What does the word “benevolent” mean?
Kind or charitable
Correct the sentence by adding three commas
Clark college needs players for its basketball volleyball hockey and tennis programs.
Clark college needs players for its basketball, volleyball, hockey, and tennis programs.
What is always in front of you but can never be seen?
The future
“The classroom was a zoo.” What type of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an antonym for “ancient”?
Modern, new, or recent
Complete the sentence with the verb in past tense.
My mom pay for our books.
Paid
What has keys but can’t open locks?
A piano
“Her smile was as bright as the sun.” What figurative language is this?
Simile
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
What does “reluctant” mean?
Unwilling or hesitant
What do you call words that sound the same but have different meanings?
Homophones
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
What is it called when you give human qualities to nonhuman things?
Personification
Name the continents of the world?
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Australia/Oceania, and Antarctica.
Complete the sentence with the correct homophone.
You ____ distracted today.
Seem or Seam
Seem
What punctuation mark is used to show possession?
An apostrophe
A man was looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asked, “Who is it you are looking at?”
The man replied, “Brothers and sisters, I have none. But the father of the man in this photo is my father’s son.”
Who was in the photograph?
His son
What is an exaggerated statement called?
Hyperbole
Who was the second president of the United states of America?
John Adams
What word means separated from other things or people?
Isolated
Correct the two capitalization errors.
Edward Murrow was a famous american journalist who became a household name during World war II when his series of radio news broadcasts were followed by millions of listeners.
American and war should be capitalized
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
“Boom,” “crash,” and “buzz” are examples of what?
Onomatopoeia
Who is the artist of this famous painting (the mona lisa)?
Leonardo da Vinci