Grammar & Language Trivia
Question: Which of the words in this sentence is the adjective? Playing with the kitten made her so happy.
Answer: Happy
Question: Which of the words in this sentence is the verb? She looked out of the window onto the beach.
Answer: Looked
Question: Which of these is an example of linking words? Finally they arrived at the house after a slow journey.
Answer: Finally
Question: Which of the words in this sentence is the verb? He listened very carefully to everything.
Answer: Listened
Question: Which of these is a synonym for fast?
Answer: Swift
Question: Which of the words in this sentence is the noun? Summer was very nice and hot.
Answer: Summer
Question: How many syllables are in the word heavily?
Answer: 3
Question: Which of these is not a synonym for great?
Answer: Terrible
Question: How many syllables are in the word excitedly?
Answer: 4
Question: Which word contains a suffix?
Answer: Gardening
Question: Which of the following sentences contains a modal verb?
Answer: We should go horse riding
Question: Which sentence has the correct punctuation?
Answer: I had so much fun!
Question: Which word is in the past tense?
Answer: Walked
Question: Which word is the article in the following sentence? Sophia loves going swimming in the sea.
Answer: The
Question: Which of the following includes a silent letter?
Answer: Write
Question: How many syllables are in the word vase?
Answer: 1
Question: Which of these is an example of onomatopoeia?
Answer: Meow
Question: Which of these is an example of a rhetorical question?
Answer: Who Wouldn't Want to be a Millionaire?
Question: Which of the following word is an alternative for 'walk'?
Answer: Strut
Fairy Tales & Children's Books Trivia
Question: What is the name of the lion in 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'?
Answer: Aslan
Question: What does Rapunzel let down from the tower?
Answer: Her Hair
Question: What animal does Little Red Riding Hood find in her grandma's bed?
Answer: Wolf
Question: What is the name of the prince in 'Cinderella'?
Answer: Prince Charming
Question: What is the name of the main character in 'The Worst Witch'?
Answer: Mildred Hubble
Question: What is the name of the main horse in Michael Morpurgo's 'War Horse'?
Answer: Joey
Question: Complete the title of the children's book by E. B. White, '… Web'.
Answer: Charlotte's
Question: What is the name of the doctor who can speak to animals in a novel by Hugh Lofting?
Answer: Doctor Dolittle
Question: Which children's author is this who wrote 'Matilda' and 'The BFG'?
Answer: Roald Dahl
Question: Complete the title of the children's book by Lewis Carroll, 'Alice's Adventures in…'.
Answer: Wonderland
Question: Who's porridge and bed does Goldilocks like best?
Answer: Baby Bear
Question: What is the name of the magical land in 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'?
Answer: Narnia
Question: Which of the words in this sentence is the noun? Make sure to close the door quietly.
Answer: Door
Question: What is the name of the evil woman who wants to make a coat from dalmatians in 'The Hundred and One Dalmatians'?
Answer: Cruella de Vil
Question: Complete the title of the children's book by Roald Dahl, '…and the Chocolate Factory'.
Answer: Charlie
Question: Complete the title of the David Walliams' book '…in the Dress'.
Answer: The Boy
Question: What do Hansel and Gretel leave behind so they can find their way back?
Answer: Bread Crumbs
Question: In Aesop's Fable, which animal did the tortoise beat in a race?
Answer: Hare
Question: Complete the title of the David Walliams' book '…Granny'.
Answer: Gangster
Question: Piggy and Ralph shipwrecked in which book by William Golding?
Answer: Lord of the Flies
Literature & Authors Trivia
Question: Which British playwright is this?
Answer: William Shakespeare
Question: Baker Street is the home of which literary detective?
Answer: Sherlock Holmes
Question: Who wrote 'The Great Gatsby'?
Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Question: Who wrote the lyric poem 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud'?
Answer: William Wordsworth
Question: Who's the author most known for creating the fictional detectives 'Hercule Poirot' and 'Miss Marple'?
Answer: Agatha Christie
Question: Which Charles Dickens' book about an orphan does this picture depict?
Answer: Oliver Twist
Question: Which John Spyri novel is about a girl who lives in the Alps?
Answer: Heidi
Question: Which of Shakespeare's plays is set in Venice?
