Grammar
In the sentence below, identify the word class of swiftly.
The athlete ran swiftly towards the finish line.
Adverb
The bacon sizzled in the hot pan.
What figure of speech does 'sizzled' demonstrate?
onomatopoeia
Who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Roald Dahl
Change the verb in the sentence below into the simple past tense.
She writes a letter to her grandmother.
wrote
Peter picked purple plums from the tree.
Identify the figure of speech and give the sound that is repeated.
There are 2 answers here: figure of speech and sound repeated.
Alliteration, /p/
What do we call a word that has the opposite meaning of another word, such as hot and cold?
Antonym
Identify whether this is a simple, compound, or complex sentence.
Mia finished her homework before she watched television.
Complex
“The thunder growled angrily as the storm approached.”
Identify two figures of speech in this sentence.
personification, onomatopoeia
What is the term for the main character in a story, novel or play?
Which verb correctly completes the sentence?
Neither the students nor the teacher ___ ready for the presentation.
is/was
The room fell into a deafening silence.
Which figure of speech is used here?
oxymoron
Explanation:
Deafening suggests an extremely loud sound, whereas silence means an absence of sound. Together, they emphasise the intensity of the quiet.
Which author created the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Complete the sentence using the correct verb forms.
Write only the 2 verbs.
If I ___ (know) about the competition earlier, I ___ (enter) it.
had known, would have entered
Explanation:
This is a third conditional, describing an unreal past situation and its imagined result.
The more you learn, the more you realise how little you know.
Identify the figure of speech here.
paradox
Explanation:
It appears contradictory because gaining knowledge seems as though it should make us know more, yet it can also reveal how much remains unknown.
Who wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Austen