Idioms
Vocabulary
Reading
Grammar
Trivia
100

This idiom means to be born wealthy.

Born with a silver spoon 

100

The word means 'went away' we also sometimes use it to refer to people who have died 

departed 

100

In the story the expression, what was the other word for a mirror?

a looking glass 

100

What type of adjectives are these: gardening, cooking, decorative 

purpose 

100

What are the two most popular names for Santa Claus?

Kris Kringle and Saint Nick 

200

This idiom means that you are no longer responsible for something. 

Off the hook 

200

When you sneak away and get married in secret 

elope 

200

In the story the expression, why did the actor and manager need to put on a new play as soon as possible? 

to pay salaries 

200

March 14 2021- write it correctly 

March 14th, 2021 

200

In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?

Paris 

300

This idiom means to stop being impatient and wait. 

Hold your horses 

300

When you start to fall asleep, often sitting up 

to doze 

300

In the story The Love Powder what was the name of the character who requested a love powder? 

Chunk McGowan 

300

Tom, _________ glasses were missing, could not read the book. 

whose 

300

In Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, what was the first name of Scrooge?

Ebenezer

400

This idiom means to look very similar to something of someone else. 

Spitting image 
400

To get in the way of someone or an action. 

interfered

400

What was the love powder really made of in the story?

morphine and sugar 

400

Put the adjectives in order:  long blue heavy

heavy, long, blue 

400

Which Christmas song contains the lyric "Everyone dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way?"

"Rocking Around The Christmas Tree"

500

This idiom refers to someone who makes the decisions. 

Calling the shots 

500

a person you know casually 

an aquaintance

500

In The Monkey's Paw what game were the father and son playing in the first scene? 

chess 

500

Ellisa, ______ is a teacher, is a wonderful person. 

who 

500

According to the song, what did my true love give to me on the eighth day of Christmas?

Eight maids a-milking