Grammar Gurus
We use this word to ask about a person.
Who is "who"?
A place where you can buy food, drinks, and household items. It's like a corner store.
What is "bodega"?
If something is "a piece of cake," it means it is this.
What is very easy?
The largest state in the USA by area.
What is Alaska?
The name of a person who starts a new business, taking on most of the risks and rewards.
What is an entrepreneur?
This punctuation mark is used to join two closely related independent clauses, often without a conjunction.
What is a semicolon (;)?
An adjective meaning "extremely small or tiny."
What is "minuscule"?
This slang term is used to describe someone who is exceptionally good at something or expresses approval.
What is "a boss" or "goat" (Greatest Of All Time)?
The oldest national park in the United States was established in 1872.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
This word is a synonym for "begin" or "start" and can also be used to describe a sudden movement.
What is "commence" or "initiate"?
A verbal that functions as a noun, ending in '-ing'.
What is a gerund?
A long piece of writing that you do for a university degree, like a master's or PhD.
What is a "thesis" or "dissertation"?
To "let the cat out of the bag" means to do this.
What is to reveal a secret?
The city where the Liberty Bell is located.
What is Philadelphia?
This is a common expression that doesn't mean exactly what the words say. For example, "It's raining cats and dogs" means it's raining heavily.
What is an idiom?
The grammatical structure used to express an unreal or hypothetical past situation, often with 'if' and 'would have'.
What is the third conditional?
A verb that means "to get something" or "to receive."
What is "to get" or "to obtain"?
If you want someone to wait, you might tell them to "hold your..." this.
What are "horses"? (Hold your horses)
The United States purchased this territory from Russia in 1867.
What is Alaska?
The name of the US space agency that you might be working for one day!
What is NASA? (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
Used to describe an action that was completed in the past before another past action.
What is the past perfect tense (e.g., "had finished")?
A phrasal verb that means to discover or find something by accident.
What is "to come across"?
This idiom means to go to bed, but it's also what you might say to a person who is being a bit arrogant or intense.
What is "to get off your high horse"? (The idiom is "to go to bed" and "to get off your high horse.")
This current NASA program aims to return humans to the Moon by 2025 and eventually reach Mars.
What is the Artemis Program?
This is a word that sounds like the noise it describes. For example, "buzz," "hiss," or "boom."
What is onomatopoeia?