RIDDLE 1
I keep something apart so it can't touch the rest — a single piece, alone and set apart. What am I?
isolate
I carry meaning in letters and lines; read me closely and you'll find the signs. What am I?
text
Puzzles, problems, mysteries — I ask you to find the key. What process are you doing?
solve
When the teacher speaks, your eyes and ears must do this to learn. What should you do?
pay attention
What is the general rule for the present simple tense?
The verb must agree with the subject.
When you can't do it alone, you put your trust in someone — you ____ them. What is that phrase?
rely on
Movies, games, songs — they keep you amused when you need a break. What is that?
entertainment
To walk a straight line requires this between left and right — a steady mind and center. What is it?
balance
Before a meal or a test, you make plans and get ready — you ____ for it. What is the verb?
prepare
What are the 4 basic parts of a sentence?
Capital letter, subject, verb, punctuation
Passed down through generations, done the old way — not new, but _____. What word?
traditional
Not from here, arriving from elsewhere — something alien or unfamiliar is _____. What is it?
foreign
Buses, trains, planes — I move people where they must go. What am I?
transportation
To make your face smooth and close to skin, you take a razor and do this. What is the action?
shave
What's the difference between the subject and the object?
Subject = doer of the verb
Object = receiver of the verb
I mean nothing is missing, but the word itself is missing a letter. What is this word?
wholeness
I am a belief without proof. People knock on wood or avoid black cats because of me. What am I?
superstition
I am the feeling that tomorrow can be better. Without me, people give up. What am I?
hope
I grow in damp places, with a cap and stem, not a plant and not an animal. People eat me on pizza. What am I?
mushroom
What are the 4 verbs we discussed in the present simple tense grammar?
action, have, be, and do
I am the city’s measured uproar: a choreographed disorder where history, music and pageantry march in sequence. I am both spectacle and ritual — what am I?
parade
I mean to keep something working, like a car, a house, or even your health. What word am I?
maintain
Trace a thing back and you find the place or idea where it began.
source
People say I help some wins and some losses, though I do no work.
luck
What are the 3 sentence forms?
Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative