English Intervention - Phase One - Retrieval

What does 'text' mean in English?

• A message sent on your phone.

• Another name for a piece of writing or book.

• A type of word.

Answer explanation

Definition:

A book or other written or printed work, in terms of its content rather than its physical form.

What is the definition of the word cobbler?

• A person that makes shoes.

• A person that makes cobble roads.

• A person that washes laundry.

• A person that doesn't have parents.

Answer explanation

This cobbler made shoes to make sure people social distanced!

What is the definition of the word: orphan?

• A person that plays the organ.

• A person raised in the wild.

• A person that doesn't have any parents.

• A person that has no money.

Answer explanation

Oliver Twist is a famous book by Charles Dickens about an orphan that gets involved in criminal activities!

What is similar about these words: Old, Tattered, Tiny, Scarlet?

• They are all nouns.

• They are all proper nouns.

• They are all verbs.

• They are all adjectives.

Answer explanation

Correct! They are all describing words, so they are adjectives!

In the book, how did Bob see in the dark?

• Using the lightbulb.

• Using a lantern.

• He opened the curtains.

• Using a candle.

Answer explanation

It says:

'Bob lit a candle and went through the dark shop to unlock the front door.'

Can you find an adjective from this sentence?

'It had once been smart, but it was sorely torn and stained, and the boy's face was scratched and grubby.'

Answer explanation

What is a verb?

• A describing word.

• A doing word.

• A name.

• A thing.

Answer explanation

Yes! Verbs are words that tell us actions and things that happen.

They often end in 'ing' or 'ed' but not always!

Can you identify a verb from this sentence?

'The boy looked up, milk in his eyebrows, bread up his nose, his chin dripping.'

Answer explanation

What is inference?

• When we figure something out without being directly told it.

• When we copy something from a text to use in our answer.

• A word used to describe when somebody is really angry.

• When we remember things from a book.

Answer explanation

Yes! Inference is when we figure something out from a book, without the book having to directly to tell us it.

This makes it more interesting and descriptive!

Where does Roger see Mary Jane, the princess?

• On a framed picture.

• On the TV.

• In the newspaper.

• On the internet.

Answer explanation

It says:

'As it happened, on the table beside him was Bob's newspaper, and suddenly the little boy seemed to see it for the first time.'