Base Words
Idioms
Personification
Variety
Analogies
100
The base word of COMMUNICATION
What is COMMUNICATE.
100
The meaning of the idiom: "Sleep tight don't let the bedbugs bite"
What is HAVE A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP.
100
"The fire swallowed the entire forest" The __________ takes on the human characteristic and the human characteristic is ______________.
What are FIRE & SWALLOW
100
This ending is added to the end of a word making it mean "a person who"
What is "IST".
100
woods : acorn :: orchard: _________ A. peach B. thicket C. apple seed D. orange juice
What is letter C.
200
The base word for UNDERSTANDABLE
What is UNDERSTAND.
200
The meaning of the idiom: "Hit the nail on the head"
What is DO SOMETHING EXACTLY RIGHT OR SAY SOMETHING EXACTLY CORRECT.
200
"The flowers danced in the gentle breeze" The __________ takes on the human characteristic and the human characteristic is ______________.
What are FLOWERS and DANCED.
200
The ending put on verbs & adjectives that change them to an adverb.
What is "ly"
200
picture : blurred :: knife :____________ A. keen B. painful C. wealthy D. blunt
What is letter D.
300
The base word for PROGRESSION
What is PROGRESS.
300
The meaning of the idiom: "A gleam of triumph in his eyes"
What is TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
300
"Time & tide waits for no one" The __________ takes on the human characteristic and the human characteristic is ______________.
What are TIME & TIDE and WAITS.
300
The ending put on verbs that change them into a noun
What is "MENT".
300
pleasure : smile :: pain : ____________ A. asprin B. grimace C. joy D. tranquility
What is letter B.
400
The base word for INGENIOUS
What is GENIOUS. (This is not genius, rather genious meaning clever & inventive!)
400
The meaning of the idiom: "Mum's the word"
What is TO KEEP QUIET, TO SAY NOTHING.
400
"The bus wheezed to a stop" The __________ takes on the human characteristic and the human characteristic is ______________.
What are BUS and WHEEZED.
400
The words PIECE and PEACE are considered
What are HOMOPHONES.
400
nearby : remote :: native : __________ A. roaming B. scary C. American D. Alien
What is letter D.
500
The base word for CONSIDERATION
What is CONSIDER.
500
The meaning of the idiom: "When pigs fly"
What is SOMETHING THAT WILL NEVER EVER HAPPEN.
500
"The wind whispered through dry grass" The __________ takes on the human characteristic and the human characteristic is ______________.
What are WIND and WHISPERED.
500
The missing word in this trilogy of homophones BYE, BY, ____
What is BUY.
500
horses : corral :: gold coins : ____________ A. vault B. rodeo C. wealth D. treasure
What is letter A.
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