Word formation
This part of speech describes an action, state, or occurrence.
What is a verb?
A synonym for "happy" that starts with the letter "j."
What is "joyful"?
The capital of Australia
What is Canberra?
A great, if not the greatest, playwriter of all time
Who is Shakespeare?
This coordinating conjunction is used to show contrast, as in "I like tea, but I also like coffee."
What is "but"?
In English, this type of sentence contains both an independent and a dependent clause.
What is a "complex sentence"?
The opposite of "deep," often used to describe water or thoughts.
What is "Shallow"?
President who abolished slavery
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Canadian author, writes speculative fiction
Who is Margaret Atwood?
This preposition shows a relationship of time in the phrase "on Monday."
What is "on"?
This suffix is added to adjectives like "quick" to form adverbs.
What is -ly?
This word can mean both "to express" and "a mode of transportation."
What is "train"?
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland are all part of it
What is The United Kingdom?
Author of "The Lord of The Rings"
Who is Tolkien?
In this sentence, "The dog bark loudly," the error occurs in this grammatical rule.
What is subject-verb agreement?
This process creates new words by combining two or more existing words, like "breakfast" and "lunch" becoming "brunch."
What is blending?
This English word for a seasonal celebration comes from the Old English "Cristes mæsse."
What is "christmas"?
Country home to the Guinness Beer
What is Ireland?
Author of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Who is Harper Lee?
This type of clause cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is a "dependent clause"?
The adjective "clean" can also function as this part of speech without any changes.
What is "verb"?
This idiom means "to face the consequences" and involves a musical instrument.
What is "face the music"?
A country whose population of sheep is bigger than the population of people.
What is New Zealand?
Nobel Literature Prize winner in 1954, famous for his novel "The Old Man and The Sea". Also, your teacher's favorite author.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
In this voice, the subject receives the action, as in "The cake was eaten by the children."
What is "passive voice"?