What is a noun?
Find the proper noun in this sentence:
Mrs. McNally ran quickly down the street.
person, place, thing or idea
Mrs. McNally
100
What comma rule is used in this sentence:
Last night I ate chicken, fries, and a milkshake.
Items in a series
100
Find alliteration in this sentences.
On the second Saturday of September we have a cheering competition.
second Saturday of September
100
Which word best completes this sentence?
Please_______your books on the desk.
lie or lay
lay
100
What color are your portfolios?
RED
200
Find the action verb in this sentence:
The small child climbed up the steps quietly.
climbed
200
What type of sentence is this:
I went skiing on Saturday, and I broke my leg.
Compound Sentence
200
What are the paragraphs called in a poem?
Stanzas
200
Write this word in comparative and superlative forms:
happy
happier happiest
200
How many children does Mrs.King have?
2
300
What do adjectives describe?
Find the adjectives in this sentence:
The fat, brown dog ran slowly into the dilapidated dog house.
fat, brown, dilapidated
300
What is missing in this sentence:
Mrs. Kohan our writing teacher went to Hawaii.
Mrs. Kohan, our writing teacher, went to Hawaii.
300
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
The orchestra purred the classical tunes of Mozart.
Metaphor
300
Which word completes this sentences.
________house is very big.
they're, their, or there
Their
300
How big are the margins on a writing piece?
1"
400
Which question does the adverb answer in this sentence:
The football team practiced yesterday at Heinz Field.
yesterday
400
"Do you want to come over to my house after school" asked Tammie.
What is wrong with this sentence?
There is no question mark.
It needs a question mark before the final quotation marks.
400
What type of rhyme scheme is used below?
The students shouted, "It's a sunny day!"
Let's get our bikes and go out and play.
The sun is shining very bright
We can stay out 'til late at night.
rhyming couplets
400
Which word best completes this sentence?
I have______many pencils in my case, and they are falling out.
two, too, to
too
400
What do you need to do if you are borrowing a pencil from Mrs. Estright?
Give her collateral
500
What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence:
School was canceled due to inclement weather on Friday.
due to inclement weather
on Friday
500
Correct:
"This coming weekend explained Dr Guarino New Brighton will host an Easter Egg Hunt!"
Answer on board
500
What type of poetry is this poem?
Easter is coming
We eat a lot of candy
Our stomachs will hurt!
Haiku
500
Complete the following sentence with the correct word.
The students_________going on a field trip to Pittsburgh for class.
were where we're wear