The name of the body of water discovered by Balboa.
What is the South Sea (or the Pacific Ocean)?
100
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence and give the reason for the hyphenation.
Sally's two year old brother is ten pounds heavier than the child down the street who is five years old.
What is two-year-old, and it is an explanation of his age (it is a compound adjective)?
100
(all right/alright)
Mrs. McIver says it is never __________ to forget to do your homework.
What is all right?
100
(allusions/illusions)
One of the books that has the most _______________ made to it is the Bible.
What is allusions?
200
The name of the first native that the Puritans actually spoke to.
Who is Samoset?
200
The author of the short story.
Who is Sabina Murray?
200
Hyphenate the sentence correctly and give the reason for the hyphenation.
Alfred coffee shopped his way around the small town and met up with all the available ladies.
What is coffee-shopped, and it is an unusual verb?
200
(illusions/allusions)
We watched the magician do his fantastic ________ and make the elephant disappear.
What is illusion?
200
(two/to/too) and (two/to/too) and (two/to/too)
I wanted to go _________ the mall ___________ but my friend said, "____________ is company, but three is a crowd."
What are to, too, and two?
300
The first "official" form of government that was designed while the Puritans were still on the ship.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
300
The main reason that Balboa gets his head cut off at the end of the story.
What is that he was accused of treason for overthrowing Enciso and going against the King?
300
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence and give the reason for the hyphenation.
His better than thou attitude was not received very well by his eighty five year old grandmother.
What are better-than-thou (compound adjective) and eighty-five-year-old (compound number turned into a compound adjective)?
300
(compliment/complement) and (affect/effect)
He tried to give her a ________________, but being nice did not have the _____________ he had hoped for.
What are compliment and effect?
300
(alot/a lot) and (except/accept)
______________ of her friends were going to go to the movies. She wanted to go, _____________ she knew she should stay home and do homework.
What are a lot and except?
400
The name of the ship that became unseaworthy.
What is the Speedwell?
400
The name of Balboa's dog.
What is Leoncico?
400
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence and give the reason for the hyphenation.
There were 35 50 people invited to the coming of age party.
What are 35-50 (range of numbers) and coming-of-age (compound adjective)?
400
(council/counsel) and (except/accept)
Sally had to seek wise ______________ in order to help her decide if she wanted to _______________ the proposal or not.
What are counsel and accept?
400
(there/their/they're) and (there/their/they're)
_________________ talking like it is going to rain a lot, and my parents are worried about ______________ plants getting flooded.
What are they're and their?
500
The month, day, and year that the text begins on.
What September 6, 1620?
500
Balboa's full name.
What Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
500
Correctly hyphenate the following sentence and give the reason for the hyphenation.
Richard crab walked across the street in the middle of crazier than normal traffic.
What are crab-walked (compound verb) and crazier-than-normal (compound adjective)?
500
(principal/principle) and (could of/could have)
The _______________ reason she did not go to the party was because her mom told her not to, but she really wished that she _________________ gone.
What are principle and could have?
500
(affect/effect) and (affects/effects) and (compliments/complements)
The change in his weight will _____________ his health in many ways. He will no longer have side ______________ from being on medication, and he will get ___________.