1. education
2. school

English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
What did the Ugly Duckling grow up to be?
a swan
GRADE 2
What’s a shorter way to say “I did not see you”?
“I didn’t see you.”
GRADE 3
Find the antonyms: “I was happy that I won and he was sad that he
lost.”
happy, sad; and won, lost
GRADE 4
How many “r’s” are in the word “library”?
two
GRADE 5
Give the plural of the phrase “this student.”
these students
GRADE 6
Which is the correct antonym of “perfect”: unperfect or imperfect?
imperfect
GRADE 7
Find the two synonyms: believable, incredible, unbelievable, valuable.
incredible, unbelievable
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
What number do these letters spell: f-i-v-e?
5 (five)
GRADE 2
What’s the opposite of downtown?
uptown
GRADE 3
Letters that are not vowels are called …what?
consonants
GRADE 4
Find the nouns in the following sentence: “My father bumped his head on
the ceiling in the attic.”
father, head, ceiling, attic
GRADE 5
Add a prefix to the word “necessary” to form its opposite.
unnecessary
GRADE 6
What does it mean when a person “blows hot and cold”: is the person
moody or unpredictable or is he in a place where the weather changes
frequently? The person is moody or unpredictable.
GRADE 7
Is this a simile or a metaphor: “That joke is as stale as last week’s bread”?
a simile (a comparison using “like” or “as”)
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
Find the action word in this sentence: “Lucy plays the piano.”
plays
GRADE 2
What do you call words that are close in meaning: synonyms or antonyms?
synonyms
GRADE 3
Say these words in alphabetical order: snake, iguana, turtle, lizard.
iguana, lizard, snake, turtle
GRADE 4
Which doesn’t belong here: Internet, television, car, newspaper, magazine
car (not a means of communication)
GRADE 5
Create an adjective from the noun “danger.”
dangerous
GRADE 6
What large, hairy spider got its name from Taranto, Italy?
the tarantula
GRADE 7
What’s the word for the wife of an emperor?
empress
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
Which of these words needs a capital letter: “my dog max”?
Max
GRADE 2
What is the plural of the word “fox”?
foxes
GRADE 3
If you wrote the story of your life, would you call it a biography or
an autobiography?
an autobiography
GRADE 4
Spell the plural of “sheep.”
s-h-e-e-p
GRADE 5
What does it mean to “hold your tongue”?
to say nothing
GRADE 6
Form an adverb from the word “quick.”
quickly
GRADE 7
Spell “stationery” when it means “writing paper.”
s-t-a-t-i-o-n-e-r-y
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
Correct this sentence: “The zoo have too many animals.”
“The zoo has too many animals.”
GRADE 2
What two letters begin the word “think”?
t-h
GRADE 3
Say the pronoun in this sentence: “I have not yet started the homework.”
I
GRADE 4
Which are always full of exaggerations: tall tales or short stories?
tall tales
GRADE 5
Does this sentence contain a simile or a metaphor:
“The sidewalk is a blanket of snow.” a metaphor (A simile makes a
comparison using the words “like” or “as.”)
GRADE 6
What part of the word “hemisphere” means “half”?
hemi-
GRADE 7
What is the plural form of “alumnus,” a person who has graduated
from a school?
alumni
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
I say “meow” and my name rhymes with “mitten.” What am I?
a kitten
GRADE 2
Correct this sentence: “Mom and me went shopping.”
Mom and I went shopping.
GRADE 3
Which of these words ends with the letter “e”: travel, trouble, trail?
trouble
GRADE 4
Find the nouns in this sentence: “His bark is worse than his bite.”
bark, bite
GRADE 5
What letter appears twice in the word “gypsy”?
y
GRADE 6
Correct the verb in this sentence: “They rung the bell.”
“They rang the bell.”
GRADE 7
Correct this sentence: “We seen the show twice.”
“We saw the show twice.” or, “We have (or had) seen the show
twice.”
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
How many “t’s” are there in the word “little”?
two
GRADE 2
What word is “hippo” short for?
hippopotamus
GRADE 3
Rearrange the letters to turn the word “lump” into a purple fruit.
p-l-u-m (plum)
GRADE 4
What part of the word “trilogy” means “three”?
tri-
GRADE 5
Does the prefix “mega-” mean distant, large, or faded?
larg
GRADE 6
Give the comparative form of the phrase “a good job.”
a better job
GRADE 7
Which word isn’t from Spanish: coyote, iguana, lion, burro.
lion (from French)
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
What is the opposite of first?
last
GRADE 2
Which continent is listed first in the dictionary: Asia or Africa?
Africa
GRADE 3
Say and spell the fourth month of the year.
April (A-p-r-i-l)
GRADE 4
What silent letter ends the word “dumb”?
b
GRADE 5
Find the two pairs of antonyms in this saying: “United we stand, divided we
fall.”
united, divided and stand, fall
GRADE 6
According to the saying, what shouldn’t you put before the horse?
the cart
GRADE 7
Spell the comparative form of “early.”
e-a-r-l-i-e-r
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
Say this sentence correctly: “They is at the playground.”
They are at the playground.
GRADE 2
Find the opposites in this sentence: “My clean pants got dirty.”
clean, dirty
GRADE 3
Which word doesn’t belong here: fry, roast, boil, vote, bake?
vote (not a cooking method)
GRADE 4
What kind of sentence states the main idea of a paragraph?
a topic sentence
GRADE 5
Give the superlative form of the adjective “bad.”
worst
GRADE 6
Complete the analogy: New York is to New Yorker as Paris is to . . . what?
