Commonly Confused Words
Common V Proper Nouns
Figurative Language
Parts of Speech
Any Subject
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The difference between its & it's 

What is its shows possession and it's is the contraction for it is. 

100

The definition of a common noun is 

A general name for a person, place, or thing. 

100

A metaphor is 

A type of figurative langauge that compares to, unlike things WITHOUT using like or as. 

100

The eight parts of speech are 

What is a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

100

What is 4 (160 ÷ 4) 

What is 160 

200

Choose the correct word: (They're/ Their) looking for the lost dog. 

What is they're. 
200

The definition of a proper noun

What is a specific name for a person, place, or thing that is capitalized. 

200

 Three examples of an onomatopoeia 

Various answers

200

What are the verbs in this sentence: My brother went to France to eat bread, visit the museums, and ski in the Alps. 

What are: went, eat, visit, and ski.

200

The seven continents 

North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, & Antarctica 

300

Choose the correct words: We were (too, to) scared (two, to) drive in the rain. 

What is too and to. 

300

Find all of the common and proper nouns in the sentence: Mr. Brown walked his dog down the street and then he went to Starbuck to buy him a Puppiccino.  

 What is: Mr. Brown, dog, street, Starbucks, Puppiccion.  

300

 Five adverbs are..

Various Answers 

300

Rewrite the sentence using pronouns: Mark went to the store to see Mary and John. 

What is: He went to the store to see them. 

300

Name two of the furthest states to the west.   

What is Hawaii, California, Washington, Alaska, or Oregon. 

400

Choose the correct words: I will (accept, except) your apology.  

What is accept. 

400

Change these proper nouns into common nouns: San Diego, Air Jordans, Europe

 What is a City, sneakers, country  
400

Turn this simile into a methpor:  Lacy is as grumpy as a bear. 

What is:Lacy is a bear in the moring. 

400

Identfy the italicized words:  Jake quickly ran outside wearing a red, and blue sweater and jumped into the snowpile. 

What is: adverb ( quickly), adjectives (red and blue), and verb  (jumped)

400

Say hello and goodbye in French and Spanish. 

What is Bonjour & Au Revoir and Hola & Adiós

500

Choose the correct words: (Whose/ Who's) car are wee taking ( to/too) the concert? 

What is: Whose and to

500

 Change these common nouns into proper nouns dog, movie, place

Various Answers. 

500

Turn this metaphor into a simile: Mark is a cheetah.

What is: Mark is as fast as a cheetah.

500

Identify the italicized words: Mary always sings at the Christmas concert  but this year she cannot because she went on vacation. 

What is: verb (sings), Adjectives (Christmas), conjunction (but), verb (went), noun (vacation)

500

The planets in order from the sun 

What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.