Grammar
READING
ESSAY WRITING
SPELLING
PLAY WRITING
100

The word "sublime" in the sentence: The sublime dessert was absolutely delicious.

What is an adjective?

100
A book that  contains the meanings of words, what type of words they are and examples of how they can be used.

What is a dictionary or thesaurus?

100

A story that is written about the author's real life.

What is an autobiography?

100

The correct spelling of butiful.

What is   b e a u t i f u l?

100

The name of the list of characters and narrator required to act out a play.

What is a cast list?

200

The meaning of the idiom You hit the nail on the head.

What is: You got is correct?

200

A book that is about facts and provides real information.

What is non-fiction text?

200

The way that paragraphs are separated and identified without leaving a line between them.

What is indenting?

200

The name given to a word part that has a vowel sound in it.

What is a syllable?

200

The two dots seen here   :   that follow the names of a speaker in a play.

What is a colon?

300

The punctuation that is missing in the direct speech sentence:

"What do you mean" asked Mrs. Nearon.

What is a question mark?

300

When reading aloud flows smoothly.

What is fluency?

300

The word that means checking your work for errors.

What is editing?

300

The suffix that makes "potato" plural.

What is -es?   (potatoes)

300

An example of this is:

[Lights dim. There is a loud banging in the distance.]

What is stage crew instructions?

400

A word that means the same thing as another word but is different.

What is a synonym?

400

The list of chapters and where they can be found at the front of a book.

What is the contents page?

400

The name of a final written paragraph that summarises and wraps up a story or essay.

What is the conclusion?

400

The name of a word that is the primary word in a word family. For example: trusting, trusted, untrustworthy, trusty.

What is a root word?

400

The name of the completed play written in full with all of the necessary elements included.

What is a play script?

500

The names of the connectives in the acronym:

F  A  N  B  O  Y  S

What is FOR, AND, NOR, BUT/BECAUSE, OR, YET, SO?

500

Another word for "understanding" what has been read.

What is comprehension?

500

The name of two sentences joined together with a connective.

What is a compound sentence?

500

The name given to these word parts at the beginning of words: un- dis- re- mis- 

What is a prefix?

500

The three dots intentionally written when someone does not complete a word, sentence or whole section, such as:  Oh my gosh, is that a ...?



What is ellipses?