Figurative Language
Identify the Part of Speech
The English Language
Which One?
What am I
100
Boom! Bang! Whoosh!
What is Onomatopoeia
100
My "dog" is missing
What is noun
100
True or False. "I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language
What is True
100
English is the official language of how many countries? 22, 4, or 67
What is 67
100
I represent a break between ideas in a sentence.
What is a comma
200
I could hear the wind howling as I tried to sleep.
What is Personification
200
Have you "seen" that movie?
What is verb
200
A pangram sentence is a sentence that contains every letter in the English Language. True or False
What is True
200
____% of the information stored on computers worldwide is in English. 25, 80 or 62
What is 80
200
I represent and ending in a sentence.
What is a period
300
Suzy sold some seashells she found on the seashore
What is Alliteration
300
Bonnie could "barely" carry the heavy box.
What is adverb
300
Supercalifragilisticexpialadocious is the longest word in the English Language. True or False
What is False
300
English is the ________ most commonly spoken language i the world. 3rd, 1st or 4th
What is 3rd (Mandarin Chinese and Spanish are above it)
300
I represent possession or a conjoined word
What is an apostrophe
400
"Oh, you stupid car! Why won't you start?"
What is Apostrophe
400
That grass is really "green".
What is adjective
400
Every _____ hours, a new is word added to the dictionary?
What is two.
400
More English words begin with the letter "_____" than any other letter of the alphabet. R, T or S
What is S?
400
I represent dialogue or cited phrases
What are quotation marks?
500
"I just love spending all my money paying bills, as soon as I get paid!"
What is Irony
500
I found the ball "under" the bleachers.
What is preposition
500
"LOL" was added to the oxford dictionary in what year?
What is 2011.
500
Approximately _______ words are added to the dictionary every year. 1,000 , 6,000 0r 4,000
What is 4,000
500
I represent an ending on a sentence or word with emphasis such as excitement or anger.
What is an exclamation point
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