Nouns
Verbs
Direct Objects
Synonyms/antonyms
Figurative Language
100

A person, place, thing or idea. 

What is a noun.

100

A word that indicates action or a state of being.

What is a verb.

100

A noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb.

What is a direct object? 
100

What is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut and close. 

What is a synonym.

100

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

What is a metaphor?

200

The noun in the sentence: The dog barked loudly.

What is the dog.

200

Identify the verb in the sentence: She runs every morning.

What is runs.

200

The direct object in this sentence: He threw the ball.

What is ball.

200

What is a word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. bad and good ) 

An antonym

200

Define simile and give an example.

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

300

The difference between a common noun and a proper noun.

Common noun is not capitalized and a proper noun is.
300

What is the difference between a transitive and in transitive verb?

A verb is transitive when the action of the verb passes from the subject to the direct object.

300

Write the sentence to include a direct object: She sings...

She sings a song. 

300

What is a synonym for the word happy?

What is ...

300

A reference to a well-known person, character, place, or event that a writer makes to deepen the reader's understanding of their work

What is an allusion.

400

Noun that refers to a group of people or things.

What is a collective noun.

400

List three examples of linking verbs. 

What is be, become, and seem. 

400

To who or to what...

The question you ask to find a direct object. 

400

What is an antonym for the word difficult.

What is ...

400

Explain irony and give an example.

the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

500

Where is the noun in this sentence: The committee made a decision.

What is a collective noun.
500

What is verb tense?

Past, present, and future...give examples.

500

Create a sentence with a direct object in it. 

Answers will vary.

500

A synonym and antonym for the word fast.

What is slow and speedy.

500

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

What is a pun, give an example.