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What is a synonym for fast?

Quick, speedy, etc.

100

What are these: "  "

Quotation marks

100

Name the spelling error.

Mrs. Walker is a math techer at my school.

teacher

100

What is the day and month of Christmas?

25th of December

100

This is the term for the main message, lesson, or moral that the author wants you to learn from a story.

Theme

200

What is an antonym for cold?

Hot, warm, etc.

200

Fact or opinion: "I think green beans taste like grass." 

Opinion

200

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

Similes compare using "like" or "as"

Metaphor figure of speech that compares two unrelated things.

200

Spell the word: a mountain with hot lava inside

volcano

200

This type of traditional story usually features talking animals and ends with a clear moral.

A fable 

300

What two words make the contraction "hasn't"?

Has + not

300

What is an example of a verb?

run, skip, walk, jump, etc

300

Simile or metaphor?

I am as hungry as a horse.

Simile

300

Spell the state we live in

Kentucky

300

In the word "unhappy," the letters "un-" make up this type of word part added to the beginning of a base word.

Prefix

400

Which verb tense is correct?

There ______ 16 cows in the barn.
(Is / Are)

Are

400

What word is a verb in the following sentence?

Tony slithered quietly down the hallway. 

slithered

400

Simile or metaphor?

The sky is an ocean.

Metaphor

400

Spell the word: What has the dates, months, and days of the week on it?

Calendar

400

This reference book is used to look up words to find their definitions, pronunciations, and parts of speech.

A dictionary 

500

What is a type of story that features magical elements, fantastical creatures, and invented words? 

Fantasy

500

Emily assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing. 


What does the word assumed mean?

suspected or guessed

500

Simile or metaphor?

When I heard about the party being cancelled, I felt as deflated as an old balloon.

Simile

500

Spell the last month of the year.

December

500

"The wind howled in the night" is an example of this, which gives human characteristics to non-human things.

Personification 

600

What is a word that describes a verb?

Adverb

600

What is it called when we put together what we already know about something together with what we read? 

An inference

600

My mom's spaghetti is very filling. The school's spaghetti leaves me with an empty feeling.

The underlined words in the sentence above are examples of which of the following? (Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms) 

Antonyms

600

Spell the word for a shape with four equal sides.

Square
600

Authors use this text feature directly below a photograph or illustration to explain what the picture is showing.

Caption

700

What is a non-fiction story about a person's life?

Biography

700

My new pants were on (sale/sail) at the store.

My soccer team (beet/beat) our rivals.

Sale / beat

700

Unscramble the letters to discover a word that means "to make into small pieces"

 imnec

mince

700

Spell the word for a shape with three equal sides

Triangle

700

Write a sentence using a proper noun, adjective, and verb.

Mrs. Revena smiled brightly.

  • Mrs. Revena is the proper noun (a specific person).
  • smiled is the verb (the action).
  • brightly is an adverb modifying the verb.
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