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200
What word is the opposite of "safe"?
It is dangerous.
200
How many letters are in the English alphabet?
There are 26 letters in the alphabet.
200
Name 5 English movies.
(Answers may vary)
200
What is the singular of children?
Child is the singular of children.
200
What is the plural of "person"?
It is people.
300
What are the names of 3 planets in English?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Pluto?)
300
The least commonly used letter in English is what?
Z
300
Where does the word "soccer" come from?
The word Soccer actually originated in the United Kingdom. Association Football was shortened to "socca" (derived from the middle of the word association). This turned into the word "soccer" that is still used in the US, Canada, and Australia.
300
Name 3 holidays in America.
New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day
300
What word is the opposite of "cheap"?
Expensive, costly, overpriced or pricey can be opposite words.
400
How much is this $1,450,000
It is one million four hundred fifty dollars.
400
Which letter is the most used in English: e, s, i
E
400
Find the mistake: She eat an apple every morning.
She eats an apple every morning.
400
Name 5 English song names
(Answer may vary)
400
What is the plural of "mouse"?
It is mice.
500
Name 5 sour fruits
Kiwi, Pineapple, Lemon, Lime, Orange
500
How many syllables does 'umbrella' have?
There are 3 um-brel-la.
500
Say the months of the year in reverse.
December, November, October, September, August, July, June, May, April, March, February, and January
500
Name 4 continents.
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia
500
What letter do most words begin with than any other letter?
S
600
What is the opposite of tiny?
big, huge, gigantic, enormous can be opposites.
600
The "dot" over the letter "i" is called: a. a dot b. a point c. a title
c) a title
600
True or False
The U.S. flag has 50 stars, which represents 50 different major cities.
FALSE
600
What is the shortest sentence in English?
Go!
This two-letter sentence manages to be so brief because it is an imperative sentence, which means that it has an implied subject of “you.”
600
True or false? The longest word in English is: "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" and it is a type of lung disease.
True!
700
True or False? Each of the "A" s in the word AUSTRALIA is pronounced in a different way.
True. It sounds like /óstrélia/.
700
"Jeans" come from: a. the name of the woman who first made them b. the name of the city, Genoa, Italy c. the type of material used
b) Genoa, Italy
700
What is the plural of the word "tooth"?
It is teeth.
700
The sentence "I never said she stole my money" can have emphasis placed on each word, and the sentence will mean a different thing every time. Can you try it 7 different times?
I never said she stole my money.
I never said she stole my money.
I never said she stole my money.
I never said she stole my money.
I never said she stole my money.
I never said she stole my money.
I never said she stole my money.
700
What is special about this sentence: ‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’?
It uses every letter in the alphabet.
800
Which 4 countries make up the United Kingdom?
England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
800
What is the oldest English word in use? a. man b. town c. house
The oldest English word that is still in use is “town". It has been used for over a 1,000 years.
800
What are the missing letters in the sequence M T W T?
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
So, the missing letters would be F for Friday, S for Saturday, S for Sunday
800
What are the four seasons of the year?
They are summer, fall/autumn, winter and spring.
800
What animal is this?
It is a hedgehog.
900
What are the months in alphabetical order?
April, August, December, February, January, July, June, March, May, November, October, September
900
Give 3 examples of palindrome, which is a word or phrase that is spelled the same whether you read it left-to-right or right-to-left.
Madam, civic, kayak, radar, level, noon, mom, racecar,
900
What is the longest word in English with just one vowel?
Strenghts
900
Which word spelled with all capitalized letters is an ambigram? (a word that looks the same upside down as right-side up.)
SWIMS
900
What is special about these four words: month, purple, orange, and silver?
none of them have a word which rhymes