante-

• bi-/di-

• intra-

• micro-

before

two

within

small

• before

• two

• within

• small

Open Ended

Pick 2 of the following words and use them in a sentence/s ( try to challenge yourself to a word you may not know as well): antemortem,

antedate, biped, binocular, intracranial, intrapersonal, microscope, microorganism

Categorize

Options (12)

microbiologist

microorganism

microscope

antebellum

antecedent

bicycle

bilingual

biannual

intramural

intrapersonal

antedate

intracellular

Sort the following words based on their use of the prefix ante-, bi-/di-, intra-, and micro-.

ante-

bi-/di-

intra-

micro-

Multiple Choice

The following passage is an example of what literary device?

• Allegory
• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• Foreshadowing

Open Ended

Max thinks, "It felt very grown-up to protect someone by not telling them the entire truth. But he wasn’t sure he liked it."

Do you think Max betrayed his parent's trust? Is he doing the right thing by not telling them about Ahmed? Why or why not?

You can start your response with:

I do/do not think Max . . .

He is/is not doing the right thing because _____.

Multiple Choice

What new problem appears in this chapter that Ahmed and his friends need to solve?

• Inspector Fontaine believes Ahmed has ties to the terrorists in Molenbeek.

• Ahmed needs Ibrahim to visit and act as his father.

• Ahmed is struggling with his coursework, and the school is threatening to expel him.

• Madame Legrand wants Ahmed's mother to come in for a parent-teacher conference.

Match

Match the examples to the type of personal pronoun.

• first personal singular

• 
  first-person plural pronouns

• third-person singular pronouns

• 
  third-person plural pronouns

I

we, us

he/she/it

they, them

• I

• we, us

• he/she/it

• they, them

Multiple Choice

What is the antecedent in the following sentence?

• Left work
• They
• Maria and Abby
• The park

Open Ended

Rewrite the following sentence to fix the vague pronoun.