Animal Facts
Progressive verb tenses
Grammar
Monique-Proulx
Space Facts
100
True or false:
Hippos cannot swim
True!
Hippos can't actually swim; their dense bones and heavy bodies make them sink, so they move through water by walking, trotting, or bouncing along the bottom of rivers and lakes.
100
Identify the verb tense used in this sentence:
“She is cleaning her room.”
Present progressive
100
Rewrite the sentence using a modal of possibility:
“Maybe they are lost.”
They might be lost.
100
Name one of the male janitors in school (Only full names will be accepted).
Thomas Buerger
OR
Sylvain Côté
100
What is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system?
The Milky Way
200
How many hearts do octopuses have?
Octopuses have three hearts: two smaller hearts (branchial hearts) to pump blood through the gills, and one main heart (systemic heart).
200
Explain the difference between the past progressive and the past continuous.
There are none, they are the same verb tense.
200
Question: Change this sentence to the passive voice:
“The committee will review the applications.”
The applications will be reviewed by the committee.
200
What is underneath the soccer field of the Eau-Vive school?
The workshop
200
What phenomenon occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun?
Solar eclipse
300
Where are a majority of a butterfly's taste receptors located?
A: Its antenna
B: Its probocsis (mouth)
C: Its feet
D: Its thorax
C: Its feet
300
Choose the correct form to complete the sentence:
“We ___ (walk) to school when it started to rain.”
“We were walking to school when it started to rain.”
300
Question: Identify the two different meanings of “could” in these sentences and explain the difference:
a) “When I was younger, I could run very fast.”
b) “We could go to the museum if it stops raining.”
(a) “could” = past ability (something you were able to do in the past)
(b) “could” = present possibility/suggestion (an option that might happen, depending on conditions)
300
To whom belonged the piano downstairs?
Monique-Proulx
300
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
400
Which of these statement about the platypus is true?
1) They lay eggs, despite being mammals
2) Male platypuses are venomous
3) Platypuses have no nipples, and thus sweat milk
4) They have no teeth and use gravel instead
5) They glow under UV light
6) They can detect electrical currents with their bill
7) All of the above
8) None of these answers
7) All of the above
400
Rewrite the sentence in the future progressive tense:
“They were playing soccer at 3 p.m. yesterday”
“They will be playing soccer at 3 p.m. tomorrow”
400
Identify and correct the mistake in this sentence:
"This new restaurant is much better then the one we went to last week."
"This new restaurant is much better than the one we went to last week."
400
How many computers are in the A-213 room?
A) 28
B) 30
C) 34
D) 37
C) 34
400
What is the name of this constellation?
Little Dipper
OR
Ursa Minor
500
In English, animals have specific group names, like a pack of wolves or a school of fish.
What do you call a group of crows?
A murder of crows
500
Question: Explain why the past progressive is used:
“I was reading when the lights went out.”
The past progressive (was reading) shows an action already in progress when another action (the lights went out) interrupted it.
500
Create a sentence using the coordinating conjunction "nor"
The coordinating conjunction “nor” is used to join two negative ideas.
It means “and not” and it continues a negative statement.
Meaning of “nor”
It adds a second negative idea to a sentence.
Often used after not, never, neither, or another negative phrase.
Examples
“I don’t like pizza, nor does she.”
→ She also doesn’t like pizza.“He neither smiled nor spoke.”
→ He did not smile and he did not speak.
500
Who is Monique-Proulx?
Monique-Proulx was the first woman in charge of a school board in Québec.
500
What is the name of the galaxy closest to the Milky Way?
Andromeda