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10 questions. Get 8 right to earn 10 minutes. All 10 right = +5 bonus. They start easy and get harder as you go, so treat the first few as a warm-up. Every one you miss comes back with the answer and why.

1. Which of these is a verb (a doing word)?

quicklyjumptablehappy

2. What is a syllable?

A beat or chunk of sound in a wordA type of punctuation markA naming wordA group of sentences

3. In a dictionary, words are listed in what order?

Random orderAlphabetical orderThe order they were inventedOrder of length, shortest first

4. What is a prefix?

Letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning, like 'un' in 'unhappy'Letters added to the end of a wordA punctuation markA word that describes a noun

5. What is a paragraph mainly used for?

Grouping a set of related sentences about one main ideaEnding a storyReplacing full stopsMaking a word plural

6. Which word is spelled correctly?

deffinitelydefinatelydefinitelydefinatly

7. Which word correctly completes this sentence: '___ dog is barking loudly.'

ThenThey'reThereTheir

8. What is the difference between a statement and an exclamation, in terms of punctuation?

A statement is always a longer sentence than an exclamationAn exclamation is always written as a questionThey always use exactly the same punctuationA statement ends with a full stop, an exclamation ends with an exclamation mark to show strong feeling

9. Which of these sentences is a simile rather than a metaphor?

The moon rose slowly.The moon shone brightly.The moon was a silver coin.The moon was like a silver coin.

10. Which spelling is correct when adding '-ing' to the word 'run'?

runeingruningrunningrunnning

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