Concrete or Abstract?
Collective Nouns
Plurals
Possessives
Story Elements
100
Identify the abstract noun(s) in this sentence: When Anthony dove into the swimming pool to rescue a drowning child, his bravery amazed the people sitting poolside.
What is "bravery"
100
Identify the collective noun(s) in the following sentence: The football team won their final game of the season.
What is "team"?
100
Change these words to plurals: Monday, knife, moose, story, child, half, potato, kangaroo, volcano, goose, person, deer, louse, daisy
What are "Mondays", "knives", "moose", "stories", "shelves", "children", "halves", "potatoes", "kangaroos", "volcanoes", "geese", "people", "deer", "lice", "daisies"
100
What is the singular possessives of these words: lady, giraffe, doctor, teacher, fox, octopus, professor
What are "lady's", "giraffe's", "doctor's", "teacher's", "fox's", "octopus's", "professor's"
100
What is the setting of a story?
The time and place the story happens.
200
Identify the concrete noun(s) in this sentence: Nobody knew whether Kira was telling the truth about her brother.
What are "Kira" and "brother"?
200
Identify the collective noun(s) from the following sentence: The class took its yearly field trip to Camp Arrowhead this past April.
What is "class"?
200
Change the following words to plurals: Bacterium, Datum, Symposium, Curriculum, Stratum, Addendum
What are "Bacteria", "Data", "Symposia", "Curricula", "Strata", and "Addenda"
200
What are the singular possessives of these words: goose, child, window, boy, monkey, fish, woman
What are "goose's", "child's", "window's", "boy's", "monkey's", "fish's", "woman's"
200
What are the protagonist and the antagonist of a story?
The main character (or hero) and the character who opposes him (villain)
300
Choose the concrete noun(s) from this list: My friends and I admired the beauty of the sunset over the lake.
What are "friends", "sunset", and "lake"
300
Choose the collective noun(s) from the following sentence: The committee submitted its findings on the case to the jury.
What are "committee" and "jury"?
300
Change the following words to plurals: index, vertex, apex, matrix, appendix, vortex
What are "indices", "vertices", "apices", "matrices", "appendices", "vortices"
300
What is the plural possessive of these words: lady, giraffe, doctor, teacher, fox, octopus, professor
What are "ladies'", "giraffes'", "doctors'", "teachers'", "foxes'", "octopi's"
300
What is the exposition of a story?
The background information that tells what happened before the story began.
400
Which of the following lists contains ONLY concrete nouns? 1. moon, city, romance, book 2. wind, tree, ocean, grass 3. pain, face, park, night
What is list 2?
400
Identify all the collective nouns from this list: swarm, flock, company, friends, workers, cast, company, audience, litter, sheep, gang, field, staff, regiment, natives
What are "swarm", "flock", "cast", "company", "audience", "litter", "gang", "staff", and "regiment"?
400
Change these words to plurals: Cactus, Octopus, Hippopotamus, Focus, Radius, Alumnus
What are "cacti", "octopi", "hippopotami", "Foci", "Radii", "Alumni"
400
What are the plural possessives of these words: goose, child, window, boy, monkey, fish,
What are "geese's", "children's", "windows'", "boys'", "monkeys'", "fishes'", "women's"
400
What is the conflict of a story? What is the climax and how do you identify it?
The conflict is the problem of the story. The climax is the turning point of the story. You can identify it because, after the climax, everything changes for the better or worse.
500
Which of the following lists contains ONLY abstract nouns? 1. power, happiness, humor, time 2. wisdom, beauty, painting, success 3. honor, education, anger, dollar
What is List 1?
500
Which of the following lists contains ONLY collective nouns? 1. group, pack, sisters, squadron 2. army, choir, crew, many 3. orchestra, band, panel, tribe
What is List 3?
500
Change the following words to plurals: analysis, axis, crisis, thesis, oasis, hypothesis, parenthesis
What are "analyses", "axes", "crises", "theses", and "oases", "hypotheses", "parentheses"
500
Give the plural, singular possessive, and plural possessive of each of these words: baby, business, ocean
What are "babies", "baby's", "babies'", "businesses", "business's", "businesses'", "oceans", "ocean's", "oceans'"
500
What is the resolution of a story?
The end of the story, which tells what happens to the characters after the story is over.
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