English
What is the plural of person?
people
Name 3 sports that have the word ball in the title.
Basketball, Football, Baseball, Handball, Volleyball....
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Just when she thought he was going to recover, he suffered a serious relapse.
What does relapse mean?
A -A recovery
B -Improvement for the better
C -A return to a previous state, especially a bad or undesirable one
D - A return to a previous state, especially a better or desirable one
C -A return to a previous state, especially a bad or undesirable one
Which one of the following sentences would be a good topic sentence (first sentence) for the paragraph below?
Miss Vera Hedges Butler was the first British woman to pass her driving test. This was in 1900! Unfortunately, she had to take her test in France because driving tests didn't exist in England: they weren't introduced until 1940. On the other hand, the publication of the first edition of The Highway Code came out in 1931. Ah, well! Better late than never.
A - The number of accidents in the early days of motoring were few.
B -In the early days of motoring, women weren't allowed to drive.
C - Women drivers are dangerous.
D - It wasn't only men that drove in the early days of the motorcar.
It wasn't only men that drove in the early days of the motorcar.
[The paragraph then goes on to prove this point]
Name 3 candies that begin with S.
What is the fastest land animal on the planet?
The cheetah it’s clocked at speeds of 70 miles per hour.
He is the son of my sister. He is my ________________.
Nephew
Is this a sentence? The boy.
A. True
B. False
B. False
The given phrase "The boy." is not a complete sentence as it lacks a verb. A sentence must have a subject and a predicate, and a predicate includes a verb. In this case, "The boy." only provides the subject, "The boy", and does not have a verb to complete the sentence.
Select the adjectives in the following sentence.
The quick brown fox jumped over the slow white dog.
quick, brown, slow, white
Choose the correct list of nouns from the following sentence.
A vet was helping an injured animal at the side of a road.
A - vet, animal, at, road
B -vet, animal, side, road
C - vet, at, side, road
D - vet, helping, animal, road
B -vet, animal, side, road
They may have to cope _____ a wide range of personal and social challenges.
With
What do we call a shape with eight sides?
Octagon
He was on cloud nine when she said she would go to the dance with him.
What does "on cloud nine" mean?
He was very happy.
A state of happiness or lblliss
Michael was smitten by the new girl at school.
What does smitten mean?
overwhelmed with attraction or affection toward someone or something.
In love
Walking into the flower shop he could smell the sweet fragrances of the roses, tulips, daisies and every other kind of flower he could see.
Which answer best describes the picture the writer is trying to paint for the reader?
A - Images/memories
B - Smells
C - Sounds
D - Emotions
B
The writer makes this an easy picture to experience when the words “smell” and “sweet fragrances” are used. The reader can easily imagine the smell of all kinds of flowers
What event does the Richter scale measure?
An earthquake
1.
Which one of the following sentences would be a good topic sentence (first sentence) for the paragraph below?
They’re inexpensive and work great. There’s nothing worse than soggy lettuce. Use this gadget, and you'll never have any more problems with soggy lettuce. No more embarrassing dinner parties - spoilt by that soggy lettuce! Incidentally, don't forget to use some red leaf lettuce for a change.
A -Eat lots of lettuce.
B -Pet rabbits enjoy eating lettuce.
C -Buy yourself a salad spinner.
D - Buy yourself a nice lettuce.
C -Buy yourself a salad spinner.
Find the onomatopoeic word(s) in the following sentence.
The fireworks ....... and ....... high up in the sky.
A- lit up, died
B -screeched, crackled
C -travelled, disappeared
D - went up, stopped
B -screeched, crackled
Alan’s mother inspected his bedroom with a fine-toothed comb.
What does the idiom "with a fine-toothed comb mean?
A - tiny comb
B - great deal of care and attention
C - fierce look
D - slight glance
B - great deal of care and attention
Name two different meanings for the word bark.
Bark - The tough outer covering of a tree
Bark - The sound a dog makes
What do you call a baby goat?
A kid
Find the 'hidden' meaning of the given metaphor.
She has half-baked ideas and nothing more.
A -Her ideas are not thought out enough
B -She likes cooking, but she isn't very good at it
C - She doesn't bake very well
D - She cooks better than she bakes
Her ideas are not thought out enough
What is it called when birds fly to warmer climates for the winter?
migration
He was completely devoid of any emotion.s
What does devoid mean?
A - lacking
B - limiting
C - obsessed
D - challenged
A - Lacking
Choose which answer shows where a comma should be placed, if anywhere.
Looking in his bag he found some pens erasers crayons and scissors.
A -bag, he
B -pens, erasers crayons, and
C -pens, erasers, crayons and
D - and, scissors
C -pens, erasers, crayons and
What is the plural of woman?
Women.
There’s a 1-story house where everything is yellow. The walls are yellow, the doors are yellow, all the couches and beds are yellow. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any stairs – it’s a 1-story house
How many bones does the human body have?
206
What are the proper noun(s) and common noun(s) in the sentence?
“We drove our new car to Florida to visit Disney World.”
Florida, Disney World, car
During the circus, the young girl chuckled when she saw the dog act, yet when the clowns came into the ring she let out a large chortle.
Select the best synonym for chortle as it is used in the sentence?
A. whine
B. cackle
C. speechless
D. coo
B. Cackle
What is the average temperature of the human body?
98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
What word describes a written or spoken agreement or promise, typically formal and legally binding?
a contract
Who are the biggest-selling female artist of all time?
Madonna and Rihanna
Name 3 words that begin with Q and use them in a sentence.
Queen, quiet, quill, quilt, quest, quaint, quick, quote, quite, quit,
The twins were as different as night and day. One was outgoing and talkative; the other was introverted and a loner.
What does introverted mean?
Shy
Whats the difference between...
1. Principal
2. Principle
Principal - runs a school
principle - a quality that motivates ones behavior
Rearrange the sentence
my goes sometimes the friend movie to theater
My friend sometimes goes to the movie theater.
what is the currency of united states?
Dollar
Rearrange the sentence
try / should / I / you / to / think / more / relax
I think you should try to relax more.
Find the verb in the sentence and whether it is past, present or future.
Thomas Edison tried many different filaments for his incandescent lamp.
tried - future
tried - present
tried - past
incandescent - present
tried - past
What word refers to the ability to understand and share the feelings of another?
Empathy
Whose face is on the penny?
Abraham Lincoln
Where is the Eiffel Tower located?
Paris, France
For the blank in the sentence below, find the correct homophone that should be used.
Please put the vase on the fireplace _______.
mantle
mantel
mantal
mental
mantel
The word 'mental' is a physical condition and has nothing to do with a fireplace.
The word 'mantal' is a misspelled word.
The word 'mantle' describes a piece of clothing such as a sleeveless cloak or something that covers up something else.
The ledge that appears above a fireplace is called a 'mantel' and is the homophone we are looking for here.