Literature
Commas, Subjects, Predicates, and Pronouns
(Pop) Culture
Sentence Purposes, Run-Ons, and Fragments
Mr. Brazil
100

What is the name of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective?

Sherlock Holmes

100

Where does the comma go in this sentence: Before Mr. Brazil came to school he ate breakfast.

school, he

100

Which musical group became popular with songs like "Butter" and "Dynamite"?

BTS

100

What is the world's longest river?

Interrogative

100

What does Mrs. Brazil teach?

Art

200

Who wrote the famous play "Macbeth"?

William Shakespeare

200

What is the complete predicate in this sentence: "Bella and her crazy friends saw a movie that scared them so much they burned the theater down."

"saw a movie that scared them so much they burned the theater down"

200

Treasure + Trap

Choose a number between 1-20. Closest team gets to steal 200 points from another team of their choice.

6

200

Go to the moon!

Imperative

200

What is Mr. Brazil's middle name? (Samuel ___ Brazil)

James

300

What is the name of the character who played chess with Sam Westing when they were a child?

Judge J.J. Ford

300

What type of pronoun is "that"?

Demonstrative

300

Which artist painted the Mona Lisa?

Leonardo Da Vinci

300

Ziyi studied and Leo played computer games.

Run-On

300

In which US State was Mr. Brazil born?

Washington

400

What do we call a character with many characteristics who changes over the course of a story?

Round and Dynamic

400

Mind Control

Choose a number between 1-20. Winning team gets 400 points and chooses a different team. That team MUST answer the next question.

20

400

Lalisa Manobal is the real name of which Kpop star?

Lisa from Blackpink

400

Once, when I was young, I saw the king bring tons and tons of gold into the kingdom; it changed my view on poverty forever.

Declarative

400

Which of these is NOT true about Mr. Brazil:

a. he has been attacked by a shark b. he has gotten malaria (疟疾) c. he has broken his legs d. he has been pushed out of a window

c. he has broken his legs

500

"There Will Come Soft Rains" has two authors: one for the poem, one for the short story. Name one of them.

Sara Teasdale and Ray Bradbury

500

What is/are the antecedent(s) in this sentence: "On a horrible, rainy night Simon created a monster and asked why it looked so much like Steven and not himself."

Simon (himself) and monster (it)

500

Who invented Spider-Man?

Stan Lee

500

At the end of the day, in my wildest dreams, until I cannot sleep anymore.

Fragment

500

Mr. Brazil is the only teacher in his family, everyone else has the same job. What is it?

Doctor