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100

Draw the love triangle

Orsino to Olivia, Olivia to Cesario (/Viola), Viola to Orsino

100

How many words are in the Oxford English dictionary? The closest group gets the point.

1,025,109 words

100

Spell the word...

Embarrassed 

100

What is the name of a device that compares two things throughout a poem or story?

Extended metaphor.

100

How many PEPPS schools are there in Limpopo? 100 bonus points if you name all of them.

3

PLK, Ga-Ledwaba, Mokopane

200

Spell the title of the play and the author's name

TwelFth Night. William Shakespeare

200

The average English speaker only knows ____ words.

Between 20,000 and 30,000 words.

200

What are the two functions of an apostrophe?

Contraction/omission

Possession


200

What is the name of a phrase that cannot be translated into a different language and does not offer the audience any moral lesson?

Idiom

200

For how many years has PEPPS Polokwane been open?

30

300

To which genre does TN belong?

Comedy

300

What is the most commonly used noun?

Time

300

Name 3 different types of adverbs.

Time, manner, frequency, degree, etc

300

Two opposing words or phrases next to each other is called a/an...

Oxymoron

300

Who is the department head of Humanities and what do they teach?

Mr Van Kryanburg. History

400

Spell the themes of TN word-for-word.

Disguise and deception

Uncertainty of gender

Love as a cause of suffering

Love and desire


400

What is the plural of cul-de-sac ?

culs-de-sac

400

Name the part of speech...

A well-organised event.

Creates a compound adjective.
400

Spell the word... and tell me what it is.

Onomatopoeia 

400

Who is the auditorium named after?

C A Melville

500

What year was TN published? Closest group gets it

1602

500

Give two examples of English words that exist only in plural form.

Binoculars, scissors, pants, and knickers

500

Name the 3 punctuation marks that show parenthesis.

Dash, comma, brackets

500

What is the difference between a homophone and a homonym?

Sounds the same but spelt differently- different meaning. E.G. Their and there.

Spelt the same with different meaning. E.G. Bark and bark.

500

What is PEPPS and what does it stand for?

Acronym.

Project for the establishment of primary and pre-primary schools.

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