Punctuation
What is the name of this punctuation mark: ?
Question mark
What is a noun? Give an example.
A naming word for a person, place, animal or thing. E.g. dog.
What is the opposite of hot?
Cold
Does this sentence make sense? 'The cat sat on the mat.'
Yes, it is a complete sentence.
What do we call the main person or character in a story?
The protagonist or main character.
What punctuation mark is used to show excitement or strong feelings?
! - exclamation mark
In the sentence 'The dog ran quickly', which word is the verb?
Ran
What is another word for happy?
Answer: Joyful, cheerful or excited.
Spot the spelling mistake: I went to the libary yesterday.
Library (not libary).
What is the setting of a story?
Where and when the story takes place.
Spot the mistake: Where are you going.
It should end with a question mark (?) because it is a question.
Spot the mistake: She go to school every day.
She goes to school every day.
Spell the word that means 'something that is not easy'.
Difficult
Which sentence is correct? A: we went to the park. B: We went to the park.
B. A sentence should start with a capital letter.
What does the phrase 'It's raining cats and dogs' mean?
It is raining very heavily. This is an idiom.
What punctuation mark is used to show that someone is speaking?
Quotation marks (" ").
What is an adjective? Give an example.
A describing word. E.g. beautiful, enormous or happy.
What is the opposite of ancient?
Modern or new.
Put these words in the correct order: 'football / loves / Tom / playing'.
Tom loves playing football.
What is the difference between a fact and an opinion?
A fact can be proven true or false. An opinion is what someone thinks or feels.
Add the missing punctuation: Wow I can't believe we won
Wow! I can't believe we won.
Identify the noun, verb and adjective: The enormous elephant walked slowly.
Noun: elephant. Verb: walked. Adjective: enormous.
What is the difference between a synonym and an antonym? Give an example of each.
A synonym is a word with a similar meaning (e.g. happy and joyful). An antonym is a word with the opposite meaning (e.g. happy and sad).
Fix all three mistakes: 'yesterday i seen a big dog it was scary'
Yesterday I saw a big dog. It was scary.
What is a simile? Give an example.
A comparison using 'like' or 'as'. E.g. As brave as a lion.