Reading
Parts-of-Speech
Writing
Spelling
Miscellaneous
100
How many syllables are in the word "adventure?"
What is 3?3
100
Name the pronoun in the following sentence: "The girl put her paper in the "M" box."
What is her?
100
What is the first thing you write when you write a rough draft?
What is the title?
100
How many sounds are in the word "miss?"
What is 3?
100
What two words make up the contraction "won't?"
What is will and not?
200
If a story has a problem in it, what will it have at the end of the story?
What is a solution?
200
Give a proper noun in place of the common noun "grocery store."
What is Big V, John's Super, Price Chopper, or Hy-Vee?
200
What does the topic sentence tell the reader?
The topic sentence tells the reader what the paragraph will be about?
200
Do I use "there" or "their" in the following sentence: "The kids made ______ mom mad when they kept fighting."
What is "their?"
200
What would you do to city to make it plural?
What is change the y to an i and add es?
300
Name the word that is missing in the following sentence: "The airplane flew through the thick, white _________."
What is clouds?
300
Name the two action verbs in the following sentence: "Taylor screamed when a snake slithered by."
What are screamed and slithered?
300
What do you do when you edit a paragraph?
What is check for capital letters, punctuation, and spelling mistakes?
300
Why is spine not a surprise word?
It has a bossy e at the end, so the "i" make a long vowel sound.
300
If I tell you that I'm going to put on my coat and boots, then grab my shovel, what inference can you make?
What is I'm going to shovel my driveway?
400
What is the setting of a story?
What is where the story takes place?
400
Name the linking verb in the following sentence: "Jack is funny and smart."
What is "is"?
400
What is the part of a friendly letter that tells who the letter is going to?
What is the greeting?
400
Name two ways to make a long a sound.
What is ai, ay, or a-consonant-e?
400
How would you say this nonsense word: cagspicter?
What is cag-spic-ter?
500
How do you know if a detail is important, or unimportant, but interesting?
An important detail is a detail that you have to know in order for the story to make sense. You could leave out an unimportant detail, and the story would still make sense.
500
What is an adjective? Give an example.
What is a word that describes a noun.
500
What does a piece of writing have when it sounds like the person is actually talking to you and you can tell exactly how the writer feels?
What is voice?
500
Write the word make with an s, ed, and ing at the end.
What is makes, made, and making?
500
What is wrong with the following sentence? Do you know where moms purse is
What is mom's needs an apostrophe and there should be a question mark at the end?