NewsELA
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Reading Books
Grammar
100
Which group of people in Germany are trying to prevent refugees from coming into their city?
Neo-Nazis
100
What is the name for the message of a story?
Theme
100
What is the term for a person who runs away from a country to escape a war?
Refugee
100
What is the name of the play written by William Shakespeare which features witches and murder?
Macbeth
100
A comma should go after which word in the following sentence? "After my game my friends and I will go to the movies."
Game
200
What is the name for the government organization that explores space?
NASA
200
What is the term for a group of similar stories?
Genre
200
What is the name of the African country where the President is trying to run for a third term?
Burundi
200
What is the name of William Shakespeare's play in which two teenagers fall in love with each other, even though they come from warring families?
Romeo and Juliet
200
Which word does not need to be capitalized in the following sentence? "My Parents and I are going to Applebee's tonight."
parents
300
Which chocolate company founded a town in Cuba?
Hershey
300
What is the name for the main character in a story?
Protagonist
300
What is the name for a war in which one part of the country is battling with another part of the country?
Civil War
300
What is the name of the play by William Shakespeare in which a king dies and the king's brother takes over the throne?
Hamlet
300
What is the name for two sentences that have smashed together incorrectly/without using a period?
Run-on
400
A 343 year old drum tower can be found in the city of Zengchong, which is located in which country?
China
400
What is the name for a story that actually happened?
Non-Fiction
400
The US currently ranks _________ in the world when it comes to science scores.
24th
400
What is the name of the classic H.G. Wells story in which aliens invade the earth?
War of the Worlds
400
What is the name for a "sentence" that does not include both a subject and a verb?
Fragment
500
What is the holiday which Christopher Swain celebrates by swimming in dirty water?
Earth Day
500
What is the name for a story that didn't actually happen?
Fiction
500
According to a study conducted in London, students who use smartphones in school have lower test scores by ______ percent.
6 or 14
500
What is the name of the story about a vampire?
Dracula
500
Which comma (#1, #2, #3, or #4) is not necessary in the following sentence? This Friday, Adam, Stephen, and I are going to the game, and then out for pizza afterwards.
#4