rules to follow for acceptable writing and speaking
What is grammar
100
Name a synonym for sweltering
What is hot
100
Name the antonym for ally.
What is enemy.
100
Sandy sings in the church choir. She sings a solo every week. Everyone looks forward to hearing her sing. Last Sunday Mrs. Smith said, “Sandy has the voice of an angel.” We all agreed with her. I think she will be famous one day.
What is Sandy is a great singer
200
A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ).
What is an adverb
200
People about the same in age and interests
What are peers
200
Name a synonym for irritated
What is aggravated?
200
Name a antonym for clumsy.
What is graceful
200
I went to the ice cream shop and ate a huge sundae. When I got home, supper was ready. Mom had cooked my favorite meal. No matter how I tried, I couldn’t make myself eat.
What is I was too full to eat supper
300
A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.
What is an adjective
300
This word means to makes sense; believable, reasonable, reliable
What is logical
300
Name a synonym for intelligent
What is smart?
300
Name an antonym for free
What is bound or captive
300
Joy sat on the bench at the baseball field and waited. She didn’t like waiting alone. All of the other kids had been picked up by their parents. Where was her mother? Suddenly, her mother came running to her. “Oh Joy, I’m so sorry. Next time I will make myself a note.”
What is Joy’s mother forgot to pick her up.
400
A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.
What is a verb
400
A short story to teach a moral, often with animals as characters
What is a myth
400
Name a synonym for alleviate
What is relieve
400
Name an antonym for industrious.
What is lazy
400
Tommy ran down the street chasing his dog. “Bobby! Bobby!” he yelled. He knew he should have checked the gate before letting Bobby into the back yard. His mother has told him a hundred times. How had he forgotten? If he had closed it, Bobby would still be in the back yard.
What is Tommy forgot to make sure the gate was closed.
500
A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g., and, but, if ).
What is a conjunction
500
The order in which things happen
What is chronological.
500
Name a synonym for hazardous.
What is dangerous
500
Name an antonym for permanent.
What is temporary.
500
Although many people think a koala is a bear, it is not. The koala is a type of mammal called a marsupial. A kangaroo is also a marsupial. These mammals carry their babies in a pouch. The kangaroo’s pouch is on her stomach, but the koala’s pouch is on her back. Both feed their babies milk and keep them secure in their pouch until they are strong enough to survive on their own.
What is the kangaroo and koala are mostly alike but have some differences.