English Vocabulary
A more advanced word for “big,” starting with “e”
What is enormous?
A phrase that means to "start a conversation in a friendly way" especially with people you don't know well
What is to "break the ice"
A word that has the opposite meaning of another word?
What is an antonym?
This holiday is celebrated on July 4th in the U.S.
What is Independence Day?
This animal is the tallest in the world?
What is a Giraffe?
A word that means “cold in a pleasant or refreshing way
What is cool?
To “spill the beans” means this
What is to reveal a secret?
A word that sounds the same as another but has a different meaning and spelling is called this
What is a homophone?
This city is known as the “Big Apple”?
What is New York?
This planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
What is Mars?
A person who helps students learn but is not a schoolteacher
What is a tutor or what is a mentor?
Something that costs "an arm and a leg" means this.
What is very expensive?
A word made byparts of 2 other words ie “brunch” from “breakfast” & “lunch”
What is a portmanteau?
This U.S. president is on the one-dollar bill?
Who is George Washington?
H₂O is its chemical symbol
What is water?
A word that means funny or "makes you laugh".
What is humorous?
To “hit the books” means this.
What is to start studying?
This word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it
What is short?
This sport is known as “America’s pastime”? (Baseball)
What is Baseball?
This social media app is known for short dancing videos
What is TikTok?
A person who speaks four languages fluently is called this
What is a quadrilingual?
An idiom for "It’s your turn to act or decide"
What does “the ball is in your court” mean?
A word that reads the same forwards and backwards
What is a palindrome
This is the name of the Hollywood awards ceremony for films (The Oscars)
What is the Oscars?
This playwright wrote Henry Vlll
Who is William Shakespeare?