Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Gecko Trivia
100
The name of a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
100
The verb(s) in the following sentence: The fireman quickly carried the girl to safety.
What is "carried"?
100
The adjective(s) in the following sentence: The smart students studied superbly.
What is "smart"?
100
Geckos only eat meat. (True or False?).
What is False?
200
The proper nouns in the following sentence: Ms. Rowley goes to school at Dixie State University because she wants to become a teacher.
What are "Ms. Rowley" and "Dixie State University"?
200
Add -s, -es, -ies, -ed, -en, or -ing.
What is a test/rule to determine if a word is a verb?
200
Adjectives answer these questions.
What are: what kind? which one? how many? how much?
200
Eublepharid geckoes have eyelids.
What is True?
300
A noun found in this classroom.
What are students, teacher, whiteboard, pencils, computer, backpacks, etc?
300
The verb that completes this sentence: A strong wind __________ through the trees, loosening clumps of moss, dead branches, old kites, and baby squirrels, all of which fell to the wet ground below.
What is "blew"?
300
An adjective for the following sentence: The students are in awe because Mrs. Robins is so ____________.
What is "AMAZING" (or any other wonderful adjective)?
300
The Gekkonidae family.
What is the family that all geckos belong to?
400
These are nouns that you would find in a career as a chef.
What are pan, spatula, food, oven, apron, etc?
400
"Ran," "is singing," "laughed," "wrote," and "had cooked" are this type of verb.
What are action verbs?
400
"y," "ish," "al," "ic," "er," "est," "ive," and "like"
What are common adjective endings?
400
The country where the largest gecko ever to live was found.
What is New Zealand?
500
The noun(s) in the following passage: Artists create art to communicate ideas, thoughts, or feelings. They use a variety of methods—painting, sculpting, or illustration—and an assortment of materials, including oils, watercolors, acrylics, pastels, pencils, pen and ink, plaster, clay, and computers. Artists' works may be realistic, stylized, or abstract and may depict objects, people, nature, or events.
What are "Artists," "art," "ideas," "thoughts, "feelings," "methods," "materials," "oils," "watercolors," "acrylics," "pastels," "pencils," "pen," "ink," "plaster," "clay," "computers," "works," "objects," "people," "nature," "events"?
500
"Was," "am," "had been," and "is" are this type of verb.
What are verbs of being or to-be verbs?
500
The adjective(s) in the following passage: The Medical Assistant is responsible to provide a variety of patient care tasks including: preparation of patients to be seen by physicians, performance of diagnostic tests, and appropriate documentation. The clinic environment is a fast-paced, smaller environment that allows the development of close working relationships with physicians and clinical staff as well as returning patients.
What are "variety," "patient care," "diagnostic," "appropriate," "fast-paced," "smaller," "close working," "clinical," and "returning"?
500
_________ distinguishes geckos from other lizards. a. A tail that falls off b. Toe pads c. A voice box d. Bone structure
What is "A voice box"?
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