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Battle Royale (grades 8-10): English Language and Literature Edition
Battle Royale (grades 8-10): English Language and Literature Edition
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Who is called the father of English Literature?
Georgie Cooper
George Washington
Geoffrey Chaucer
Gerald Andersen
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On which continent is Nigeria?
Asia
Africa
North America
Australia
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What is the term when you use the same sound at the beginning of several words in a line?
synecdoche
anaphora
metonymy
alliteration
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Choose the independent clause in this sentence: Sarah called the boys who were arguing in the street.
Sarah called the boys.
Boys who were arguing in the street.
Sarah called.
Who were arguing in the street.
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What is transliteration?
way of writing or spelling a word using the alphabet of another language.
way of considering other people's opinion to make sense of the world
way of delivering written language
way of equality
6
The information, which ___________________ (collect) daily by Hubble, ___________ (store) on computer disks.
was collect/was stored
has been collected/ was stored
was collected/has been stored
is collected/ is stored
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Mr Brown is a carpenter ______ (who / which) makes good figures from wood.
who
which
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Who wrote The Jungle Book?
J.R.R. Tolkien
Reginald Alonzo
Ben Simmons
Rudyard Kipling
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How many sides does a hexagon have?
5
8
6
7
10
In which country is the ancient city of Petra?
Italy
Spain
Jordan
Turkey
11
What does earth mean?
soil
terra firma
ground
dirt
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My friend .... a bath two hours ago.
told
held
picked
took
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What is the noun form of the verb “decide”?
decision
decisionary
decishun
decident
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What is the synonym for the word colossal?
giant
massive
huge
brobdingnagian
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Full names of your English teachers
Alma Monfort
Jhyldyz Biigeldieva
Zhyldyz Biigeldieva
Alma M Monforte
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Which word stands in for a noun or a noun phrase to avoid repetition?
pronoun
phrasal verb
preposition
noun phrase
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A mark that is used for possessions and contractions.
apostrophe
apostilles
a past trophy
apostles
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What is the Verb 2 of the verb ‘go’?
gone
goed
went
goes
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________ is a technique you often used when searching for keywords or ideas.
Skimming
Scrutinising
Scamming
Scanning
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Who wrote the political satire also loved as a children’s book titled Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?
Herman Melville
Edith Wharton
Lewis Carroll
Jane Eyre
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Passive VoiceThe Hubble Space Telescope _______________ (launch) in 1990 by the space shuttle discovery.
had been launched
has been launched
is launched
was launched
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Who wrote Sherlock Holmes?
Amity Conan Doyle
Angelo Conan Doble
Albert Conan Doylee
Arthur Conan Doyle
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What is the past simple of the verb swim?
swimmed
swarm
swimming
swam
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A _______ is a noun that can be identified through one of the five senses (taste, touch, sight, hearing, or smell).
concrete noun
common noun
abstract noun
proper noun
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A verb has three forms, Present, Past Simple and Past __________
principle
particular
participle
participant
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Which word class refers to words about possibility or likelihood such as “may”?
modal verbs
model verbs
mendel verbs
modol birds
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Verb: CELEBRATE; Noun: ?
celibecy
cellulous
celebratory
celebration
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A noun followed by another noun.
compound noun
stalker noun
29
How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
27
25
24
26
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What term is used for a child between the ages of 1 and 2?
juvenile
toddler
baby
young
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What is the superlative form of “good”?
better
best
bestest
well
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TRUE or FALSE. We use the present continuous for things happening at the moment.
True
False
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A run on sentence has …..................................
one indepenent clause and one dependent clause.
two independent clauses connected by a conjunction.
two dependent clauses connected without a comma.
two independent clauses connected without a comma.
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The ability to imagine how other people feel.
simplicity
empathy
sympathy
euphimism
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What is the adjective of the noun ‘religion’?
Religioness
Religiously
Religiosity
Religious
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Each of the baskets__________ (have/has) an apple in it.
have
has
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I have been studying for 10 years. This sentence is an example of a _______________ Tense
Past Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous
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Love, beauty, car, honesty ... Which one is a concrete noun?
beauty
love
car
honesty
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Type of clause that can’t stand alone?
Independent Clause
Dependent Clause
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A word used to give emphasis and extra strength to a sentence.
Extensifier
Intensifier
Intended
Extender
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The words on, off, to, from, at, in... are examples of what kind of words?
purposeful
prepositions
principal
proposition
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The waves crashed onto the sandy shore. This sentence is a/an?
dependent clause
independent clause
interdisciplinary clause
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What is Onomatopoeia?
word sounds like the ticking of the time during class hour
word sounds like the meaning of another word
word sounds like Oh No!
word sounds like the sound it describes, like the buzz of a bee
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These sentences give more information about the topic sentence.
Suspension sentences
Concluding sentences
Supporting sentences
Second topic sentence
45
Hulk vs. ___________
Fenrir
Tantalus
Aesir
Hel
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What is the parallel structure?
Using similar verbs
Using similar word patterns
Using similar structure
Using similar information
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Choose the abstract nouns:
Insurance, injection, intelligence
Advice, apple, anger
Beach, beauty, business
Freedom, friendship, honesty
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comparative degree of the adjective big
bugger
booger
beggar
bigger
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__________ is used to quickly identify the main ideas of a text.
Skimming
Scanning
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They can join words or groups of words (phrases and clauses)
preposition
interjections
nouns
conjunctions
