Name That Device!
Sentence Structure
Spelling Bee
Language Features
Vocab Challenge
100

Firstly, students should recycle at school because it protects the environment; furthermore, it keeps our playground clean.

Cohesive Devices
100

Identify the subject & verb: The students completed their homework quickly. 

  • Subject: The students
  • Verb: completed
100

Is it definately OR definitely 

Definitely

100

The playground was as hot as an oven

Simile
100

What is a stronger word for "good"

  • Excellent
  • Outstanding
  • Fantastic
  • Exceptional
  • Brilliant
  • Impressive
  • Remarkable
200

We must protect our oceans, we must protect our wildlife, and we must protect our future.

Repetition

200

Is this sentence a simple sentence or a compound sentence?

The teacher explained the task, and the students began working immediately.

Compound sentence
(Because it contains two complete ideas joined by and.)

200

Is it separate OR seperate  

Separate

200

Books are windows to new worlds

Metaphor

200

What does “persuade” mean?

To convince someone of something
300

Why would anyone want to live in a world filled with pollution?

Rhetorical Question

300

Identify the independent clause and the dependent clause in this sentence.

Although the rain was heavy, the soccer game continued.


  • Dependent clause: Although the rain was heavy
  • Independent clause: the soccer game continued
300

Is it occassionally OR occasionally

Occasionally

300

The wind whispered through the trees

Personification

300

What is an antonym for “dangerous”?

Safe 

400

Responsible students should show safe and sensible behaviour.

Alliteration
400

Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex?

The students finished their work, and they packed up their books.

Compound sentence
(It contains two complete ideas joined by and.)

400

Is it embarrass OR embarass  

Embarrass

400

I’ve told you a million times!

Hyperbole
400

Which word is more formal: “kids” or “children”?

Children

500

Helpless animals suffer terribly when their habitats are destroyed.

Emotive Language
500

Identify the conjunction and the prepositional phrase in this sentence.

After the lesson, the teacher spoke to the class because the room was messy.

  • Conjunction: because
  • Prepositional phrase: After the lesson
500

Is it mischevious OR mischievous

Mischievous

500

Crash! The bin fell over

Onomatopoeia 
500

What does “environment” mean?

The world/natural surroundings around us 

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