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The Grammar Game
By: Remedia Publications
Rules Of The GameO All teams (or individuals) line-up on one side
of the room.O When a question appears, the first team to
buzz may answer the question. O If the question is answered correctly, the
team may either advance one step or make another team move back one step.
O If the question is answered wrong, the team must move back one step.
O The first team to advance to the other side of the room wins!
An antonym isO A) A pair of words that sound the
sameO B) A pair of words that are opposite
in meaningO C) A pair of words that are spelled
the sameO D) None of the above
O B
What are homophones?
O A) words that sound alike and have the same spelling
O B) words that sound the same, but have different spellings and meanings
O C) words that mean the same, but have different spellings
O D) none of the aboveO B
Which sentence is correct?
O A) Witch ice cream cone do you want?
O B) Which ice cream cone does you want?
O C) Which ice cream cone you want?O D) none of the above
O D) Which ice cream cone do you want?
Synonyms areO A) a pair of words spelled the same.O B) words that have completely
different meanings.O C) words that have the same of
nearly the same meanings.O D) none of the above
O C
The plural possessive form of man is
O A) men’sO B) mensO C) man’s O D) none of the above
O A
Which word means “beams of light”?
O A) razeO B) raysO C) raiseO D) none of the above
O B
Which two words are examples of homophones?
O A) pail, brightO B) pale, pailO C) pale, dullO D) None of the above
O B
The contraction he’d is made from which two words?
O A) he hadO B) he wouldO C) he didO D) none of the above
O B
Which two verbs are in the past tense?
O A) broke, speakedO B) speaked, talkedO C) broke, spokeO D) none of the above
O C
An adverb can sometimes be formed by adding
O A) –y.O B) –ly.O C) –est.O D) none of the above
O B
The plural forms for deer and foot are
O A) deers and feetsO B) deer and feetO C) dears and featsO D) none of the above
O B
The plural forms for radio and echo are
O A) radios, echoes.O B) radioes, echoes.O C) radios, echos.O D) none of the above
O A
The contraction they’re is made from which two words?
O A) they areO B) they wereO C) theirO D) none of the above
O A
The pronoun whose means
O A) “you do not own something.”O B) “possession and ownership”O C) “who is.”O D) none of the above
O B
Which sentence is correct?
O A) Who’s book is that?O B) Who is that book?O C) Whose book is that?O D) none of the above
O C
Which sentence is correct?
O A) Me I went to the play.O B) I went to the play.O C) Me went to the playO D) none of the above
O B
Which word is an example of a blend word?
O A) shineO B) deliciousO C) splatterO D) none of the above
O C
The abbreviation N/A means
O A) “not at home.”O B) “not allowed.”O C) “non allowed.”O D) none of the above
O D) Not Applicable
What is the abbreviation for boulevard?
O A) bvd.O B) bld.O C) bv.O D) none of the above
O D) blvd.
Which word means “flown away”?
O A) fluO B) flueO C) flowedO D) none of the above
O D) flew
Which two verbs are in the past tense?
O A) rewound, withdrewO B) drawed, drawnO C) rewinded, withdrewO D) none of the above
O A
Which of the following nouns always use the definite article the.
O A) moon, stars, marsO B) moon, universe, equatorO C) equator, universe, starsO D) none of the above
O B
Which sentence expresses an action happening now?
O A) She is talking.O B) She will talk.O C) She talks.O D) none of the above
O A
Which pair of words are antonyms?
O A) agree, consentO B) agree, disagreeO C) disagree, rejectO D) none of the above
O B
Which sentence expresses a future action?
O A) She is going to buy rollerblades.O B) She is buying rollerblades.O C) She buys rollerblades.O D) none of the above
O A
Which two verbs always need an auxiliary verb?
O A) did, writtenO B) done, writtenO C) write, didO D) none of the above
O B
What is the past tense of teach?
O A) teachedO B) taughtedO C) tootedO D) none of the above
O D) taught
Which sentence has an auxiliary verb?
O A) They have left.O B) They left.O C) They are left-handed.O D) none of the above
O A
The suffixes –er, -ar, -ist, and –or mean
O A) “a person or thing that does something.”
O B) “a person or thing that looks like someone.”
O C) “a person or thing that is the opposite of the other.”
O D) none of the above
O A
Which suffix means “without”?
O A) –nessO B) –lessO C) –fulO D) none of the above
O B
A prefix is a wordO A) ending.O B) beginning.O C) middle.O D) none of the above
O B
Add a suffix to beg, creating a word that means “a person who begs.”
O A) beggerO B) beggorO C) beggarO D) none of the above
O C
To which words can you not add the suffix –y?
O A) snow, slobO B) dust, snowO C) quick, fastO D) none of the above
O C
Add a suffix to lie, creating a word that means “someone who tells lies.”
O A) lierO B) lyerO C) liarO D) none of the above
O C
Which word is correct?O A) umportantO B) unportantO C) unimportantO D) none of the above
O C
Which word means “a chair on which a king sits?”
O A) throneO B) thrownO C) throwneO D) none of the above
O A
Which word means “preference”?
O A) witchO B) whichO C) whitchO D) none of the above
O B
Which word has a prefix meaning “across”?
O A) internationalO B) subwayO C) transportO D) none of the above
O C
The prefix im- meansO A) not important.O B) not grown up.O C) imagine.O D) none of the above
O D) not.
The prefix de- meansO A) not.O B) under.O C) away from.O D) none of the above
O C
She ran delicately through the garden. Delicately is a(n)
O A) adjectiveO B) adverbO C) pronounO D) none of the above
O B