What punctuation mark is used in a contraction (#2)?
An apostrophe '
100
What are the two main parts of a sentence (#1)?
Subject and Predicate (Noun and Verb)
100
Which word means a person, place, thing, or idea (#3)?
noun
100
In the book Charlotte's Web, what is the rat's name (#5)?
Templeton
100
What do we call stories that are made up rather than true (#4)?
fiction
200
In an address, what punctuation mark comes between the city and state (#6)?
a comma ,
200
Give the contraction for "will not" (#9)
won't
200
What part of speech is used to modify verbs (6)?
adverb
200
Name the title about a poor boy, who's parents mysteriously died, and grows up in a cupboard with an aunt and uncle who despise him and his magical powers.
Harry Potter
200
What do we call a statement that tells what a person thinks or believes (#7)?
Opinion
300
In a friendly letter, what punctuation mark is placed after the greeting (#8)?
a comma ,
300
What is the plural of "sheep" (#11)?
Sheep
300
What did the Brothers Grimm write (13)?
Fairy tales
300
What type of story has a moral at the end (#14)?
fable
300
What is the mini-dictionary in the back of some textbooks called (#10)?
glossary
400
What punctuation mark is placed at the end of a declarative sentence (8)?
period .
400
How many syllables are in the word "catastrophe" (15)?
4
400
Which types of nouns are capitalized (11)?
proper nouns
400
What Japanese poetry follows a patter of 5-7-5 syllables (#15)?
haiku
400
Do antonyms mean the same or opposite of one another (#12)?
Opposite
500
In dialogue, what punctuation marks are put around the spoken words (12)?
Quotation marks
500
What do we call words that are spelled the same way forwards and backwards (9)?
palindrome
500
What is the name of the ancient Greek who wrote a group of fables (3)?
Aesop
500
What is a story about your own life called (1)?
autobiography
500
In the dictionary, which comes first, maybe or maypole (#13)?