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Ready-to-Use Games & Activities That
Make Language Skills Fun to Learn
JACK UMSTATTER
ENGLISH BRAINSTORMERS!
Ready-to-Use Games
and Activities That Make
Language Skills Fun to Learn
Jack Umstatter
illustrated by Maureen Umstatter
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DEDICATION
Dedicated, once again, to Chris, Kate, and Maureen — with love
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special thanks to my daughter Maureen for her artistic talents in illustrating yet another
book!
Again, I appreciate the many hours of help extended by my wife, Chris, throughout this
writing.
Thanks to my daughter Kate for her continued inspiration.
My sincere thanks to my editor, Bernice Golden, for her knowledge and guidance
during this writing process.
For my good friend Tom Hall, I thank you for your expertise and efforts in forming the
critical-thinking activities.
My appreciation also extends to former students, Kira Licata and Nora McGeough, for
their writings found in activities 163 and 164.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jack Umstatter has taught English on both the junior high school and senior high school
levels since 1972. He has also taught Education at Dowling College in Oakdale, New York,
for the past twelve years. Mr. Umstatter currently teaches English in the Cold Spring Harbor
School District on Long Island.
Mr. Umstatter graduated from Manhattan College with a B.A. in English and completed
his M.A. in English at S.U.N.Y-Stony Brook. He earned his Educational Administration
degree at Long Island University.
Selected Teacher of the Year several times, Mr. Umstatter was also elected to Who's Who
Among America's Teachers. Most recently, he has appeared in Contemporary Authors. Mr.
Umstatter has taught all levels of secondary English classes including the Honors and
Advanced Placement classes. As coach of the high school's academic team, the
Brainstormers, he led the team in capturing the Long Island and New York State
championships when competing in the American Scholastic Competition Network National
Tournament of Champions in Lake Forest, Illinois. His teams have recently competed in the
Questions Unlimited National Academic Championships in New Orleans and Los Angeles.
Mr. Umstatter's other publications include Hooked on Literature! (1994), 201 Ready-to-Use
Word Games for the English Classroom (1994), Brain Games! (1996), Hooked on English! (1997), the
six-volume Writing Skills Curriculum Library (1999), and Grammar Grabbers! (2000), all
published by Jossey-Bass. He also wrote Where Words Come From (2002), published by
Franklin Watts, a division of Scholastic/Grolier Publishers.
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ABOUT THI5 RESOURCE
Lately, we teachers have been bombarded with educational terminology such as "The State
Standards," "Learning Assessments," "Academic Intervention Services," and "Competency
Evaluation." Yes, the new standards are probably necessary for some students for a number
of reasons. Yes, students who are not performing up to a specific standard should be given
remediation. Few would argue against either. Yet, through all of these assessments and
evaluations, many teachers confess that the joy of teaching, the "fun in the classroom," has
been slowly disappearing. Instead, pressure and stress for both you and your students have
appeared. How often have you heard, or even said it yourself, "There is little time for
anything other than preparing my students for all these assessments!"? In a nutshell, we
need to make learning fun again — both for ourselves as teachers and, more importantly, for
our kids as learners.
Plain and simple: Students love fun activities. Because of the many and varied skills
that we are asked to teach our students each day, the classroom is an ideal place to
incorporate fun activities to introduce and review the various language arts skills including
grammar, mechanics, word development, vocabulary, research, critical thinking, and creative
writing, to name just a few.
Fun involvement — what a wonderful way to achieve classroom goals and improve
language arts skills at the same time! Will our students' test scores suffer because we include
some games and other enjoyable and worthwhile activities in our curriculum? No! Studies
support the fact that students retain more when they are actively involved or have "hands
on" in the learning process. Through such activities, students will certainly absorb more
information as they learn, review, and retain concepts in your classroom. Plus, they will be
enjoying themselves at the same time! What a great combination!
The 181 entertaining activities in English Brainstormers! will make your students' time in
the classroom informative, enjoyable, and entertaining. Students will look forward to these
creative, ready-to-use, classroom-tested activities. These learning activities can function as
introductions, reinforcements, or homework assignments. They can be used as individual,
group, or whole-class activities. Many of these activities will serve as time-fillers or extra-
credit assignments. Formatted as crosswords, word finds, riddles, magic squares, word
generators, jumbles, and more, these learning activities will motivate your students to think
more astutely and want to do their best in the process.
The resource is divided into seven sections, as follows:
• Section One, "This Is Not Your Grandma's Grammar," includes 29 activities designed
to review and reinforce parts of speech, verbals, phrases, clauses, sentences, spelling,
diction, syntax, mechanics, and plurals.
• Vocabulary, prefixes, roots, suffixes, word construction, synonyms, antonyms, word
and phrase etymologies, and word recognition comprise the 29 activities in Section
Two, "Playing with Words." Students will become more word curious, "word wise,"
and more confident in their everyday writing and speech.
