Vocabulary
Grammer
Riddles
Figurative language
Random
100

What does the word “benevolent” mean?

Kind or charitable

100

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. 

100

What is always in front of you but can never be seen? 

The future

100

“The classroom was a zoo.” What type of figurative language is this?

Metaphor 

100

What is an adjective?

A word that describes a noun.

200

What is an antonym for “ancient”?

Modern, new, or recent

200

Complete the sentence with the verb in past tense. 

My mom pay  for our books. 

Paid

200

What has keys but can’t open locks?

A piano

200

“Her smile was as bright as the sun.” What figurative language is this?

Simile

200

What is the largest planet in our solar system? 

Jupiter 

300

What does “reluctant” mean?

Unwilling or hesitant

300

What do you call words that sound the same but have different meanings?

Homophones

300

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

Footsteps

300

What is it called when you give human qualities to nonhuman things?

Personification

300

Name the continents of the world?

Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Australia/Oceania, and Antarctica.  

400


Complete the sentence with the correct homophone.

You ____ distracted today. 

Seem or Seam 

Seem

400

What punctuation mark is used to show possession?

An apostrophe

400

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

400

What is an exaggerated statement called?

Hyperbole

400

Who was the second president of the United states of America?

John Adams

500

What word means separated from other things or people?


Isolated

500

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 

500

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

A candle

500

“Boom,” “crash,” and “buzz” are examples of what?

Onomatopoeia

500

Who is the artist of this famous painting (the mona lisa)?

 

Leonardo da Vinci