1.Who he is? He invented his telephone in 1876, at the age of 29. a.Bell b Edison c. Ford
a.Alexander Graham Bell
I'm "the breadwinner" in my family. What does "the breadwinner" mean? a)a person who earns the most money. b)a person who makes a loaf of bread. c)a person who earns the least money.
What is a person who earns the most money? (A)
What animal is called a kid?
A baby goat
What is a synonym?
Jeanne Calment died at age _ years, 164 days. She has verified the oldest people in the world. a.112 b.122 c. 132
b.122
I worked all day. I have to wash the dishes and make dinner. But my husband is a "couch potato". What does "couch potato" mean?
A person who spends much time sitting or lying down, usually watching television.
What is a doe?
A female deer
( ) you ever imitated the hairstyle of a famous person? Which word would make this sentence correct? a.Has b.Have c.Were
b Have
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
What is the common factor of these people? William Shakespeare, Agatha Christie, J.K.Rowling and Stephen King
best-selling fiction author
If she said, "I made peanuts!". What does it mean? a)She needed to buy some peanuts. b)She made a mistake. c)Her salary is very low.
What do you say when a person's salary (income) is very low? (C)
Which animal blows up like a balloon when it feels threatened?
Pufferfish
A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. Examples: buzz, his, hum, chirp, ect.
What is onomatopoeia?
What is the world’s largest river? a.Amazon river b.Mississippi river c Nile river
a.Amazon river
What does "You're barking Up The Wrong Tree!" mean? a) making the wrong assumption about some. b) a dog barking at the wrong tree. c) someone bothering a tree.
a) making the wrong assumption about some.
What is the largest mammal in the world?
A whale
A type of figurative language in which nonhuman subject is given human characteristics. Ex: The moon winked at me.
What is personification?
Who has won the most Olympic gold medal? a. Venus Williams-tennis b. Michael Fred Phelps-swimming
b.Michael Fred Phelps
When someone says something critical or negative because they are jealous, it is a case of " _ _ ". a)sweet peas b)sour grapes c)ripe banana
What are sour grapes? (B)
How many pairs of wings do bees have?
2
Words and phrases that mean something different from the "literal" meanings of the words.
What is an idiom?
Botanophobia is the fear of what?
Plants
What does " High And Dry" mean?
To be left behind; abandoned. Being in a helpless situation without a way to recover.
Which animal never sleeps?
A bullfrog
We did hour homework today. Is this sentence correct or not, and if it is not how do we fix it?
It is not correct. We need to change hour (time) to our (belongs to us).
Which form of there, their, or they're do we use in this sentence?
(a) ______ going to put (b)_____ bags over (c) _____ by the window.
a. They're. b. their. c. there
In writing, when we exaggerate, we are using what literary form?
What are hyperboles?