Vocabulary
What does "ubiquitous" mean?
a) Rare
b) Everywhere
c) Confusing
d) Unique
b) Everywhere
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
a) She go to the store.
b) She goes to the store.
c) She going to the store.
d) She gone to the store.
b) She goes to the store.
Who wrote "Harry Potter"?
a) J.R.R. Tolkien
b) J.K. Rowling
c) C.S. Lewis
d) Roald Dahl
b) J.K. Rowling
Which language has the most native speakers?
a) English
b) Spanish
c) Mandarin Chinese
d) Hindi
c) Mandarin Chinese
A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but 9 die. How many sheep does he have left?
a) 8
b) 9
c) 17
d) 0
b) 9
Which word is a synonym for "diligent"?
a) Lazy
b) Hardworking
c) Careless
d) Forgetful
b) Hardworking
What is the past tense of "run"?
a) Runned
b) Ran
c) Run
d) Ranning
b) Ran
What is the main theme of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"?
a) Friendship
b) Family loyalty
c) Forbidden love
d) Betrayal
c) Forbidden love
What is a homophone?
a) Words that sound the same but have different meanings
b) Words with opposite meanings
c) Words spelled the same
d) Words that rhyme
a) Words that sound the same but have different meanings
What has keys but can’t open locks?
a) A piano
b) A map
c) A door
d) A treasure chest
a) A piano
What is the meaning of "benevolent"?
a) Malevolent
b) Kind
c) Indifferent
d) Strict
b) Kind
Which of the following is an example of a compound sentence?
a) I like coffee.
b) I like coffee, and I like tea.
c) I like coffee but not tea.
d) I like coffee or tea.
b) I like coffee, and I like tea.
Who is the main character in "Harry Potter"?
a) Hermione Granger
b) Ron Weasley
c) Harry Potter
d) Draco Malfoy
c) Harry Potter
Which word is a synonym for "difficult"?
a) Easy
b) Simple
c) Challenging
d) Clear
c) Challenging
If there are 5 apples and you take away 3, how many do you have?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 5
d) 0
b) 3
What does "meticulous" describe?
a) Carelessness
b) Attention to detail
c) Quickness
d) Indifference
b) Attention to detail
What part of speech is "quickly"?
a) Noun
b) Adjective
c) Verb
d) Adverb
d) Adverb
What is the name of the boy who never grows up in "Peter Pan"?
a) David
b) Peter
c) John
d) Michael
b) Peter
What does the term "slang" refer to?
a) Formal language
b) Informal language specific to a group
c) Literary language
d) Academic language
b) Informal language specific to a group
What gets wetter as it dries?
a) A towel
b) A sponge
c) Water
d) A shirt
a) A towel
Which of these words means "to reduce in amount"?
a) Increase
b) Decrease
c) Sustain
d) Amplify
b) Decrease
Which sentence uses the correct form of "there"?
a) Their going to the party.
b) There going to the party.
c) They’re going to the party.
d) There are going to the party.
c) They’re going to the party.
Which author created the character Alice in "Alice in Wonderland"?
a) J.M. Barrie
b) L. Frank Baum
c) Lewis Carroll
d) E.B. White
c) Lewis Carroll
What is the study of word origins called?
a) Semantics
b) Phonetics
c) Etymology
d) Syntax
c) Etymology
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
a) Teapot
b) Tent
c) Train
d) Ticket
a) Teapot