Vocabulary
Which word is the 'definite article'?
What is the plural form of ox?
Oxen.
She be eating tomorrow.
She is eating today.
What does 'it's raining cats and dogs' mean?
It is raining a lot.
What is the full form of 'www'?
World Wide Web.
Adverb.
What is the singular form of dice?
Die.
What is the simple past tense of the word 'drive'?
Drove.
What does it mean to 'let the cat out of the bag'?
Give away a secret.
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
What is the difference between 'effect' and 'affect'?
Effect is a noun; affect is a verb.
Name an example of a homophone.
(Any words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.)
For example - bawl/ball, gorilla/guerilla
What is the V3 form of 'grow'?
What does it mean to be 'under the weather'?
Sick.
Which country won the first world cup?
Uruguay.
What is an 'onomatopoeia'?
A word that spells out a sound.
What is the problem with this sentence?
I like English alot.
'Alot' is two words, not one.
What is the tense of the following sentence?
We have been writing since 10 am.
Present perfect continuous.
What does it mean if someone tells you to 'break a leg'?
Good luck!
Which country invented fireworks?
China.
There are seven words in the English language that start with 'Dw.' Name one of them.
Dwarf, dwindle, dwarves, dwarfed, dwell, dweller, dwelled, dwamish, dwining
Identify the predicate noun in the following sentence:
My friend is a doctor.
What is the V3 form of 'shut'?
Shut.
What does it mean to 'pull someone's leg'?
To joke with them.
Who was the first woman to win the Nobel prize?
Marie Curie.