2nd/3rd Grade ELA 1st Semester Review

Question 1

What part of speech describes a noun?

Accepted Answer

adjective

Question 2

What is the setting of the story?

Accepted Answer

When and where the story takes place.

Question 3

The beginning, middle, and end of story describe the ________ ______________.

Accepted Answer

story structure

Question 4

You can change the sound of your voice to determine what?

Accepted Answer

character's point of view

Question 5

A ____________ _______ is a word for a group of people, animals, or things.

Accepted Answer

Collective Noun

Question 6

The subject of a sentence is ______________________________________.

Accepted Answer

Who are what the sentence is about.

Question 7

How many subjects are in a simple sentence?

Accepted Answer

Only One

Question 8

What happens in the beginning of a story?

Accepted Answer

Introduction of Characters and Setting

Question 9

Which of the following is a type of Alliteration?

Accepted Answer

Silly Sally sells seashells by the salty seashore.

Question 10

What types of stories often have animals as characters and teach a lesson?

Accepted Answer

Fables

Question 11

The __________________ are drawings that are included to help the reader understand the text.

Accepted Answer

illustrations

Question 12

What types of stories usually begin with "Once upon a time. . . "?

Accepted Answer

Fairy Tales

Question 13

What part of speech describes a verb?

Accepted Answer

adverb

Question 14

What is the plot of a story?

Accepted Answer

The events that take place in the story.

Question 15

What describes a person, place, thing, animal or idea?

Accepted Answer

noun

Question 16

What two elements are needed to make an inference?

Accepted Answer

What the text says and Background Knowledge

Question 17

What does it mean when you recount a story?

Accepted Answer

You retell the main events of the story in your own words.

Question 18

How many subjects are in a compound sentence?

Accepted Answer

More than one

Question 19

Who are the characters in Little Red Riding Hood?

Accepted Answer

Red Riding Hood, Wolf, Grandmother, Woodsmen

Question 20

An illustration may be used for all of the following EXCEPT what?

Accepted Answer

tell how long a story is

Question 21

Alliteration, Rhyming, and Repetition are all examples of what?

Accepted Answer

Rhythm

Question 22

Pennies, mice, sheep, and knives are all examples of what part of speech?

Accepted Answer

irregular plural nouns

Question 23

What skills use clue and descriptive language from the story to create pictures in your mind?

Accepted Answer

Visualization

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT an example of a collective noun?

Accepted Answer

the doll's dresses

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT a reflexive pronoun?

Accepted Answer

mine

Question 26

What is a summary of a story?

Accepted Answer

Shorter version of what you read.

Question 27

A ________ ________ refers back to the subject of the sentence. Ends with -self or -selves.

Accepted Answer

reflexive pronoun

Question 28

Which of the following is an irregular verb?

Accepted Answer

swam

Question 29

What types of stories were told before science in order to explain why things happen in nature?

Accepted Answer

Myths

Question 30

What does "the moral of the story" mean?

Accepted Answer

What lesson is being taught?

Question 31

____________ ______ are verbs that do not add -ed to form the past tense.

Accepted Answer

Irregular verbs

Question 32

What types of stories are passed down from one person to another over time?

Accepted Answer

Folktales

Question 33

What describes an action?

Accepted Answer

verb

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2nd/3rd Grade ELA 1st Semester Review

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