6th grade word choice

The dog ate it's food quickly. Choose the best action verb from below to replace ate with.

• gobbled

• was eating

• was chewing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

The soccer ball came through the living room window. Choose the best action verb below to replace came with.

• was coming

• crashed

• was going to come into

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

It was a January day. Choose the sentence below that best uses sensory details to describe this January day.

• Icicles hung from the rooftops, and the wind whipped the snow into swirling tornadoes on this January day.

• It was a cold January day.

• There was snow outside on this cold January day.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

My mom was cooking dinner. Choose the sentence below that best uses sensory details to describe mom cooking dinner.

• Walking through the front door, aromas of homemade sauce and meatballs made my mouth water.

• My mom was busy cooking dinner.

• My mom was cooking dinner and it smelled good.

My cat is very old. Choose the best synonym for old from the choices below.

• ancient

• decrepit

• mature

I'm excited for Frozen 2 to come out. Choose a synonym to replace excited from the choices below.

• dreading

• happy

• eager

The waves rose and fell like a roller coaster ride. What type of figurative language was used in this sentence.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

This is the worst day of my life. What type of figurative language was used in this sentence.

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• idiom

My school is great. Choose the sentence below that uses specific details/terms to convey a better image.

• My school is fun.

• Sixth grade at East Middle School is welcoming and supportive.

• My school in Plymouth Minnesota is great.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

My house is brown. Choose the sentence below that uses specific details/terms to convey a better image.

• My two story house brick house is welcoming with it's warm wooden door and flowers in the window boxes.

• My house has two stories and is brown.

• My brick house is welcoming.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5