Answer: The Merchant of Venice
Question: Victor Hugo is famous for writing what book that tells the story of the escaped convict Jean Valjean during the French Revolution?
Answer: Les Misérables
Question: From which Shakespeare comes the line 'To be or not to be'?
Answer: Hamlet
Word Usages Trivia
Question: Complete the sentence: If … a man on the moon, why can't the trains run on time?
Answer: They Were Able to Land
Question: Which of these is an example of an intensifier?
Answer: It's Extremely on Safari
Question: Which of these is an example of a quantifier?
Answer: There were a lot of People at the Concert
Question: Complete the sentence: You're not that good at singing, … yourself!
Answer: Get Over
Question: Which one of these words is a homonym?
Answer: Band
Question: Which one of these is an idiom?
Answer: Just for the Record
Question: Complete the sentence: Remind me again, what ... tea tonight?
Answer: Did You Want For
Question: Which of these is a demonstrative adjective?
Answer: Give me that Glass of Water
Question: What is the correct verb form of the noun "conclusion"?
Answer: Conclude
Question: Which word can be used as both a noun and a verb: "record" or "estimate"?
Answer: Record
Question: Fill in the blank: "I am going to _______ my friend's birthday party."
Answer: Attend
Question: Which is the correct word to use in this sentence: "She is _______ of the situation." - aware or beware?
Answer: Aware
Question: Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence: "He went _______ the bridge." - under or through?
Answer: Under
Question: What is the opposite of the word "expand"?
Answer: Contract
Question: Fill in the blank: "I need to _______ this document before submitting it."
Answer: Edit
Question: Which word means "to make amends" or "to compensate": "rectify" or "negate"?
Answer: Rectify
Question: Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: "Please _______ the door when you leave." - shut or open?
Answer: Shut
Question: What is the adjective form of the noun "courage"?
Answer: Courageous
Question: Fill in the blank: "She gave a _______ speech at the conference."
Answer: Memorable
Question: Which word means "to formally give up": "yield" or "obtain"?
Answer: Yield
Question: Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: "He _______ his car in the parking lot." - parked or drove?
Answer: Parked
Question: What is the noun form of the verb "communicate"?
Answer: Communication
Question: Fill in the blank: "I am _______ to see the new movie."
Answer: Excited
Question: Which word means "to make clearer or easier to understand": "elaborate" or "confuse"?
Answer: Elaborate
Question: Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: "I prefer to _______ early in the morning." - exercise or sleep?
Answer: Exercise
Question: What is the adverb form of the adjective "quick"?
Answer: Quickly
Question: Fill in the blank: "The teacher asked the students to _______ their homework."
Answer: Submit
Question: Which word means "to cause to happen" or "to bring about": "facilitate" or "prevent"?
Answer: Facilitate
Miscellaneous English Trivia
Question: What in the adverb in the sentence? The doctor spoke softly while the nurse unwound the bandage carelessly.
Answer: Softly
Question: Change this sentence to be in the second person. She needs to open the letter.
Answer: You need to open the letter
Question: Change this sentence to be in the second person. We got given an ice cream today for our good behaviour.
Answer: You got given an ice cream today for your good behaviour
Question: Change this sentence to be in the third person. As soon as I drank my coffee, I started working.
Answer: As soon as she drank her coffee, she started working
Question: Change this sentence to be in the first person. She felt herself getting colder.
Answer: I felt myself getting colder
Question: Change this sentence to be in the first person. She really enjoys reading in her garden.
Answer: I really enjoy reading in my garden
Question: Complete the following sentence '... is only one type of cereal she eats'.
Answer: There's
Question: Complete the following sentence 'The beach in the evening was a heavenly...'.
Answer: Sight
Question: Complete the following sentence '... touch the hot pan!'
Answer: Don't
Question: Identify the subject in the following 'active voice' sentence. A while ago, a little girl took her sheep up a hill.
Answer: Girl
Question: What is the purpose of a film review?
Answer: For the film critic to convey their opinion and highlight key parts of the film
Question: Which of the following sentences contains a modal verb?
Answer: We should go horse riding
Question: Which sentence has the correct punctuation?
Answer: I had so much fun!
Question: Which word is in the past tense?
Answer: Walked