BQ Challenge Q+a English

English Questions & Answers

GRADE 1What did the Ugly Duckling grow up to be?a swan

GRADE 2What’s a shorter way to say “I did not see you”?“I didn’t see you.”

GRADE 3Find the antonyms: “I was happy that I won and he was sad that he lost.” happy, sad; and won, lost

GRADE 4How many “r’s” are in the word “library”?two

GRADE 5Give the plural of the phrase “this student.”these students

GRADE 6Which is the correct antonym of “perfect”: unperfect or imperfect?imperfect

GRADE 7Find the two synonyms: believable, incredible, unbelievable, valuable.incredible, unbelievable


GRADE 1What number do these letters spell: f-i-v-e?5 (five)

GRADE 2What’s the opposite of downtown?uptown

GRADE 3Letters that are not vowels are called …what?consonants

GRADE 4Find the nouns in the following sentence: “My father bumped his head on the ceiling in the attic.”father, head, ceiling, attic

GRADE 5Add a prefix to the word “necessary” to form its opposite.unnecessary

GRADE 6What 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 7Is this a simile or a metaphor: “That joke is as stale as last week’s bread”?a simile (a comparison using “like” or “as”)


GRADE 1Find the action word in this sentence: “Lucy plays the piano.”plays

GRADE 2What do you call words that are close in meaning: synonyms or antonyms?synonyms

GRADE 3Say these words in alphabetical order: snake, iguana, turtle, lizard.iguana, lizard, snake, turtle

GRADE 4Which doesn’t belong here: Internet, television, car, newspaper, magazinecar (not a means of communication)

GRADE 5Create an adjective from the noun “danger.”dangerous

GRADE 6What large, hairy spider got its name from Taranto, Italy?the tarantula

GRADE 7What’s the word for the wife of an emperor?empress


GRADE 1Which of these words needs a capital letter: “my dog max”?Max

GRADE 2What is the plural of the word “fox”? foxes

GRADE 3If you wrote the story of your life, would you call it a biography or an autobiography?an autobiography

GRADE 4Spell the plural of “sheep.”s-h-e-e-p

GRADE 5What does it mean to “hold your tongue”? to say nothing

GRADE 6Form an adverb from the word “quick.”quickly

GRADE 7Spell “stationery” when it means “writing paper.”s-t-a-t-i-o-n-e-r-y


GRADE 1Correct this sentence: “The zoo have too many animals.”“The zoo has too many animals.”

GRADE 2What two letters begin the word “think”?t-h

GRADE 3Say the pronoun in this sentence: “I have not yet started the homework.”I

GRADE 4Which are always full of exaggerations: tall tales or short stories?tall tales

GRADE 5Does 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 6What part of the word “hemisphere” means “half”?hemi-

GRADE 7What is the plural form of “alumnus,” a person who has graduated from a school?alumni


GRADE 1I say “meow” and my name rhymes with “mitten.” What am I?a kitten

GRADE 2Correct this sentence: “Mom and me went shopping.” Mom and I went shopping.

GRADE 3Which of these words ends with the letter “e”: travel, trouble, trail?trouble

GRADE 4Find the nouns in this sentence: “His bark is worse than his bite.”bark, bite

GRADE 5What letter appears twice in the word “gypsy”?y

GRADE 6Correct the verb in this sentence: “They rung the bell.”“They rang the bell.”

GRADE 7Correct this sentence: “We seen the show twice.”“We saw the show twice.” or, “We have (or had) seen the show twice.”


GRADE 1How many “t’s” are there in the word “little”?two

GRADE 2What word is “hippo” short for?hippopotamus

GRADE 3Rearrange the letters to turn the word “lump” into a purple fruit.p-l-u-m (plum)

GRADE 4What part of the word “trilogy” means “three”?tri-

GRADE 5Does the prefix “mega-” mean distant, large, or faded?larg

GRADE 6Give the comparative form of the phrase “a good job.”a better job

GRADE 7Which word isn’t from Spanish: coyote, iguana, lion, burro.lion (from French)


GRADE 1What is the opposite of first?last

GRADE 2Which continent is listed first in the dictionary: Asia or Africa?Africa

GRADE 3Say and spell the fourth month of the year.April (A-p-r-i-l)

GRADE 4What silent letter ends the word “dumb”?b

GRADE 5Find the two pairs of antonyms in this saying: “United we stand, divided we fall.”united, divided and stand, fall

GRADE 6According to the saying, what shouldn’t you put before the horse?the cart

GRADE 7Spell the comparative form of “early.”e-a-r-l-i-e-r


GRADE 1Say this sentence correctly: “They is at the playground.”They are at the playground.

