TeachersFirst's Middle School Brain Twisters
Week of February 20, 2020
1.Which verb has an incorrect past participle?
- see, saw, seen
- look, looked, looked
- fly, flew, flown
- eat, ate, eaten
- lie, lay, lied
2.Which does not belong?
- Volt
- Ohm
- Watt
- Kelvin
- Ampere
3.Which does not belong?
- Lindbergh
- Prohibition
- Ragtime
- New Deal
- Flappers
4.My sweetheart is the most beautiful ever. She sings sweetly so softly while sipping soda. Her hair like spaghetti falls in a pile on the chair. She swishes her dress as she spins. Which figure of speech does this paragraph NOT use?
- Onomatopoeia
- Alliteration
- Hyperbole
- Simile
- Oxymoron
5.Which pair of elements falls in the same column on the periodic table?
- iron and sodium
- carbon and silver
- hydrogen and sulfur
- calcium and nitrogen
- helium and neon
6.The Greek goddess Athena was born:
- out of a volcano
- out of her father's head
- out of Mt. Olympus
- out of a snake's mouth
- out of a clam shell
7.Fifty-five percent of the school is female. There are 540 boys at the school. What is the total number of students?
- 1050
- 1000
- 1500
- 950
- 1200
8.The land form consisting of marsh and lowlands at the mouth of the Mississippi is called a(n):
- swamp
- arroyo
- delta
- flood plain
- biome
9.Which story element always comes near the beginning?
- Resolution
- Climax
- Initiating conflict
- Rising action
- Characterization
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