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• The 26 activities in the third section, "Getting Set for the Standards," will help your
students become more versatile and intelligent learners and test-takers. These
activities include work with synonyms, quotes, topic sentences, essays, word
expressions, spelling, vocabulary, the cloze method of reading, and mechanics.
Students will also perform tasks similar to those found on typical standardized tests.
• In the fourth section, "Really Writing and Really Discussing," students will work on
the 24 activities that include poetry interpretation, literary and character analysis,
creative thinking, idioms, expository writing, creative story writing, and discussion.
Here they will compare their views on many interesting topics and issues. An
examination of the techniques and styles of various writers is also found in this
section.
• Section Five, "Critical Thinking Is Critical!" presents 25 activities designed to
improve students' critical-thinking skills. Exercises involving word origins, word
play, spoonerisms, imagination, logic application, character analysis, examining
evidence, associative thinking, creative thinking, and other interesting real-world
applications are found within this section.
• The sixth section, "Researching and Remembering," incorporates many of the
concepts and tasks necessary to write reports and deliver speeches on various topics.
Grouping pieces of biographical, literary, historical, or geographical information,
researching elements of the English language, comparing and contrasting different
literary genres, working with quotations, finding information about famous people,
and assessing a literary situation are just some of the 23 games and activities that
your students will enjoy here.
• "You Are Special!" is the concluding section. Many of these 25 activities focus on the
students and the world around them. Whether it is a personal inventory exercise, a
descriptive personal writing, an autobiographical sketch, a "most important
moments" list, an evaluation of various literary characters, a personal decision-
making activity, or a look at what the students think about themselves and others,
these activities are designed to make your students think more maturely and
insightfully as they assess the world around them.
It was William Butler Yeats who said, "Education is not filling a pail, but lighting a fire."
You will light that fire, and your students will be filled with enthusiasm as they do these
activities. I know. My students do. Yours will, too. Enjoy!
Jack Umstatter
Section One
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1. SCAN, SORT, AND EARN
At least 35 present or past tense verbs can be found in this puzzle. Scan, sort, and earn are
three such words. The letters of each word must be in a box either adjacent to or diagonal
to each other. Though the same letter can be used twice in a word, no letter can be used
consecutively. You must move from one letter to another. Write your words on another
sheet of paper. Each word is worth 1 point. So scan the puzzle, sort the letters, and earn
your points!
K
0
S
C
A
R
0
H
R
N
T
D
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A
T
E
1
B
L
K
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2. UNKING IT UP
The 25 verbs and verb phrases listed below can be found forward, backward, or diagonally
in this word-find puzzle. Some phrases contain a single word, while others contain two or
even three words. Find the verbs and phrases in the puzzle and circle them. Then, on
another sheet of paper, use any 15 of your circled answers in 15 sentences you compose.
c a n b e d
s r
g m n e I
k w e
n q b
r e a p p e
m b w w I t
a r
m e
h
a
v h r u e z
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m i
c s j I
s t s I
i o o s p m d
I u o a m a b
p s w u
y h n m
h a q b
m v k t
x e b b
s b d v
h e b e
d e c b
b n k q
v c m d
a I s n
I v w j
I d k h
s k b I
m j we
r x q p
come
p t p c
z g x t
z z x y
z a e a
w y e h
t m m s
d a w h
y y p I
v b c r
I e j v
h w g g
q v m k
m j h y
b
e
h
q
v
s
f
P
j
I k t I
d b c b
h q v r
a s b e
v j m f
e d h x
b h x r
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n c j d
n
x
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z
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am
have been
sound
appear
is
stay
are
look
taste
become
maybe
was
can be
remain
were
feel
seem
will be
grow
shall be
would have been
had been
should be
has been
smell
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3. LISTEN TO YOURSELF
Your ears (and those of your teacher and classmates) are very important in this activity
Why? You are asked to name nouns, verbs (present tense only), and adjectives. Sounds easy
so far, doesn't it? The key here is that you must name them according to the number of
syllables in the word. Thus, if you are asked for a one-syllable noun, cat is fine. A three-
syllable verb? Minimize. A four-syllable adjective? Intelligent. Use your dictionary or
thesaurus if necessary So listen to yourself, and have a good time!
