So when Anne got bored, she read books. Which word rhymes with books?
a) happy
b) funny
c) looks
d) shops
What is "looks?"
100
Synonyms are words that...
a) have opposite meanings
b) sound the same
c) are spelled the same
d) have similar meanings
What is "have similar meanings?"
100
Dallas is an important city in Texas. The prepositional phrase in this sentence is...
a) an important
b) in Texas
c) Dallas is
d) important city in
What is in Texas?
100
Opinions can change, but a fact can be...
a) proven
b) false
c) bought
d) fiction
What is proven?
100
The students bellow across the playground to each other. In this sentence, bellow means...
a) safe
b) shout
c) whisper
d) play
What is shout?
200
Style, tone and mood are...
a) the same thing
b) not important
c) tools for writers
d) used only in poetry
What are "tools for writers?"
200
In the word "instruction," the "ion" is ...
a) a prefix
b) a suffix
c) an adjective
d) an adverb
What is a suffix?
200
What is an example of a two-word verb?
a) write down
b) He goes
c) specially funny
d) safe place
What is write down?
200
Marcia wants to be just like her big sister. Marcia is thus probably...
a) older
b) stronger
c) younger
d) richer
What is younger?
200
Which of the following is a compound word?
a) biography
b) overboard
c) studying
d) look up
What is overboard?
300
Luis felt that it was all right to stay up past bedtime. His parents did not agree. The tone of this story is...
a) approving
b) disapproving
c) puzzling
d) funny
What is disapproving?
300
A reference aid is a ...
a) source of information
b) place for medicine
c) source of food
d) place for books
What is source of information?
300
Fernanda is very intelligent. She always gets an A in tests.
She stands for...
a) intelligent
b) in tests
c) gets
d) Fernanda
What is Fernanda?
300
_____ tells us the order in which things happen.
a) Chronology
b) Conjunctions
c) Prepositions
d) Main ideas
What is chronology?
300
"_____ a beautiful day outside," she replied. Which word correctly completes the sentence?
a)Is
b) Its
c) it's
d) It's
What is "It's?"
400
Which should be included in a biography?
a) a myth about a person
b) a play about the life of the person
c) important dates in the person's life
d) a poem about the person
What are important dates in the person's life?
400
The definition of "lighthouse" can be figured out by separating it into...
a) consonants
b) two words
c) vowels
d) prefixes
What are "two words?"
400
The three dogs are all big, but Manuela's dog is the ...
a) biggest
b) bigger
c) better
d) big
What is biggest?
400
_____ are the most important parts of a story.
a) Supporting details
b) Causes and effects
c) Chronological order of events
d) Main ideas
What are main ideas
400
This was the quietest class I have ever taught. Quietest is a/an _____.
a) action word
b) superlative adjective
c) pronoun
d) comparative adjective
What is superlative adjective?
500
Which two words rhyme?
a) shorter/greater
b) song/along
c) better/best
d) hungry/angry
What is song/along?
500
A/An ____ is a reference book that includes synonyms for words.
a) encyclopedia
b) thesaurus
c) map
d) Internet
What is a thesaurus?
500
Leonardo wanted to go with hsi friends, but he didn't finish his homework. Which word is a conjunction in the sentence?
a) friends
b) wanted
c) but
What is but?
500
Jose felt sick. He had a headache and a bad cough. His mother made him stay at home to rest. What's the main idea?
a) Jose decided to play outside.
b) Jose wanted to stay at home.
c) Jose felt sick.
What is Jose felt sick?
500
Where could you look to find out how to pronounce the word Jewish?
a) in the story
b) synonym finder
c) a dictionary
d) an encyclopedia