🔤 Alphabet Attack
Which word would come first in a dictionary?
A. book
B. bottle
C. bobcat
D. box
Answer:
C. bobcat
What part of speech is the word adventure?
Answer:
noun
How many syllables are in creature?
Answer:
2
crea-ture
Look up baffle. Which definition best matches this sentence? "The strange message baffled Bob."
A. confused
B. frightened
C. amused
D. excited
Answer:
A — confused
Which word is a noun?
A. invisible
B. remember
C. friendship
D. carefully
Answer:
C — friendship
Put these words in alphabetical order:
invisible — interesting — investigate — imagination
Answer:
imagination → interesting → investigate → invisible
What part of speech is the word invisible?
Answer:
adjective
How many syllables are in invisible?
Answer:
4
in-vis-i-ble
Look up frigid. Which word is closest in meaning?
A. freezing
B. enormous
C. noisy
D. mysterious
Answer:
A — freezing
Which word would come first alphabetically?
A. remember
B. remarkable
C. remaining
D. remedy
Answer:
C. remaining
Which word would appear between creature and curious in a dictionary?
A. courage
B. creature
C. cupboard
D. current
Answer:
A. courage
What part of speech is the word remember?
Answer:
verb
Look up the word scrawl. How many syllables does it have?
Answer:
1
Look up haphazard. Which sentence uses the word correctly?
A. Bob carefully organized his books in alphabetical order.
B. Bob placed the books in a haphazard pile on the floor.
C. Bob read the dictionary very carefully.
D. Bob waited patiently for Livy.
Answer:
B. Bob placed the books in a haphazard pile on the floor.
The word strange is an adjective.
Which sentence uses strange as an adjective?
A. Bob strange in the closet.
B. Bob was strange.
C. Bob strangely waited.
D. Bob's strange was surprising.
Answer:
B
Put these Bob-related words in alphabetical order:
well — wait — weird — wish — woods
Answer:
wait → weird → well → wish → woods
What part of speech is the word peculiar?
Answer:
adjective
How many syllables are in mysterious?
Answer:
4
mys-ter-i-ous
Look up bewildered. Which situation would make someone feel bewildered?
A. You receive exactly the birthday present you asked for.
B. You walk into a room and discover that everything has suddenly been moved.
C. You finish a book you really enjoyed.
D. You eat your favorite dessert.
Answer:
B. You walk into a room and discover that everything has suddenly been moved.
Look up "home".
Which part of speech can home be?
Answer:
noun
These words appear on a dictionary page:
remember — remarkable
Which word would come first?
Answer:
remarkable
What part of speech is the word reluctantly?
Answer:
adverb
How many syllables are in responsibility?
Answer:
6
re-spon-si-bil-i-ty
Look up fastidious. Which person is being fastidious?
A. Maya throws her papers into her desk without looking at them.
B. Jordan checks every detail of his project and makes sure everything is neat and correct.
C. Sam runs through the hallway because he is late.
D. Ava tells everyone a joke at lunch.
Answer:
B. Jordan checks every detail of his project and makes sure everything is neat and correct.
Look up "well".
Write two sentences using the word "well," where each sentence uses a different meaning of the word.
Answers vary!
"Well" can mean:
1. (adverb) done in a skillful way
2. (adjective) healthy
3. (noun) deep hole in the ground for removing water, oil, or natural gas
4. (interjection) said to show surprise or doubt