Warm-up 4-1

Replace the underlined words with a possessive pronoun: "That book is my book, not yours."

• mine

• ours

• theirs

• his

What is the meaning of the personification "Good news travels quickly"?

• It means that good news spreads from person to person quickly.

• It means that news can walk fast.

• It means that news is delivered by a vehicle.

• It means that news is slow to spread.

Which root means "to see"?

• -scope

• -gram

• -fract

• -ject

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word "unanimous" in the sentence: "The decision was unanimous, and everyone agreed we should paint the building."

• agreed upon by everyone

• decided by one person

• undecided

• disagreed by most

Rewrite the sentence using a prepositional phrase to start: "I saw the dog hiding behind the shed."

• Behind the shed, I could see the dog hiding.

• The dog was hiding behind the shed, I saw.

• I saw the shed behind the dog hiding.

• Hiding behind the shed, the dog was seen by me.

What is a possessive pronoun?

• A possessive pronoun is a type of verb.
• A possessive pronoun indicates ownership or possession.
• A possessive pronoun describes an action.
• A possessive pronoun is a synonym for an adjective.

What is personification?

• Personification is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things.
• Personification is the study of human behavior.
• Personification refers to the act of drawing.
• Personification is a type of poetry.

What is prepositional phrase?

• A prepositional phrase is a group of words that starts with a noun.
• A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.
• A prepositional phrase is a type of verb phrase.
• A prepositional phrase is a single word that indicates location.

What are context clues?

• Context clues are hints in the text that help define difficult words.
• Context clues are summaries of the text.
• Context clues are the main ideas of a text.
• Context clues are the author's opinions on the topic.

What is a root word?

• A root word is the main part of a word that holds its primary meaning.

• A root word is a type of punctuation.
• A root word is a synonym for a word.
• A root word is a grammatical error in a sentence.