How well do you know your English teacher?
Bookworm Brain Buster
The G Word: Grammar.
Membeanville
Striving for ExSELence
100

Ms. Young's author crush is...

What is Jason Reynolds? 

100

When a young prince from a distant asteroid meets a stranded aviator in the desert, he shares stories of his travels to various planets, each inhabited by unique and quirky characters. Who wrote this novel?

Who is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?

100

Identify the subject in this sentence:

University of Houston will most likely win Fall Fest.

What is University of Houston?

100

You might feel remorse if you:

Said goodbye to a friend who will be gone all summer Said something mean that you regret to a friend.   Said that you liked your friend's new haircut 

What is said something mean that you regret to a friend?

100

Rules or expectations that are socially enforced.

What are norms?

200

The sport Ms. Young played in college.

What is swimming?

200

Finish the following statement according to Atomic Habits by James Clear: It is actually a four-step process: cue, _______, _______, _______.

What is craving, response, reward?

200

Which of the following is the complete predicate? 

Alabama is going down! 

What is going down?

200

My brother can  or create new meals from any items in our kitchen.

  •  concur 
  •  mediate 
  •  concoct  
  •  linger 

What is concoct?

200

Something done incorrectly.

What is...a mistake?

300

The dog breed that is Ms. Woodruff's favorite

What is corgi?

300

Set on a deserted island, the story follows a group of British schoolboys who, after surviving a plane crash, are left to fend for themselves without adult guidance.

What is Lord of the Flies by William Golding?

300

This word is a subordinating conjunction.

Although Alabama is currently winning, Florida could win today! 

What is...although?

300

Someone who has excellent  skills is able to cook food very well.

  •  pompous 
  •  whimsical 
  •  scant 
  •  culinary

What is culinary?

300

The belief that your brain can grow and change.

What is... a growth mindset?

400

A job Dr. B had before becoming a teacher.

What is working in the military? 

400

Set in 1687, the story follows sixteen-year-old Kit Tyler, who leaves her home in Barbados to live with her Puritan relatives in the rigid, close-knit community of Wethersfield, Connecticut.

What is The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare?

400

Which of the following is a non-essential modifying phrase? 

Florida and Stanford, both excellent colleges, have the best leaders at Paragon. 

What is...both excellent colleges?

400

Something that is  has no clear shape, boundaries, or structure.

  •  inflammable 
  •  amorphous  
  •  infamous 
  •  omnipresent 

What is amorphous?

400

To deal with, gain control of, or get past something.

What is...overcome?

500

The amount of years Dr. B has worked at Paragon.

What is five?

500

Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Aleppo, Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe. Now Ahmed’s struggling to get by on his own, but with no one left to trust and nowhere to go, he’s starting to lose hope.

What is Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh?

500

Which of the following is a gerund phrase? 

Winning Fall Fest is the best feeling in the world! 

What is...winning Fall Fest?

500

An example of parlance is:

  •  A formal dance that would occur at a ball 
  •  The slang terms used by teenagers 
  •  A long-time business relationship 
  • Winning Fall Fest by a point

What is the slang used by teenagers?

500

Something that is in your environment, like not having support from others or a way to get where you need to go. 

What is...an external roadblock?