Odd Word Out
What word does not belong? Why not?
comma, common, period, colon
common
It is not a form of punctuation
Which is the correct spelling?
buziness, busines, business, buzines
business
What do you do with a globe?
Find a country on it.
When do you use the article "an"?
When the following noun begins with a vowel.
canary is to bird as beetle is to
insect
Which word does not belong? Why?
them, children, her, ourselves
children
Not a pronoun
How do you spell the plural of shelf?
shelves
What is a biography?
A book written about a real person using facts and not written by the person themselves.
_______ many ways to solve the problem.
There is, There are, Their
There are
ice is to solid as water is to
liquid
Which word does not belong?
women, mice, teeth, child
child
Not a plural form of a word
What is the correct spelling?
seperate, separate, sepparate, sepurate
separate
What do you do with a brochure?
bury it, read it, wash it, eat it
read it
What is the past tense for the word "know"?
knew
herd is to cattle as pod is to
whales
Which word does not belong?
oboe, trumpet, tenor, piano
tenor
Not a musical instrument
What is the correct spelling?
differant, diferent, diffrant, different
different
What would you do with a gavel?
cage it, feed it, bang it, heat it
bang it
What is the past tense of the word "go"?
went
ferocious is to fierce as peculiar is to
odd
Which word does not belong?
vain, very, vane, vein
very
Not a homophone
What is the correct spelling?
konvenience, conveneince, convenience, convenance
convenience
What is a hypothesis?
In scientific research, a prediction based on limited facts that can be testable
Which of the following group of signal words would you most likely find in a paper contrasting two things?
D. Although, however, contrary to
victory is to defeat as lenient is to
harsh
Which word does not belong?
fireplace, outline, sentence, sunshine
sentence
Not a compound word
What is the correct spelling?
accommodate, acommodate, accomodate, acomodate
What is an inference?
A conclusion based on based on clues and evidence
Which word is correct?
Dad and I baked the pie (ourself) (ourselves).
ourselves
scarlet is to red as indigo is to
blue