Grammar Mastery
This is the most common verb in English and is used to describe existence or a state of being.
What is "to be"?
This word means "very big" and is a synonym for huge or gigantic.
What is enormous?
This term refers to false or misleading news spread online or in the media.
What is fake news?
The process plants use to make their own food using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
This streaming service is known for “Stranger Things” and “The Crown.”
What is Netflix?
Identify the error: She told that she was tired.
What is the missing direct object after "told"—it should be "She told me that she was tired."?
This idiom means to stop doing something because it is too difficult or frustrating.
What is "throw in the towel"?
This type of source is written by someone who was present at an event, like a diary or a photograph.
What is a primary source?
This gas is responsible for global warming and is released when people burn fossil fuels.
What is carbon dioxide?
This movie franchise features a character named Luke Skywalker.
What is “Star Wars”?
This tense is used to describe completed actions in the past that have an impact on the present.
What is the present perfect?
This idiom describes someone trying to do something too advanced for their skill level.
What is "biting off more than you can chew"?
A news article or headline designed to get clicks by exaggerating or misleading people.
What is clickbait?
The tiny building blocks of all matter, made of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
What is an atom?
In 2023, she spilled her guts on her second album.
Who is Olivia Rodrigo?
This type of sentence joins two independent clauses using a comma and a coordinating conjunction like and, but, or so.
What is a compound sentence?
The adjective for a person who speaks several languages fluently.
What is polyglot?
A website or group that checks if news stories are true or false.
What is a fact-checking website?
This technology allows computers to "think" and solve problems like humans.
What is artificial intelligence (AI)?
Ed Asner voiced Carl Fredricksen in this Pixar film that ballooned to $700 million-plus at the box office.
What is Up?
What is the difference between the use of will and be going to for future events?
What is will is used for spontaneous decisions, offers, and predictions, while be going to is used for planned actions and logical conclusions?
This word means "extremely detailed" or "carefully designed" and is often used to describe art or plans.
What is meticulous?
When a person only follows news and social media that match their opinions, creating a limited perspective.
What is an echo chamber/informative bubble?
This scientist developed the theory that time and space are connected.
Who is Albert Einstein?
She's named in honor of her grandfather William; the rest of her name is Pirate Baird O'Connell.
Who is Billie Eilish?