Parts of Speech
What part of speech describes a person, place, thing, or idea?
Noun
What is a group of words with a subject and a predicate called?
A sentence
What does the prefix “un-” mean?
Not
What type of figurative language compares using like or as?
Simile
What goes at the end of a question?
Question mark
What part of speech describes an action or state of being?
Verb
What kind of sentence is this: Please close the door.
Imperative
What’s a synonym for “happy”?
Joyful, glad, cheerful, etc
What do we call giving human traits to nonhuman things?
Personification
Where should a comma go: After dinner we went to the park.
After “dinner”
What part of speech describes or modifies a noun?
Adjective
Combine these two sentences using a conjunction: I like apples. I like oranges.
I like apples and oranges.
What’s an antonym for “ancient”?
Modern or new
Identify the figurative language: The classroom was a zoo.
Metaphor
What is the purpose of quotation marks?
To show someone’s exact words
Identify the adverb: She ran quickly to the store.
Quickly
What’s the correct form? Their / There / They’re going to the park.
They're
What does the suffix “-ful” mean in hopeful?
Full of
What does this idiom mean: Break a leg!
Good luck
Which word is capitalized correctly: january, January, january
January
Name the conjunction in this sentence: I wanted pizza, but we had pasta.
But
Fix the error: The dogs chases the ball.
The dogs chase the ball.
What’s the meaning of the word “biography”?
A story about someone’s life written by another person
Identify the type of figurative language: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
What punctuation marks go around a person’s exact words?
Quotation marks (“ ”)