The Giver Challenge
Who is the protagonist in The Giver?
Who is Jonas?
Name the subject and the predicate in this sentence:
The dog barked loudly.
Subject: The dog
Predicate: barked loudly
What part of speech is the word “blue” in this sentence:
“He wore a blue shirt.”
What is an adjective?
What does the word inaugurate mean?
To formally begin?
Is this a sentence, or nonsense?
Even though she was nervous, her presentation was confident and clear.
What is a sentence!
What type of community is The Giver?
What is a Utopia?
What type of sentence is this (simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex)?
"I washed the dishes while my brother took out the trash."
What is a complex sentence?
What part of speech is the word "quickly" in this sentence? “She ran quickly down the hall.”
What is an adverb?
Which sentence correctly uses the word tremulous?
A) He spoke in a tremulous voice during the speech.
B) Her tremulous math test earned her an A.
C) We had a tremulous sandwich for lunch.
D) The tremulous team won the game confidently.
What is A) He spoke in a tremulous voice during the speech.
Is this a sentence or nonsense?
After dinner, we played board games until bedtime.
What is a sentence?
What was the first color Jonas started seeing?
What is red?
Correct the punctuation in this sentence:
Its raining outside, so bring you’re umbrella.
What is "It’s raining outside, so bring your umbrella?"
What part of speech is the word “but” in this sentence:
“Everyone but Sarah went to the party.”
What is a preposition?
What does the word pivot mean in this sentence?
"The conversation pivoted from sports to school drama."
What is changed direction?
Running quickly, the sandwich disappeared.
What is Nonsense?
(Sandwiches don’t run. Dangling modifier.)
What was Lily's comfort object?
What is an elephant?
What is the grammatical error in this sentence, and how would you correct it?
The group of students have finished their assignment.
The subject “group” is singular, so it requires the singular verb “has,” not the plural “have.”
What part of speech is the word “well” in this sentence:
“He sings well.”
What is an adverb?
What are the two definitions of sage?
What is a herb used in cooking, with soft gray-green leaves and a strong flavor?
What is wise or showing good judgment?
If I would have studied, I would have passed.
What is nonsense?
(There are two "would have"s in this sentence, which is incorrect.)
What memory did The Giver give to Jonas that disturbed him?
What are poachers killing an elephant?
Is there an antecedent error in this sentence? If there is, fix it.
When Jessica told Emily that she had failed the test, she cried.
The antecedent error is that the pronoun "she" is a dangling modifier because it could refer to either Jessica or Emily.
Identify all the parts of speech in this sentence:
“Wow! The cat jumped onto the table quickly.”
*Double or nothing for this question!*
Wow – Interjection
The – Article (Adjective)
cat – Noun
jumped – Verb
onto – Preposition
The – Article (Adjective)
table – Noun
quickly – Adverb
"The villain’s plan was full of deceit and ____."
What is guile?
Is this a sentence, or nonsense?
Neither the students nor the teacher know what happened during the fire drill.
If it is nonsense, state the grammatical error
*Double or nothing!*
What is Nonsense?
There is a subject-verb disagreement. Neither the students nor the teacher "know(s)" what happened during the fire drill.