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English Trivia

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the most commonly used letter in the alphabet? 
a)
A
b)
E
c)
I
d)
O
2.
What is the oldest word in the English language?
a)
Town
b)
Water
c)
Church
d)
Fire
3.
________means to help, support, or encourage someone in a criminal act. 
a)
Grok
b)
Apricity
c)
Abet
d)
Eschew
4.
Approximately how many words are added to the English Dictionary every year? 
a)
7,000
b)
2,000
c)
4,000
d)
500
5.
________ means to pretend not to see someone you know when it might be awkward to say hello.
a)
Recognore
b)
Coople
c)
Ignore
d)
Snark 
6.
Mozart ______ more than 600 pieces of music.
a)
writes
b)
wrote
c)
write
d)
was wrote
7.
The window was open and a bird ___________ into the room.
a)
fly
b)
flew
c)
was flew
d)
did fly
8.

Which of the following movies was NOT a book first?

a)

The Notebook

b)

Lord of the Rings

c)

Little Women

d)

Star Wars

9.

Which celebrity shares a name with the wife of Shakespeare?

a)

Anne Hathaway

b)

Meryl Streep

c)

Scarlett Johanson

d)

Blake Lively

10.

The movie 10 Things I Hate About You is loosely based off of what Shakespeare play?

a)

Romeo & Juliet

b)

The Twelfth Night

c)

Taming of the Shrew

d)

Macbeth

11.

The T Swift lyric "You had a one hand feel on the steering wheel, the other on my heart" is what literary device?

a)

Zeugma

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

12.

In T Swift’s song, “Cardigan,” the lyric, “tried to change the ending, Peter losing Wendy" is what literary device?

a)

Zeugma

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Allusion

13.

What book was the movie Easy A (2010) inspired by?

a)

The Great Gatsby

b)

The Scarlet Letter

c)

Grapes of Wrath

d)

Of Mice and Men

14.

How many adaptations of Romeo and Juliet have there been since Shakespeare’s time?

a)

between 2-4

b)

around 15

c)

8

d)

More than 10

15.

The title of the TV reality series Big Brother is an allusion to what novel?

a)

Pride and Prejudice

b)

1984

c)

Fox and the Hound

d)

Little Women

16.

What famous play is the Lion King based off?

a)

Macbeth

b)

Hamlet

c)

Wicked

d)

Phantom of the Opera

17.

In the video game "The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowwind" a city has a "Ministry of Truth" which is a reference to what novel?

a)

A Brave New World

b)

Into the Wild

c)

1984

d)

Animal Farm

18.

The Lumineers have a song called "Ophelia" who is a character in which Shakespeare play?

a)

Taming the Shrew

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Hamlet

d)

Julius Caesar

19.

What is the name of Elsa's sister?

a)

Anna

b)

Olaf

c)

Cinderella

d)

Snow white

20.

What is the pronoun in the sentence?

She received an award.

a)

She

b)

received

c)

an

d)

award

21.

How would you make the following sentence into a compound sentence. The boy was sick. The boy went to the doctor.

a)

so

b)

, so

c)

,

d)

, nor

22.

Which is an antonym of loud?

a)

noisy

b)

quiet

c)

roaring

d)

whisper

23.

Change the noun to a possessive noun.

Ending of the book

a)

book's ending

b)

ending's book

c)

book ending

d)

books ending

24.

Which is the correct way to punctuate the following sentence:

My dad said clean your room.

a)

My dad said, "clean your room."

b)

My dad said "Clean your room"

c)

My dad said, "Clean your room."

d)

My dad said "clean your room."

25.

Complete the sentence with the correct verb.

I have _____________ in the ocean.

a)

swam

b)

swimmed

c)

swim

d)

swum

26.

We are going to ___________________ house for dinner tonight.

a)

there

b)

they're

c)

their

27.

What does the prefix dis mean?

a)

not; opposite of

b)

before

c)

wrong

d)

supporting

28.

Stanzas in poetry are like

a)

lines

b)

paragraphs

c)

the poet

d)

the whole section

29.

__________________________ is the way that two characters act with each other in a story.

a)

setting

b)

interaction

c)

problem

d)

solution

30.

What is a text feature that explains what a picture is showing?

a)

A Map

b)

A Caption

c)

A Timeline

31.

When a narrator uses 'I', 'Me', and 'My', what point of view are they speaking from?

a)

First person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person

32.

True or False: A secondhand account is an account from someone who witnessed an event.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

The reasoning and/or evidence an author uses to support an idea or point is...

a)

Main Idea

b)

Writing Skill

c)

Text Evidence

34.

If a character in a book smiles and laughs, you can make an ___________ that they are happy.

a)

Prediction

b)

Inference

c)

Image

35.

A poem has...

a)

Paragraphs

b)

Stanzas

c)

Complete Sentences always

36.

Drama is...

a)

A play

b)

A poem

c)

A short story

37.

A short story with complete sentences and paragraphs is an example of...

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

c)

Drama

38.

When a narrator uses the word 'you' to talk to the reader, they are using....

a)

First Person POV

b)

Second Person POV

c)

Third Person POV

39.

An example of a visual representation is...

a)

A movie

b)

A poem

c)

A short story

40.

A message about people, life, and the world we live in that the author wants the reader to understand is...

a)

Theme

b)

Dialogue

c)

Prose