Synonyms
Anotonyms
Dictionary Skills
Writing Skills
Reference Materials
Figurative Language
Grammar
Mystery
100
Choose the correct antonym for 1. ancient 2. sweet 3. tame 4. hero (coward, polite, modern, dwarf, miserable, bitter, wild, superior)
What is 1.modern 2.bitter 3.wild 4.coward
100
Which word is not spelled correctly? minimum, monument, minit, mortgage
What is minit
100
Where do you go to find a list of references in a book? title page, table or contents, index, glossary, or bibliography
What is bibliography
100
Write these words plural... 1. box 2. octopus 3. daisy 4. eyelash
What is 1.boxes 2.octopuses 3.daisies 4.eyelashes
100
Fact or opinion.... 1. The radio is too loud. 2. Our house has snow on the roof.
What is 1.opinion 2.fact
200
Put these words in alphabetical order.... hour, hungry, hanger, hang, hunter
What is hang, hanger, hungry, hunter, hour
200
What is a pronoun you can use in each of these sentences? 1. Tracy and Courtney live near the school. (Tracy and Courney) 2. Are you going with Andrew to the baseball game? (Andrew)
What is 1. They 2. Him
200
What figurative language would this phrase be? (similie, metaphor, idiom, personification) I could eat a horse.
What is idiom
200
The couple was elated when they found the winning ticket. What does elated mean?
What is excited
300
What word would be on the dictionary page if the guide words were "clock-couch"? climb, clever, cold, carpet, coward
What is cold
300
Write this sentence with the correct punctuation: The hour flight to paris france left on time at 554 from dallas texas
What is... The hour flight to Paris, France, left on time at 5:54 from Dallas, Texas.
300
Which reference material would be best to look up the following information: thesaurus, dictionary, atlas, encyclopedia, or almanac 1. how to pronounce the word "cranium" 2. another word for "era" 3. the number of meteorites in 1997 4. a picture of a poisonous frog 5. which line of latitude Barbados is on
What is 1.Dictionary 2.Thesaurus 3. almanac 4.encyclopedia 5.atlas
300
What word fits best in these sentences? 1.(Does, Do, Is) you want sugar in your tea? 2.Our favorite show (comed, come, comes) on at 4:00. 3. The (button's, buttons, buttons') on the shirt need to be resewn.
What is 1.Do 2.comes 3.buttons
300
I didn't know any answers on that arduous math test. What does arduous mean?
What is hard, difficult
400
Divide these words into syllables... 1. specimen 2. vacation 3. combination 4. fantastic
What is 1. spec-i-men 2. va-ca-tion 3. com-bin-a-tion 4. fan-tas-tic
400
Punctuate this sentence correctly... we is having a assembly in the gym mrs paetow said.
What is... "We are having an assembly in the gym," Mrs. Paetow said.
400
Name the figurative language for the following phrases. 1. Tom and Nathan are like two peas in the pod. 2. We were quiet mice walking in the room so we wouldn't wake anyone. 3. The sea urchin hugged me tightly and never wanted to let go.
What is 1. similie 2. metaphor 3. personification
400
Write these two phrases showing possesion (ownership). 1. the rattle of the snake 2. the meeting of the teachers
What is... 1. the snake's rattle 2. the teachers' meeting
400
Fact or opinion? 1.An iguana is an entertaining pet 2. It is scary to fly on an airplane.
What is 1.opinion 2. opinion
500
Chose the correct synonym for 1. locate 2. brainy 3. cure (intelligent, elated, starved, remedy, find, touch)
What is 1.find 2.intelligent 3. remedy
500
Combine these sentences into one: The glass is tall. The glass is red. The glass is full of ice cream.
What is... The glass is tall, red, and full of ice cream.
500
What reference material would be best to look up information: thesaurus, dictionary, atlas, encyclopedia, or almanac 1. The spelling of the word "cinnamon" 2. What a Siberian tiger eats 3. the direction you would travel from Ethiopia to Niger 4. an antonym for the word "smooth" 5. the average temperature of Clinton, North Carolina
What is 1.dictionary 2.encyclopedia 3.atlas 4.thesaurus 5.almanac
500
Give the past tense for the following: 1. learn 2. sing 3. bring 4. ride
What is.. 1. learned 2. sang 3. brought 4. rode
500
Put these words in alphabetical order.... picture, pick, pickup, truck, pickax
What is pick, pickax, pickup, picture, truck
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