Name:
4 one-syllable nouns
4 one-syllable verbs
4 one-syllable adjectives
Name:
4 two-syllable nouns
4 two-syllable verbs
4 two-syllable adjectives
Name:
4 three-syllable nouns _
4 three-syllable verbs
4 three-syllable adjectives
Name:
4 four-syllable nouns
4 four-syllable verbs
4 four-syllable adjectives
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4. ADJECTIVE HUNT
You have 2 minutes to circle the 25 adjectives in these columns. Score 4 points for each
correct answer. Who will score the highest? Perhaps you will. Good luck!
along
hiss
really
answers
impressive
recently
apostrophe
independent
reliable
apprehensive
interesting
restore
because
large
scent
bigger
last
sentence
biographical
lost
similar
comma
manliness
soft
conclusive
masterful
soluble
controversial
meaning
someone
definitive
neighbor
statement
effort
occasion
strong
everyone
orderly
supplementary
fraction
past
sweltering
furthermore
poetry
voluntarily
gobble
pronounced
voluntary
guiding
punctuate
Score: points
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5. MOVE IT ON!
The object of the game is simple: You just have to MOVE IT ON! In the appropriate column,
write words that fit the description; however, you must start the next word in the column
with the last letter of the previous word. For example, for "4-letter verbs," an appropriate
sequence of words would be grow, want, take, etch, haul, lend, drip, prod, deal, loan, and so
forth. No word can be repeated in any column. Your teacher will decide whether "Move It
On!" will be played as a class or individually. Either way, have fun!
5-letter verbs
3-letter adjectives
3-letter verbs
5-letter adjectives
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6. VERBS AND PRONOUNS GALORE!
Draw a circle around 10 verbs and a box around 10 pronouns in the list below. Each correct
answer is worth 5 points. Write your score in the space below.
affections
false
kick
ode
solidarity
anxiety
firmness
main
ourselves
species
are
fix
maltreat
psalm
stand
author
fortitude
manhood
punishment
stereotype
before
gallantry
melt
quite
them
begin
had
mine
quotations
tremor
consonance
he
myself
reality
varying
couplet
1
nobody
seize
way
definitions
interpretation
none
several
whole
each
irately
octagon
since
zoology
Score: points
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7. AND THE OTHERS?
The word down can be used as five different parts of speech, which might be the record! Here
is your chance to show what other words might (or might not) give down some competition.
At least one part of speech is given for each word below. Your job is to give the word's other
parts of speech. Write your answers after the word. Although three lines are provided for
each word, you might not have to use all of them. Hint: For one of these words, you will
have to use an additional line because it, like down, can be used as five parts of speech.
1. mess (verb): noun
2. even ( adjective ):
3. close {noun):
4. right {verb):
5. spirit {noun):
6. turn {verb):
7. register {verb):
8. set ( verb)
9. grass {noun):
10. lead {verb):
11. friend (noun):
12. head {verb):
13. contact {noun):
14. hit {adjective):
15. plane {adjective):
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3. PROBING FOR PRONOUNS
Each of the 24 answers to this crossword puzzle contains a pronoun. For example, the
answer to 2 Across, gone, contains the pronoun one. Write the answers to these clues and
circle the pronoun in each answer. The first letter of each answer has been filled in for you.
Enjoy probing for these other 23 pronouns.
1
2
3
5
■
■
■
■
■
■
6
■
■
■
7
8
■
9
■
■
■
■
■
10
11
■
12 ;
■
■
13
■
■
■
■
■
■
■
1
■
16
■
17
18
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0. PROBING FOR PRONOUNS (continued)
Across
2. wedge-shaped piece of wood used
for filling a space
4. overwhelming
7. type of park or song
11. to perceive through the ears
13. nonsensical
17. a nobody
18. cereal grass
Down
1. vehicle
2. storage unit
3. opposite of out
5. dry's opposite
6. fruit
8. sixty minutes
9. damp
10. time deadline
12. nearly
14. friend
15. in an unkind way
16. capable
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9. PLENTY OF PREPOSITIONS
Here are 20 prepositions for you to unscramble. Several letters have been filled in. You are to
fill in the other letters for each preposition. Use the Letter Substitution Code below. (Note
that the letters J, K, Q, X, Y, and Z are not used in the code.)
1 .
2 .
3.
4.
5.
6 .
7.
8 .
9.
10 .
11 .
12 .
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20 .
RARDCEH = A GA
TPVS = _ V
MVBTN =
FTNC =
MVUTSV =
DCHT =
WREH = A
RMTPV = A V_
TU =
RMTIH = A
ICFVS =
MVODCF =
RH = A
FISDCA = G
USTL =
NDHO =
RUHVS= A
UTS =
HOSTIAOTIH = G _
RGSTEE = A
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Letter Substitution Code
Code:
Real :
ABCDEFGHILMNOPRSTUVW
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10. IT’S ALL IN THE FAMILY
Each of the 30 words hidden in this word-find puzzle is all from the same family of words.
