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"(Who or Whom) put the jelly peanut butter in my jelly?
Who is "who"?
"Oil spills are polluting the oceans." Is this a fact or opinion?
What is a "fact"?
(because it can be proved)
"I almost died when I won the spelling bee." Is this a hyperbole or a metaphor?
What is a "hyperbole".
Correct this sentence:
"Doesn't nobody know how to fix this broken chair?"
What is "Doesn't anybody know how to fix this broken chair?"
(Only one negative is needed here.)
Time flies. Is this a sentence or a fragment?
What is a sentence?
(It has both a subject and a verb.)
Complete this analogy:
Tooth is to teeth as goose is to . . .
What is "geese"?
DAILY DOUBLE
Take the word "dog". Make two compound words with it using "house" and "bull".
What is "doghouse" and "bulldog"?
Is one of many fictional people in a story called a character or the protagonist?
What is a "character"?
(The protagonist is the main character.)
Does breakfast precede or proceed lunch?
What is "precede"?
Breakfast precedes (goes before) lunch.
The President is here! There's a "hullabaloo" in the halls. Is there excitement or misery?
What is excitement?
Change the prefix of "inhale" to form its "antonym".
What is "exhale"?
(The prefix ex- here means "out", and the word means "breathe out".
"This mountain is here to stay."
Is it s-t-a-t-i-o-n-e-r-y or s-t-a-t-i-o-n-a-r-y?
What is "s-t-a-t-i-o-n-a-r-y"?
(Stationery is writing paper.)
Find two adverbs in this sentence: "The high school choir sang extremely well".
What is "extremely well"?
(An adverb can modify a verb or another adverb.)
Is an "epicenter" the eye of a hurricane or the place where an earthquake begins?
What is "the place where an earthquake begins"?
How many syllables in the word "humongous hippopotamuses"?
What is "nine"?
(Hu-mon-gous hip-po-pot-a-mus-es)
DAILY DOUBLE
Turn "pizza" into a word for something that has appeal or glamour by adding one letters.
What is "pizzaz"?
He wrote The Cat in the Hat and other books for kids. What is his pen name?
(His real name was Theodor Geisel.)
"High-speed trains hurtle people home". Is "hurtle" a transitive or intransitive verb?
What is "transitive"
(It shows action and is followed by the object receiving the action.)
Can you find the gerund in this phrase? "The GPS is recalculating your route".
What is "recalculating"?
A gerund is a verb in its present participle form (root verb + "ing") that acts as a noun in a sentence.
If you eat lunch in ABC order, which will you munch last: salami, salad, salmon?
What is salmon?
What African American cultural holiday is celebrated from December 26 to January 1?
What is "Kwanzaa"?
What's wrong here? "I don't mind eels except as meals and the way they feels."
What is "... the way they feel".
(from a poem by Ogden Nash)
What do you call the list of sources at the end of a research report?
What is a "bibliography"?
What is the name for the place where dialogue is written in a cartoon or comic strip?
What is a "speech bubble" or "speech balloon"?
Which one is an antonym for "brainiac": whiz or blockhead?
What is "blockhead"?
Correct this question to eliminate redundancy:
"Will you also do this too?"
What is "will you also do this?" or "Will you do this too"?
Does the idom "pulling my leg" mean you're literally tugging on me or exaggerating a story?
What is "exaggerating a story"?
"Look before you leap". Is this a parable, a proverb, or a fable?
What is a proverb?
Which form of the verb catch is wrong: caught, catching, catched, catches?
What is catched?
You just saw a crime take place. Are you an eyewitness or the defendant?
What is an eyewitness
What word can be abbreviated in this address:
15 Douglass Avenue
(Ave.)
DAILY DOUBLE
Turn this passive statement into an active one:
"The mess was made by my little brother".
"My little brother made the mess".
Complete this analogy:
"Novel is to novelist as play is to . . . what?
What is playwright?
Jo cried, I can't find my phone. Which words should be set off by quotation marks?
What is "I can't find my phone"?
What do ogres, giants, goblins, dragons, and trolls have in common?
What is "they are all make-believe and appear in folktales, myths or fairytales".
How can you shorten this phrase: "the captain of the ship"?
What is "the ship's captain"?
A humorous five-line poem that often begins, "There once was a . . . " is a ballad or a limerick.
What is a limerick?
Which is a synonym for burp: hiccup or belch?
What is a belch?
Its a cousin of the camel. Is it spelled l-a-m-m-a or l-l-a-m-a?
What is l-l-a-m-a?
(llama)
If you have an effervescent personality, are you lively or shy?
What is lively?
What is "looser"?
DAILY DOUBLE
How many sports does an athlete compete in during a triathlon, and what are they?
What is three?
(Running, Swimming, Biking)
The author tells a story about when a character was younger, foreshadowing or flashback?
What is flashback?
DAILY DOUBLE
Add suffixes to the word "love" to form at least two different adjectives
What is "lovable", "loveless", "loving", or "lovely"?
You have a skeleton in your closet. Does the idiom mean you have a hobby or a secret?
What is "a secret - one you may want to keep hidden".