EOY Trivia!!!

ELA

100

What does RACE stand for?

Restate

Answer

Cite evidence

Explain

200

What does a narrator do?

They tell the story.

300

What figure of speech uses the words "like" or "as" to compare something? You must spell your answer correctly.

Simile 

400

Identify and list the types of figurative speech in these sentences:

My mother has a heart of gold. She is as kind as a saint. She is always there for me and my brothers.

Heart of gold = metaphor

Kind as a saint = simile

500

Name at least two ways you can annotate a text.

-Highlighting

-Underlining

-Writing comments

-Writing questions

ESOL

100

What does ESOL stand for?

English for Speakers of Other Languages

200

What are the four domains of language? 

*Hint* what are the four sections of ACCESS?

-Speaking

-Listening

-Reading

-Writing

300

Name three parts of speech.

-Noun

-Verb

-Adjective

-Pronoun

-Adverb

-Conjunction

-Preposition

400

What is the name of the study of how words are formed?

Morphology

500

Name all the languages that are spoken by students in BOTH sections of MS Intermediate ESOL.

Arabic

Amharic

Burmese

Chinese

Spanish

Urdu

World Geography

100

How many continents are there?

Seven

200

What is the tallest mountain in the world?

Mount Everest

300

What is the capital city of Australia?

Canberra

400

How many countries are in Africa? Name at least 5, and spell them correctly.

54

500

Name at least five Native American tribes and spell them correctly.

-Iroquois 

-Navajo

-Cherokee

-Sioux

-Piscataway

-Anacostan

-Pamunkey

Math

100

Who are the two math teachers at JFEC?

Ms. S. Chang and Ms. T. Chang

200

A triangle's base is 8cm, and its height is 14cm. What is the area of the triangle?

56cm²

300

1972÷56=

Round to the second decimal place. DO NOT USE A CALCULATOR! 

35.21

400

5²-(3²+4)=

12

500

What formula do you use to find the area of a circle with the radius?

A=pi r^2

Miss Morita

100

Is Miss Morita left- or right-handed?

Left-handed

200

At which university is Miss Morita currently a student?

Georgetown University

300

Name at least two countries Miss Morita has lived in.

-Japan

-United States of America

-United Kingdom

400

What century was Miss Morita born in?

The twentieth century.

500

What languages can Miss Morita speak?

English, Japanese, Hebrew