GRADE 2Find the opposites in this sentence: “My clean pants got dirty.”clean, dirty

GRADE 3Which word doesn’t belong here: fry, roast, boil, vote, bake?vote (not a cooking method)

GRADE 4What kind of sentence states the main idea of a paragraph?a topic sentence

GRADE 5Give the superlative form of the adjective “bad.”worst

GRADE 6Complete the analogy: New York is to New Yorker as Paris is to . . . what?Parisian

GRADE 7What verb can you make from the word “general”?generalize


GRADE 1What’s the word for frozen water?ice

GRADE 2Which two words have the same meaning: pupil, teacher, student, classroom?pupil, student

GRADE 3Spell “knit” in the sentence “Grandma knit me a sweater.”k-n-i-t

GRADE 4Which is a synonym of “storyteller”: comedian, character, narrator?narrator

GRADE 5Change the suffix of the word “powerful” to make it mean the opposite.powerless

GRADE 6Spell the past tense of “fight.”f-o-u-g-h-t (fought)

GRADE 7Why isn’t this word group a sentence: “Marcy, my cousin from Ohio”?It has no predicate. (A sentence needs a subject and a predicate.)


GRADE 1Counting backward, which comes next: third, second, . . . ?first

GRADE 2What do you call a group of words that tells a complete idea?a sentence

GRADE 3Spell the plural of “wolf.”w-o-l-v-e-s (wolves)

GRADE 4Add a prefix to the verb “understand” to form its opposite.misunderstand

GRADE 5What abbreviated title can be used for both single and married women?Ms.

GRADE 6Spell the superlative form of the word “fuzzy”f-u-z-z-i-e-s-t (fuzziest)

GRADE 7Is a forgetful person sometimes called a wimp, a scatterbrain, or a tough cookie?a scatterbrain


GRADE 1Which names an insect: butter or butterfly?butterfly

GRADE 2Which word ends in a double “g”: leg, egg, peg?egg

GRADE 3What does a doughnut have in its middle: a w-h-o-l-e or h-o-l-e?h-o-l-e (hole)

GRADE 4What’s another word for the lesson at the end of a fable?moral

GRADE 5Which is not a synonym of “tiny”: microscopic, major, miniature?major

GRADE 6Which word cannot be used as both a noun and a verb: feel, hear, touch?hear

GRADE 7Find the antonyms: depressed, cheerful, repressed, charming.depressed, cheerful


GRADE 1What’s a guppy?a fish

GRADE 2Which means “no longer living”: exit or extinct?extinct

GRADE 3Who designs a house: an author, an architect or an aviator?an architect

GRADE 4What U.S. state’s name sounds like the long hair that grows on a male lion’s head?Maine

GRADE 5If I get a loan from the bank, will I be the borrower or the lender?the borrower

GRADE 6Which word is listed first in a dictionary: map, mapping, maple?map

GRADE 7Is the phrase “exact same” redundant or ironic? redundant (If something is the same, it matches something else exactly.)


GRADE 1What’s the opposite of “in”?out

GRADE 2In what part of a book would you find the table of contents: the front or back?the front

GRADE 3What word means the same as 12 o’clock at night: noon or midnight?midnight

GRADE 4What do you call the people or animals in a story?characters

GRADE 5If you’re left “high and dry,” do you feel alone and helpless or tired and thirsty? alone and helpless

GRADE 6What word refers both to an orchestra leader and a railroad employee?conductor

GRADE 7Which 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)


GRADE 1Which is a make-believe animal: a dragon or a wagon? a dragon

GRADE 2Do proper nouns begin with small letters or capital letters?capital letters

GRADE 3Which word does not begin with the silent letter “k”: knee, knife, nest?nest

GRADE 4Which does NOT mean “walk slowly”: saunter, stroll, gallop?gallop

GRADE 5Find the word that ends with the letters “c-k”: traffic, critic, drumstick.drumstick

GRADE 6What part of speech is a word labeled a-d-v in the dictionary?an adverb

GRADE 7Is the “finale” the beginning or end of a musical work?the end


GRADE 1Which one is a flower: a lion or a dandelion?a dandelion

GRADE 2What’s the word for a hole in your tooth?cavity

GRADE 3What is the past tense of the verb “eat”?ate

GRADE 4When you feel sad, are you “down in the dumps” or “out in left field”?down in the dumps

GRADE 5What word means the exact opposite of “interior”?exterior

GRADE 6Find the simple subject in this sentence: “The big gray car drove away.”car

GRADE 7According to the old saying, what heals all wounds?time


GRADE 1What letter ends the word “boy”?y

GRADE 2What’s the word that means more than one man?men

GRADE 3Which of these words can be a noun and a verb: train, car, airplane?train

GRADE 4Find the two adverbs in this sentence: “We’ll start our race slowly and then go quickly.”slowly, quickly

GRADE 5Which is not a proper noun: island, Iceland, Ireland?island

GRADE 6“Math is easy.” Is this fact or opinion?opinion

GRADE 7Add a suffix to the verb “paint” to turn it into the noun for the person who practices this art. -er (painter)


GRADE 1What are the capital letters in “the United States of America”?U, S and A

GRADE 2What is the opposite of “fast”?slow

GRADE 3Which word can you add to “cheese” to make a compound word: burger or peas?burger (to get cheeseburger)

GRADE 4Does “humungous” mean huge, funny or very expensive?huge

GRADE 5Change the plural pronouns to singular form: “Don’t call us; we’ll call you.”“Don’t call me; I’ll call you.”

GRADE 6What do the words “dizzy,” “pizza,” and “puzzle” have in common?two z’s

GRADE 7You have an ingenious idea for a new app. Is it clever or boneheaded?clever

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