Parts of speech
Name two types of nouns.
Common Noun/ Proper noun
What is the name of an essay that tells a story?
Who wrote "The umbrella man"?
Roahl Dahl
What figure of speech makes comparisons using "like" and "as"?
Simile
What is the biggest selling book in the English Language?
The bible
What is a verb.
It is a doing word or a state of being
Which type of letter includes the address of the sender and the receiver?
Formal Letter
Who wrote Harry Potter?
JK Rowlings
What is a really big exaggeration called?
Hyperbole
How many vowels are there in the english alphabet?
5
What part of speech is used in the place of a noun?
Pronoun
What does CV stand for?
Curriculum Vitae
Who is the most famous playwriter in English?
William Shakespeare
When non-human things are given human characteristics.
Personification
What genre is "goosebumps"?
Horror
What is the participle used to show progressive or continuous tense?
-ing
What do we call a death notice?
Obituary
What is fiction?
Made up story.
What is "boing" or "splash" an example of?
Onomatopoeia
Who created a vaccine for polio?
Jonas Salk
Which part of speech used common, comparative (-er) and superlative (-est) comparisons?
adjectives
What do we call electronic letters?
e-mails
What is the title of Shakespeares play about two star crossed lovers?
Romeo and Juliet
"He passed away" is an example of this figure of speech.
Euphamism
Name 3 countries in the world which has english as their main language.
South Africa, USA, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Botswana