General
Category: World Geography
Clue: This is the longest river in the world, flowing through northeastern Africa.
River Nile
Nile River
Category: Parts of Speech – This part of speech describes an action, state, or occurrence.
verb
Category: Animal Idioms – If someone has "a bee in their bonnet," what does it mean?
"They are obsessed or preoccupied with an idea"
Category: Sentence Structure – Identify the grammatical error in the following sentence: Neither of the students have finished their homework.
"have" should be "has" because "neither" is singular
Category: Figurative Language – The phrase "whispering winds wound through the willows" and "Peter Piper picked a peck..." is an example of this literary device, which involves the repetition of initial consonant sounds.
alliteration
Category: Classic Literature
Clue: This Shakespearean tragedy features a prince who says, “To be or not to be, that is the question.”
Hamlet
Category: Sentence Structure – A sentence that contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses is called this.
a complex sentence
Category: Money & Business Idioms – What does it mean to "break the bank"?
"To spend too much money or use up all one's resources"
Category: Verb Moods – In which verb mood is the following sentence written? If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf.
What is the subjunctive mood
Category: Literary Devices
Clue: This device compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
simile
Category: Science
Clue: This element has the chemical symbol O and is essential for human respiration.
Oxygen
Category: Punctuation – This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses without a conjunction.
a semicolon
Category: Weather Idioms – If something happens "once in a blue moon," how often does it occur?
"Very rarely or almost never"
Category: Punctuation – Correctly place commas in this sentence: Although she was tired she continued working on her project because she wanted to finish it on time.
"Although she was tired, she continued working on her project because she wanted to finish it on time."
Category: Literary Devices
Clue: This device gives human qualities to non-human things, as in "The wind whispered through the trees."
personification
Category: Vocabulary
Clue: This word means “a feeling of intense dislike or hatred” and starts with the letter 'C'.
Contempt
Category: Verb Tenses – Identify the tense of this sentence: By next year, she will have graduated from high school
future perfect
Category: Body Part Idioms – What does it mean to "get cold feet" before an event?
"To suddenly become nervous or hesitant about something, often before a big decision"
Category: Parts of Speech – Identify the function of the word "running" in the sentence: Running every morning has improved my endurance.
a gerund acting as the subject of the sentence
Category: Literary Devices
Clue: This is when a writer uses one main metaphor throughout a poem or passage to create a deeper comparison.
Extended Metaphor
Category: History
Clue: This U.S. President gave the famous Gettysburg Address during the American Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
Category: Common Errors – Identify the error in this sentence: Me and my friend went to the store.
It should be "My friend and I."
Category: Color Idioms – If a person was "caught red-handed," what happened?
"They were caught in the act of doing something wrong"
Category: Clauses – Is the following clause independent or dependent? Since he had never tried sushi before.
a dependent clause
Category: Literary Devices
Clue: This device involves a contrast between expectation and reality, often producing a surprising or humorous effect.
Irony