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 meansO 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