A
Which word would come before drift?
A. drive
B. drip
C. drew
C. drew
What is a noun?
person, place or thing
What is an adjective?
description word
What is a verb?
action word
Close is a homograph. What are the two different meanings?
1. near to, in near proximity
2. to shut down, to end
Which word would come after shear?
A. shark
B. sheaf
C. sheet
C. sheet
Which is not a periodical?
A. atlas
B. newspaper
C. magazine
A. atlas
What is the etymology of a word?
It tells the origin of a word, its background, what language it came from
Which one is a homophone?
blue/blew
rest/rest
blue/blew
What is a homophone?
Same sound, different meanings
What kind of book is about real people, places, or things; arranged by call number?
A. fiction
B. biography
C. reference books
D. nonfiction
D. nonfiction
What kind of book contains specific types of information: arranged by volume?
A. fiction
B. biography
C. reference books
D. nonfiction
C. reference books
What kind of book are make-believe stories; arranged by author's last name?
A. fiction
B. biography
C. reference books
D. nonfiction
A. fiction
What kind of book are life stories of real people; arranged alphabetically by person's last name?
A. fiction
B. biography
C. reference books
D. nonfiction
B. biography
What are homographs?
Same spelling but different meanings
Which type of book has a call number?
nonfiction
Which word could be found on a page with the guide words piece and pillar?
A. pilgrim
B. pilot
C. picture
A. pilgrim
Which word would be found on a page with the guide words fox and fracture?
A. fragment
B. foyer
C. fowl
B. foyer
Which name would come first in an encyclopedia?
A. Taylor, Marie
B. Taylor, Robert
C. Taylor, James
C. Taylor, James
May/May
Seen/Scene
Which one is a homograph?
May/May
Aunt Jean's garden is herbivorous?
What part of speech is the word herbivorous in this sentence?
Adjective
Which word has the same e sound as in the e in hemlock?
A. desk
B. detach
C. eat
A. desk
If hemlock is described as a tree or a plant, what part of speech would hemlock be?
A. noun
B. adjective
C. verb
A. noun
What are the two meaning of well? (a homograph)
1. in a good or satisfactory way
2. a pit or hole in the ground to reach a supple of water
Which one is not a periodical?
A. newspaper
B. encyclopedia
B. encyclopedia