English 2

The ______contains news about athletic events and games in and out of the country.

Who copied the Phoenician letters and changed them a bit?

These are words that have the same sound or pronunciation but have different meanings.

Nouns that refer to just one in number are called plural nouns, because single means only 1.

talks about a male gender

This group of people made paper from the papyrus plant that grew along the Nile River. Who are they?

These are words that have opposite meanings.

These are words that have the same or almost the same meaning.

Which group of people is credited with calling the 26 letters of the Phoenicians “the alphabet?”

Army ants live on the ground.

A ______ is a group of letters that we add at the end of a root word to change its meaning.

The glossary is the little or mini dictionary found at the back of the book.

Nouns that refer to more than one in number are called plural nouns.

These are words that have the same spelling, may have the same or different pronunciation, but have different meanings.

The index is a list of the topics of a book, arranged alphabetically.

The text or body gives the title of the book, the author or authors, and the publishing company.

The _____ contains information about movies and television , other activities like games, puzzles, and comic strip.

A ______ is a group of letters that we add at the beginning or start of a root word to change its meaning.

The index protects the book from damage.

A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing. A proper noun always begins with a capital letter.

______ describe nouns or pronouns.

refers to both male and female genders

The table of contents contains the topics or lessons found in the book arranged from the first page to the last.

The cover contains all the topics, lessons, or stories of the book.

Another group knew about the Egyptian thing pictures, idea pictures, and sound pictures. They were sailors.

A common noun can name any person, place, or thing and is not capitalized unless it begins a sentence.

refers to nouns without gender

A ______ is the basic part of a word without syllables added to it.

talks about a female gender

The ___ contains the most important news of the day and usually found on the first page of the newspaper.

A ______ is one word that is made by putting two words together.