FITS Review Pre-Assessment

What is the FUNCTION of a word? Select all that apply.

• its meaning

• its job/role in the sentence

• whether it's a naming, action, or describing word

• the context clues

• its connotation

What is a naming word?

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• a word that tells me more information about a person, place, thing, or idea

• something someone does

• a word that tells me more information about what someone is doing

What is a describing word? Select all that apply.

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• a word that tells me more information about a person, place, thing, or idea

• something someone does

• a word that tells me more information about what someone is doing

What is an action word?

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• a word that tells me more information about a person, place, thing, or idea

• something someone does

• a word that tells me more information about what someone is doing

Select ALL of the naming words in the following sentence:

Anthony chose not to go to the movies with Shakira.

• Anthony

• chose

• go

• movies

• Shakira

Select ALL of the action words in the following sentence:

Anthony chose not to go to the movies with Shakira.

• Anthony

• chose

• go

• movies

• Shakira

Select all of the describing words in the following sentence:

The classroom bookshelf was really messy so Ms. Larkin asked the sweet students to straighten it up.

• bookshelf

• really messy

• Ms. Larkin

• sweet

• straighten

Select all of the describing words in the following sentence:

Chris Paul is old for a professional basketball player.

• Chris Paul

• old

• professional

• player

Which word from the following sentence could be a SYNONYM for the underlined word?

The bear ran away from the zoo down the crooked, winding road towards the forest.

• bear

• down

• crooked

• forest

Which word from the following sentence could be an ANTONYM for the underlined word?

Sara was usually genial with her classmates, but yesterday she was really rude to them.

• usually

• classmates

• really

• rude