Common ELA Words

a person, place or thing

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

• preposition

a word that describes a noun

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

• adverb

an action word or something you can do

• pronoun

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

joining words such as and, but, or, and because

• verb

• interjection

• noun

• conjunction

My grandmother survived many hardships and she swore we should never ___ when things seem hopeless because it always works out in the end.

• despair

• transform

• dignity

• trait

After reflecting on the previous year, Elisabeth set goals to ___ herself.

• transform

• dignity

• reputation

• despair

Mr. Jackson is the strictest teacher in school. He has a ___ for harsh punishments.

• reputation

• dignity

• burden

• transform

Martin was very shy, so he was ___ to get on stage and receive the award he won.

• reluctant

• transform

• reputation

• burden

Based on this sentence, what does the word admire mean?

• Dislike

• Appreciate

• Hurtful

• Underdstand

a word that expresses emotion

• interjection

• verb

• pronoun

• conjunction