FUN ENGLISH GAME for Key stages 3 & 4learners of

FUN ENGLISH GAME for Key stages 3 & 4

1. [email protected] PART ONE Grammar Challenge

2. The Th (a) Noun (b) Article (c) Verb (d) Adjective Spot the odd item from the list below. B 1

3. The Th Replaces names of people. Helps to identify items, through naming. Describes the qualities that things/people/animals have. Connects the words we use in language. A noun does which of these? B 2

4. The Th (a) Concrete noun (b) Collective noun (c) Proper noun (d) Abstract noun “We won the trophy as a result of teamwork .” What kind of noun is ‘ teamwork ’? D 3

5. The Th (a) A forest of trees (b) A bouquet of flowers (c) A house of commotion (d) A fleet of ships Which of these is not a correct example of collective noun ? C 4

6. The Th (a) Past (b) Punch (c) Sleep (d) Fast Which of these words can function as a noun , a verb , an adjective , and an adverb ? D 5

7. The Th (a) Necessity (b) Necessarily (c) Necessitate (d) Unnecessary ‘ Necessary ’ is an adjective. When changed to a noun , what does it become? A 6

8. The Th Nouns change to adjectives Adjectives change to nouns Adverbs change to verbs Pronouns change adverbs When ‘ happy ’ changes to ‘ happiness ’ and ‘ dangerous ’ changes to ‘ danger ’, which of these must have happened? B 7

9. The Th (a) Sustainable (b) Sustain (c) Sustaining (d) Sustenance ‘ Sustain ’ is a verb but when it changes to a noun , it will be D 8

10. The Th (a) punch, punched (b) punches, punch (c) punched, punched (d) punched, punch Because he ___ my little sister on the nose, I retaliated with a ____ on his face. D 9

11. The Th (a) go, dance, sweep (b) it, is, was (c) we, I, me (d) girl, boy, people Add the appropriate words to this series, based on the sameness of class: she, he, they, them, ___, ___, ___ C 10

12. The Th (a) accelerated (b) exacerbated (c) decelerated (d) interrogated Because of the raging Coronavirus pandemic, general activities in Africa and the rest of world have __________ . C 11

13. The Th (a) None (b) Neither (c) Either (d) Both ______ of my five friends attended my piano recital. A 12

14. The Th passed away The rich couple adopted the siblings The rich couple whose parents recently passed away “The rich couple adopted the siblings whose parents recently passed away.” Which of the following expressions from the sentence above is an adjectival clause ? D 13

15. The Th celebrated triumphed defeated played Watford ____________ over the seemingly invincible Liverpool team in their last match. B 14

16. The Th disdain agony euphoria ovation Clara is full of admiration for Lena but she treats me with ____ A 15

17. [email protected] PART TWO Literature & Figurative Language

18. … allusion personification simile exaggeration “The furious breeze made the flame on the wick of the burning candle lick the wax, and made the candle’s life quicken to its end.” What device is used in this expression? 16 B

19. … climax nostalgia suspense resolution In the plot development of a story, conflict provokes which of these? 17 C

20. … aabbcc ababcd abcabc abacbc The rhyme scheme in the poem is _____ 18 A The Christmas bells are jingling loud The young, the old all look so proud The earth is filled with the Christmas hymn Sung here and there in praising him Jesus Christ son of Great Mary Reason for this seasonal merry

21. … foreshadowing & flashback emphasis & rhetorical questions prologue & epilogue chorus Which of these devices do writers use for transitioning forward and backward within a story? 19 A

22. … aside epilogue monologue soliloquy A speech in a play in which a character speaks his or her thoughts alone is called _____ 20 D

23. [email protected] PART THRE Words Commonly Confused

24. The Th (a) ultra (b) alter (c) altar (d) ulterior Which of these words means “a holy table in a church or temple?” C 21

25. The Th (a) breaks (b) brakes (c) breeks (d) Greek A serious accident was avoided only because the driver promptly applied the _______ . B 22

26. The Th (a) fritter (b) farther (c) further (d) father The admission office is asking for ________ evidence to be sent from my previous school. C 23

27. The Th (a) sored (b) soared (c) soured (d) sawed The eagle _________ so high in the sky. B 24

28. The Th (a) bier (b) beer (c) bear (d) bare The body of the late Kung fu master lay on the _____ as the family waited for it to be cremated. A 25