Parisian
GRADE 7
What verb can you make from the word “general”?
generalize
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
What’s the word for frozen water?
ice
GRADE 2
Which two words have the same meaning: pupil, teacher, student,
classroom?
pupil, student
GRADE 3
Spell “knit” in the sentence “Grandma knit me a sweater.”
k-n-i-t
GRADE 4
Which is a synonym of “storyteller”: comedian, character, narrator?
narrator
GRADE 5
Change the suffix of the word “powerful” to make it mean the opposite.
powerless
GRADE 6
Spell the past tense of “fight.”
f-o-u-g-h-t (fought)
GRADE 7
Why isn’t this word group a sentence: “Marcy, my cousin from Ohio”?
It has no predicate. (A sentence needs a subject and a predicate.)
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
Counting backward, which comes next: third, second, . . . ?
first
GRADE 2
What do you call a group of words that tells a complete idea?
a sentence
GRADE 3
Spell the plural of “wolf.”
w-o-l-v-e-s (wolves)
GRADE 4
Add a prefix to the verb “understand” to form its opposite.
misunderstand
GRADE 5
What abbreviated title can be used for both single and married women?
Ms.
GRADE 6
Spell the superlative form of the word “fuzzy”
f-u-z-z-i-e-s-t (fuzziest)
GRADE 7
Is a forgetful person sometimes called a wimp, a scatterbrain, or
a tough cookie?
a scatterbrain
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
Which names an insect: butter or butterfly?
butterfly
GRADE 2
Which word ends in a double “g”: leg, egg, peg?
egg
GRADE 3
What does a doughnut have in its middle: a w-h-o-l-e or h-o-l-e?
h-o-l-e (hole)
GRADE 4
What’s another word for the lesson at the end of a fable?
moral
GRADE 5
Which is not a synonym of “tiny”: microscopic, major, miniature?
major
GRADE 6
Which word cannot be used as both a noun and a verb: feel, hear, touch?
hear
GRADE 7
Find the antonyms: depressed, cheerful, repressed, charming.
depressed, cheerful
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
What’s a guppy?
a fish
GRADE 2
Which means “no longer living”: exit or extinct?
extinct
GRADE 3
Who designs a house: an author, an architect or an aviator?
an architect
GRADE 4
What U.S. state’s name sounds like the long hair that grows on
a male lion’s head?
Maine
GRADE 5
If I get a loan from the bank, will I be the borrower or the lender?
the borrower
GRADE 6
Which word is listed first in a dictionary: map, mapping, maple?
map
GRADE 7
Is the phrase “exact same” redundant or ironic?
redundant (If something is the same, it matches something
else exactly.)
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
What’s the opposite of “in”?
out
GRADE 2
In what part of a book would you find the table of contents:
the front or back?
the front
GRADE 3
What word means the same as 12 o’clock at night: noon or midnight?
midnight
GRADE 4
What do you call the people or animals in a story?
characters
GRADE 5
If you’re left “high and dry,” do you feel alone and helpless or
tired and thirsty?
alone and helpless
GRADE 6
What word refers both to an orchestra leader and a railroad employee?
conductor
GRADE 7
Which spells a dry, sandy place: d-e-s-e-r-t or d-e-s-s-e-r-t?
d-e-s-e-r-t (desert)
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
Which is a make-believe animal: a dragon or a wagon?
a dragon
GRADE 2
Do proper nouns begin with small letters or capital letters?
capital letters
GRADE 3
Which word does not begin with the silent letter “k”: knee, knife, nest?
nest
GRADE 4
Which does NOT mean “walk slowly”: saunter, stroll, gallop?
gallop
GRADE 5
Find the word that ends with the letters “c-k”: traffic, critic, drumstick.
drumstick
GRADE 6
What part of speech is a word labeled a-d-v in the dictionary?
an adverb
GRADE 7
Is the “finale” the beginning or end of a musical work?
the end
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
Which one is a flower: a lion or a dandelion?
a dandelion
GRADE 2
What’s the word for a hole in your tooth?
cavity
GRADE 3
What is the past tense of the verb “eat”?
ate
GRADE 4
When you feel sad, are you “down in the dumps” or “out in left field”?
down in the dumps
GRADE 5
What word means the exact opposite of “interior”?
exterior
GRADE 6
Find the simple subject in this sentence: “The big gray car drove away.”
car
GRADE 7
According to the old saying, what heals all wounds?
time
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
What letter ends the word “boy”?
y
GRADE 2
What’s the word that means more than one man?
men
GRADE 3
Which of these words can be a noun and a verb: train, car, airplane?
train
GRADE 4
Find the two adverbs in this sentence: “We’ll start our race slowly
and then go quickly.”
slowly, quickly
GRADE 5
Which is not a proper noun: island, Iceland, Ireland?
island
GRADE 6
“Math is easy.” Is this fact or opinion?
opinion
GRADE 7
Add a suffix to the verb “paint” to turn it into the noun for the person
who practices this art.
-er (painter)
English Questions & Answers
GRADE 1
What are the capital letters in “the United States of America”?
U, S and A
GRADE 2
What is the opposite of “fast”?
slow
GRADE 3
Which word can you add to “cheese” to make a compound word:
burger or peas?
burger (to get cheeseburger)
GRADE 4
Does “humungous” mean huge, funny or very expensive?
huge
GRADE 5
Change the plural pronouns to singular form: “Don’t call us; we’ll call
you.”
“Don’t call me; I’ll call you.”
GRADE 6
What do the words “dizzy,” “pizza,” and “puzzle” have in common?
two z’s
GRADE 7
You have an ingenious idea for a new app. Is it clever or boneheaded?
clever