Noun / Proper Noun
Verbs
Figurative Language
Adjectives / Conjunctions
Wild Card
100

What is a noun? 

What is a person, place, thing or idea?

100

What is a verb?

what is a word that describes an action. 

100

This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."

What is a similie?

100

What is an adjective? 

What is a word that describes a noun? 

100

What is the verb in this sentence: "The dog barked loudly at the stranger"?

What is barked?

200

Names a specific person, place, thing, or idea.

What is proper noun?

200

Identify the verb in the sentence: "The cat sleeps and lays on the couch."

What is sleeps and lays?

200

This type of figurative language says something is something else. Example: "All of the world is a stage."

What is a metaphor?

200

True or False: Adjectives can describe how something feels, looks, or sounds.

What is true? 

200

Fill in the blank with the correct conjunction: "You can have pizza ______ pasta for dinner."

What is "and?"

300

What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?

What is a common noun is a person place or thing while a proper noun is a specific name for person, place, or thing?

300

What is the past tense of the verb "run"?

What is ran? 

300

This type of figurative language involves an extreme exaggeration, like "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"

What is a hyperbole? 

300

Identify the adjectives in the following sentence: The fluffy fox sat on the soft, warm grass.

What is fluffy, soft, and warm? 

300

In the sentence, "The small, furry kitten slept on the couch," how many adjectives are there?

What is two adjectives?

400

Identify the nouns: During the heavy thunderstorm, my dog ran under my bed. 

What is thunderstorm, dog, and bed? 

400

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb: "He ______ the movie last night."
a) watch
b) watched
c) watching

What is answer b) watched? 

400

In the sentence, "The car roared to life," which type of figurative language is being used?

What is personification? 

400

What conjunction should join these two ideas together in this sentence: "I want pizza ____ ice cream for dinner."

What is and? 
400

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence, "I've told you a million times"?

What is hyperbole?

500

Identify two proper nouns in this sentence: New York City is filled with all different kinds of people. Sometimes celebrities, like The Rock, will visit.  

What is New York City and The Rock?

500

What is the correct past tense form of the verb "to swim"?

What is swam? 

500

What is the figurative language term for a phrase like "Break a leg," which doesn’t mean exactly what it says?

What is an idiom? 

500

Which of the following words is the conjunction: "I wanted to go outside, but it was raining."

What is the word but?

500

What is the helping verb in the sentence: "She is reading a new book"?

What is "is?"

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