29. The Th (a) sight (b) site (c) scythe (d) cite Ms. Chika insists we must ____ examples when answering questions in History. D 26

30. The Th (a) quite (b) quiet (c) quit (d) quack Dame returned home to a very ______ house and she was pleasantly surprised. B 27

31. The Th (a) station (b) stationary (c) stationery (d) statute How do you intend to function well in school if you don’t come with your ______? C 28

32. The Th (a) wright (b) write (c) rite (d) right Sophocles was a famous Greek play______ who wrote many tragedies in his lifetime. A 29

33. The Th (a) welder (b) weather (c) either (d) whether He wants to know ________ it will rain today before he sets out for the journey. D 30

34. [email protected] PART FOUR English Words of Foreign Origin

35. The Th (a) German (b) French (c) Arabic (d) Latin What’s the origin of these English words? catalogue, essence, gourmet, justice, massage, perfume, regret, terror B 31

36. The Th (a) Italian (b) Greek (c) Spanish (d) Hindi What’s the origin of these English words? alarm, cantaloupe, pizza, ballot, spaghetti, pesto. A 32

37. The Th (a) Spanish (b) Scandinavian (c) Syria (d) South Africa What’s the origin of these English words? Skin, skill, skull, knight, knife, saga, scare, kindle, sky. B 33

38. The Th (a) Hindu (b) Arabic (c) Japanese (d) Latin What’s the origin of these English words? emoji, tycoon, haiku, anime, karaoke, sunami, origami C 34

39. The Th (a) African (b) Spanish (c) French (d) German What’s the origin of these English words? Alligator, barbecue, chocolate, cafeteria, hacienda, fiesta, cocoa. B 35

40. The Th (a) Welsh (b) Portuguese (c) Arabic (d) Hausa What’s the origin of these English words? Alcohol, safari, algebra, coffee, sofa, sugar, candy, cotton, mattress. C 36

41. The Th (a) African (b) Spanish (c) German (d) French What’s the origin of these English words? Genre, entrepreneur, cafe, beret, utensil, money, chauffeur, premiere. D 37

42. The Th (a) Polish (b) Spanish (c) South Africa (d) Dutch What’s the origin of these English words? easel, landscape, sketch, booze, coleslaw, cookie, gin D 38

43. The Th (a) Scottish (b) Latin (c) French (d) Danish What’s the origin of these English words? agriculture, language, justice, science, forum, circus, opium, religion . B 39

44. The Th (a) Hindi (b) Yoruba (c) German (d) Spanish What’s the origin of these English words? Verandah, jungle, bandana, juggernaut, cashmere, thug A 40

45. [email protected] PART FIVE DEFINITIONAL QUIZ (English Vocabulary)

46. The Th (a) arthritis (b) tonsillitis (c) hepatitis (d) diabetes A serious condition in which a person's joints become painful, swollen and stiff is called ____ A 41

47. The Th (a) Play station (b) Trademark (c) Signature tune (d) Web address A name, symbol or design that a company uses for its products and that cannot be used by anyone else is called ______ B 42

48. The Th (a) rubbish (b) garbage (c) gibberish (d) garnish Spoken or written words which are nonsense and have no meaning are called ______ C 43

49. The Th (a) pilgrimage (b) adventure (c) picnic (d) jamboree A large organized event which many people go to, or a busy, noisy occasion or period. D 44

50. The Th (a) abominable (b) indomitable (c) incorrigible (d) indescribable Something that is extremely unpleasant and causing disgust is described as ___ A 45

51. The Th (a) barn (b) arsenal (c) artillery (d) commando A building where military weapons and explosives are made or stored is called ____ B 46

52. The Th (a) ambience (b) hiatus (c) encomium (d) detour A short pause in which nothing happens or is said, or a space where something is missing B 47

53. The Th (a) extricate (b) irrigate (c) bifurcate (d) arrogate When roads, rivers, branch or divide into two parts. C 48

54. The Th (a) endurance (b) longevity (c) ingenuity (d) ageing The state of living for a long time is ______ B 49

55. The Th (a) insolence (b) indolence (c) immunity (d) regurgitation The state of not wanting to work but wanting to laze around is ____ B 50

56. The Th (a) wright (b) write (c) rite (d) right Sophocles was a famous Greek play______ who wrote many tragedies in his lifetime. A 52

57. The Th (a) welder (b) weather (c) either (d) whether He wants to know ________ it will rain today before he sets out for the journey. D 53