Sentences
Words
Ambiguity
Advertising
Poem Stuff
100
Can you have more than 1 verb per clause?
Nope.
Give me a valid sentence for +100 pts
100
Identify the underlined:
The dog ran after the ball.
JK, no points because this is too simple!
+50 points if you can give me a synonym for the word "tremendous"
+50 points if you say it in a funny accent
100
Explain the joke:
I wondered why the soccer ball was getting bigger - then it hit me!
So basic but I will give you +100 pts anyway <3
100
Define the word Pathos
Appealing to the emotions
100
Name the setwork book for this quarter, as well as the name of the author (full name) and her country of origin.
+50 points per piece of info (150 total)
+100 points if you sing a verse from your favourite song after giving the answer
±50 points if Mr Bates knows/likes the song
200
Simple, Compound, Complex?
The mouse darted for the safety of the nearly invisible hole under the cabinet.
Simple sentence. +50pt if you identify the verb, fully.
200
What's fishy here:
I walked in to the office, 20 minutes late.
In to should be into
+50pts if you tell me the word class of 'into'
200
Explain:
Criminal drills hole in fence - police looking into it.
Double points if you use the word banana in your answer.
🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌
200
Explain the concept of a target audience
"a particular group at which a product such as a film or advertisement is aimed"
+200 points if you correctly predict the team that has the highest nr. of points at the end of the game. I will add these points before deciding the winner.
200
Name the play we're studying in Q3
The Crucible
+100 points for the author's name
300
Simple, Compound, Complex?
The mouse could wait until dark or he could risk a daylight raid on the pantry.
Compound. +50 pt if you explain why, fully.
300
Anything funny here?
For all intensive purposes, you really should of used the correct words!
intents and purposes* should have*
+100pts: "She sells sea shells on the sea shore" x5
300
The dragonflies over the water in spring time
That is a fun sentence that I really like so I put it in here!
+50 points if you are the first team to raise all your hands
+100 points if nobody on your team raises a hand
300
identify and explain the 2 techniques used here:
"Buy now and you'll receive and extra set totally FREE! Why buy twice?"
Open response
+100 points if you high five Mr Bates (be nice and ask permission first)
300
Who is A S J Tessimond?
Author of 'Not Love Perhaps'
+150 points if you can tell me his full name (pro-rated)
400
Simple, Compound, Complex?
The dedicated, feline sleuth keeps his nightly vigil even though the brave mouse will not be venturing out this week.
Complex. +100 pt if you explain why in detail (pro-rated)
400
What's odd here:
I have a smaller quantity of water than you but a larger amount of chopsticks.
amount/quantity are swapped
+150 points if you can tell me what this sentence means: "Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika, Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo"
400
Fix this sentence:
He accidently wounded himself by firing a gun at his leg which he had kept hidden in a cupboard for months.
Open response. This question is worth 300 points only!
+100 points if you ask Mr Bates a question he can't answer.
400
Name "our good friend" and what her name stands for!
+50 points for the correct pronunciation (that's a clue)
AIDA of course! Attention, Interest, Desire, Action
400
List the 5 elements of a Shakespearean sonnet.
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme
14 lines
Rhyming couplet
Iambic pentameter
Written by Shakespeare (lol, obvs)
Spread the love, spread the points. Choose another team to get 200 of your points.
500
Simple, Compound, Complex (trick question):
I was grounded because I was framed for the gerbil’s death, and there was nothing I could do but attempt to clear my name.
You tell me! +150pts if you explain in detail (pro-rated)
500
Put some interesting prepositions in here:
Ivy climbed ____ the wall, clinging desperately ____ the hanging chain. _______ the entire climb, she wondered what it would be like to look _____ and see the people far ______.
+100 per correct preposition
If you use the words 'down' or 'up' you lose 200 points
500
This is actually something else, so #dealwithit:
"There was a bunch of reason that James'es car will not start. Perhaps he will be needing to add more petrol?"
You get the points if you give a sentence that makes (perfect) sense
If you have a z, y, x, w or v in your team name, you get an extra 50 points.
500
Say something intelligent about this ad:
Open response. Pro-rated score.
+100 points if you can tell me how many swords there are in the classroom
500
Name the 3 poems and poets we have studies this quarter
Funeral Blues by W H Auden, Not Love Perhaps, by W S J Tessimond, You're by Sylvia Plath
+100 points if you take a shot at the bin and score (1 try)