Parts of Speech
What part of speech names specific people, places, or things?
Noun
What is the basic structure of a simple sentence?
Subject (noun) and predicate (verb)
What punctuation mark is used at the end of a declarative sentence?
Full stop
What is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase?
Alliteration
What is the plural form of the word "moose"?
Moose
Identify the part of speech of the word "quickly" in this sentence: She quickly ran to the store.
Adverb
Give an example of an imperative sentence.
Sit down, stand up, please pass the salt...
What punctuation mark is used to show possession or to form contractions?
Apostrophe
What is the comparison of two things using "like" or "as" called?
Simile
What is a synonym for the word "happy"?
Glad, pleased, cheerful, joyful, delighted, thrilled, content
What is the suffix in the word "hopeful" and what does it mean?
The suffix is "-ful" and it means "full of" or "having"
What type of sentence is this: Although it was raining, we went outside.
Complex sentence
What punctuation mark is used to introduce a list or explanation after a complete sentence?
Colon (:)
Identify the language technique used in this sentence: The wind whispered secrets through the trees.
Personification
Which word is spelled incorrectly: receive, accomodate, experience, tomorrow?
Spell it correctly.
What do the FANBOYS conjunctions stand for, and what is their function in a sentence?
FANBOYS stands for "For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So." They are coordinating conjunctions that connect words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance.
In a compound-complex sentence, how many independent and dependent clauses are there at least?
At least two independent and one dependent.
What punctuation mark is used to separate two independent clauses without a conjunction?
Semicolon (;)
What language technique is being used in the following sentence? Her voice was a velvet blanket, wrapping us all in comfort.
Metaphor
What is the term for a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning, like to and too?
Homophone
Name five collective nouns for animals.
Flock, murder, pod, school, herd, brood, clutch, pack, pride, troop, tribe, colony, murder, gaggle...
What sentence type ends in a question mark?
Interrogative sentence
What is the Greek name for the curved brackets used to insert additional information into a sentence?
Parentheses
Identify the technique that describes words that sound like the noise they are describing AND spell it.
O-N-O-M-A-T-O-P-O-E-I-A
Say the alphabet backwards in under 30 seconds.
Z-Y-X-W-V-U-T-S-R-Q-P-O-N-M-L-K-J-I-H-G-F-E-D-C-B-A