Rewards, Pronunciation Rules and Stari - Game

If a job or a task is strenuous, what does it mean?

• using a lot of nails

• something that is strange

• using a lot of energy

• making a lot of plans

Answer explanation

strenuous - demanding vigorous exertion

vigorous - strong, healthy and full of energy

exertion - application of a force

Which scenario explains the meaning of abundant?

• a few butterflies are in the air

• remembered for a long time

• needing someone to help now

• plenty of trees are in the park

Answer explanation

abundant - LARGE amount

If you are an unobservant person, you are _________.

• not able to be captured

• not seeing or noticing things around you

• not available

• happy all of the time

Answer explanation

unobservant - NOT noticing things

Choose the BEST suffix to complete the words.

Despite Mrs. Rachel's clumsi​ (a)   , she was fear​ (b)   in her pursuit of spotlessness, which often resulted in an enormous mess.

• ness
• less
• ful

Answer explanation

The suffix -less makes the word opposite. -less means not.

The suffix - ness KEEPS the meaning of the word. It changes the part of speech since -ness means state of.

Mantra is a statement or slogan repeated frequently.

Which of the following sentences show the BEST example of the word mantra.

• The basketball coach's mantra sent us in the wrong direction of the school.

• The enormous mansion was a sign that the rapper had a great mantra.

• Mantra's are the only insect that flies to Brazil in the winter.

• The teacher's mantra for her students is "Never stop learning".

Answer explanation

Mantra is a slogan and the teacher had the slogan to never stop learning.

I am thinking of a word...Match the word that BEST fits the statement/description,.

• absurd

• what you would think IF you saw pigs flying

• distraught

• wanting to go outside but you are stuck inside all day

• confine

• someone opens the the door and takes all the students' attention away from the teacher

• distract

• when someone is very upset and does not want to leave their room

Answer explanation

distract - takes your attention away

distraught - very upset

absurd - ridiculous

confine - stuck in a place

Commute means to travel a distance between one's home and their place of work.

Which of the following sentences BEST shows the meaning of commute.

• The commute of my shoes is very long.

• Every day, Mrs. Kirby has to commute 2 hours to work at her school.

• Chef Clark pulled off the peel of the onion which was in commute layers.

• Log rollers and rope were used to commute the transportation to Stonehenge.

What is the NEXT number in the sequence: 2, 4, 6, 8, __?

• 12

• 0

• 10

• 2

Which TWO words use LONG vowel sounds - says it's name.

• bike

• thump

• went

• we

• yes

Answer explanation

If a vowel is FREE at the end, it is long.

VCV pattern makes the FIRST v(vowel) LONG.

Match the pronunciation rule to it's example.

• careful

• TWO vowels side by side make a LONG vowel.

• gnat

• Phonograms ti, si, ci are used to say /sh/

• extension

• C BEFORE I, E, or Y says "S" followed by ANY other letter says "K".

• great

• G and K are silent before N at the beginning of the word.