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Modals

100

Which modal verbs are used to give advice?

Should and Ought to, Had better 

200

What do CAN, COULD, MAY, and MIGHT express?

a. ability

b. possibility

c. offering 

Possibility 

300

Which modal verbs express obligation?

Must

Have to

Need to 

400

Create a sentence to give advice to a friend who lost a school book. Use the proper modal. 

Sample answers:

You should talk to your homeroom teacher. 

You ought to tell your teacher. 

You'd better report it to the office. 

500

Create a sentence using the modal: be able to 

Sample sentence:

If you are in the 8th. grade, you are able to answer this question

Articles and Conjunctions

100

Explain each type of article

Definite (the)  and indefinite articles (a, an)

200

True or false, a conjunction is a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause

True

300

When you write a compound sentence, you use FANBOYS, what does FANBOYS stand for?

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So 

400

Complete the sentence by selecting the best article and conjunction:

I saw a big bear at ______ zoo, _____ I was not scared. 

Suggested answers:

The

And, yet, but 

500

Create a sentence with the following subordinate conjunction:

Why

Suggested answer:

I'm practicing English, why don't you speak with me?

Verb Tenses

100

What are the three main verb tenses?

Present, past and future

200

What are the helping verbs for the present perfect?

Have (changes in third person)

300

Change the following sentence to a question in the present perfect:

They went to Miami 

Have they gone to Miami?

400

Complete the following sentence by using the proper verb tense and verb that best fits:

In 2025, robots ______ _______ some chores for us. 

Suggested answers:

Will do, will perform, will complete

500

Create a sentence in the present perfect tense using the following additives: just, since, and yet

Sample answer: 

I have studied English since I was very young.

Parts of Speech

100

Name the parts of speech

Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, articles and interjections

200

What do adverbs modify? 

Verbs and adjectives

300

Which parts of speech take prefixes and suffixes? 

Verbs and nouns 

400

Give an example of an interjection

Suggested answers: 

Wow! Oh! Hey! Yoo hoo! 

500

Explain which part of speech the following words are and what they modify:

Exhausted

Tiring 

Slowly 

Suggested answer:

Exhausted- Adjective- nouns 

Tiring- Adjective- noun

Slowly- Adverb- verb or adjective

All about English

100

Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?

C

200

How do you start a paragraph?

Indentation

300

When two words sound the same but have different meaning and different spelling they are called:

Homonyms 

400

What does the expression "Hold your horses" mean?

To take it easy and not be anxious about a specific situation or try to rush it carelessly 

500

What does the idiom "Top banana" mean?

The best one

Example: She is the top banana in my class.