Expanding Horizons with Words

Expand the sentence by adding a prepositional phrase: "The cat sleeps."

• The cat sleeps soundly.

• The cat sleeps on the warm windowsill.

• The cat sleeps and dreams.

• The cat sleeps quickly.

Choose the sentence that uses adjectives correctly: "The dog barked."

• The loud, angry dog barked.

• The dog loudly barked.

• The dog barked angry.

• The dog barked at the loud.

Identify the adverb in the following sentence: "The squirrel quickly climbed the tall tree."

• quickly

• climbed

• tall

• tree

Add an adjective to make the sentence more descriptive: "She held a balloon."

• She held a red balloon.

• She held a balloon tightly.

• She held a balloon above.

• She held a balloon during the party.

Which sentence is expanded with a prepositional phrase?

• The children played joyfully.

• The children played in the park.

• The children played and laughed.

• The children played games.

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: "The book on the shelf is mine."

• The book

• on the shelf

• is mine

• the shelf

Choose the sentence that correctly uses an adverb to describe an action: "He spoke to the class."

• He spoke the class.

• He spoke loudly to the class.

• He spoke wisdom to the class.

• He spoke in the class.

Which sentence does NOT contain an adjective?

• The blue sky looks clear today.

• She has a beautiful singing voice.

• They ran quickly to the store.

• The old tree finally fell down.

Add a prepositional phrase to the sentence: "The students waited."

• The students waited patiently.

• The students waited for the bus.

• The students waited and studied.

• The students waited nervously.

Identify the adjective in the following sentence: "The chilly breeze made her shiver."

• breeze

• made

• chilly

• shiver