They are all prepositions! These 30 words can be found backward, forward, diagonally, and
vertically Circle the 30 prepositions.
aboveuponhzcxaboar dw
krkt I pj kshoffamonghv
xmj t bwqmnndct azf msch
hnxxmcsscj wj bhndrscy
t dmwhhvezbvohxoj bot r
aohbi i ryvuuxtknerrmw
el wsi nceyt ami dt pecxe
nl fai ssbryzpwwodgasj
erqnr I ni mzbt ef i mat dq
bagpf ddbdqvebsgzr hbf
I eht snywcenbel owdrxq
mnf f uwj j knnbyqj wi owd
ppnoj opi hhdhowsxnuyt
vert rdl dszfvnqyqggzt
bapf regt I wgndhmykhyz
aboard
around
beyond
from
regarding
about
before
but
in
since
above
below
by
inside
through
across
beneath
concerning
like
toward
amid
beside
down
near
upon
among
between
except
onto
with
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11. SEEING ALLITERATIVELY
Let's take an imaginary trip. The rules are simple. Next to each letter, write a two-word
phrase that has both words starting with that letter and each word having at least 5 letters.
You must be able to "see" what the phrase describes. For example, you could write agile
antelope for the letter A. Be sure to use an adjective followed by a noun.
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12. HOW VERSATILE ARE THESE WORDS?
Each of the ten words below can function as at least one part of speech. How many can
function as two, three, or more? Circle the two-letter combination next to each part of
speech that the word can be. Then write the two-letter combinations in order on the line at
the bottom of the page. If your answers are correct, you will have answered the riddle.
Good luck!
1. down: (ON) preposition, (TO) pronoun, (EW) adverb, (IS) conjunction, (AT) adjective,
(CH) verb, (ES) noun
2. happy: (RE) noun, (ST) verb, (00) preposition, (CE) adjective
3. rejoiced: (TR) adjective, (EE) adverb, (LL) verb
4. snowy: (PO,) verb, (S,) adjective, (T,) noun
5. run: (AN) adjective, (DT) noun, (ER) adverb, (ST) conjunction, (HE) verb
6. immature: (OT) adjective, (LT) adverb, (NN) noun
7. light: (EE) conjunction, (HE) adjective, (RS) verb, (EL) noun, (SS) preposition
8. part: (UR) interjection, (IE) adverb, (LS) verb, (WA) noun
9. outline: (TC) noun, (HE) verb, (SE) adjective, (00) adverb
10. fantastic: (S!) adjective, (T!) adverb, (R!) noun
The riddle: What is the difference between a prison guard and a jeweler?
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13. GRAMMAR TERMS ON PARADE
Match the underlined words with their grammatical names found below the paragraph. Use
each term and each underlined portion only once per reading selection.
Selection One:
"Now her departure for Bettsbridge had once more eased his mind, and all his thoughts
were on the prospect of his evening with Mattie. Only one thing weighed on him, and that
was having told Zeena that he was to receive the cash for the lumber. He foresaw so clearly
the consequences of this imprudence that with considerable reluctance he decided to ask
Andrew Hale for a small advance on his loan." From Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Adjective phrase
Verb phrase
Adverb
Adverb phrase
Consecutive adverbs
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Selection Two:
"Back in the days when everyone was old or stupid or young and foolish and me and Sugar
were the only ones just right, this lady moved on our block with nappy hair and proper
speech and no makeup." From "The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara
Adverb phrase
Adverb
Conjunction
Pronoun/adjective
Adjective
Clause
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14. PARTS-OF-SPEECH MAGIC SQUARE
Match each word in Group A with its description in Group B. Each word is used only once.
Write the correct number in the correct square. If your answers are correct, all columns, rows,
and the two diagonals add up to the same number. One has been given to help you get
started.
A =
B = 16
C =
D =
F =
G =
H =
1 =
E =
J =
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14. PARTS-OF-SPEECH MAGIC SQUARE (continued)
Group A
A. who
F. informative
K. swell
P. deer
U. very
B. schoolhouse
G. radar
L. down
Q. should
V. set
C. Detroit
H. wider
M. into
R. it
W. we
D. read
I. mine
N. and
S. tallest
X. myself
E. jury
J. hah
O. can't
T. name
Y. went
Group B
1. neuter pronoun
2. present and past tense verb
3. contraction
4. adverb
5. palindromic noun
6. verb, adjective, and noun
7. noun and present, past, and past
participle verb form
8. comparative adjective form
9. superlative adjective form
10. collective noun
11. noun, verb, and possessive pronoun
12. verb and noun
13. interrogative pronoun
14. noun, verb, adjective, adverb, and preposition
15. plural pronoun
16. compound noun
17. preposition
18. reflexive pronoun
19. interjection
20. singular and plural noun
21. past tense of the verb "go"
22. adjective
23. helping verb
24. proper noun
25. conjunction
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15. HIDDEN COUNTRIES
Fill in the missing letters of the 20 countries listed below. On the line next to the country,
write the part of speech of the word formed from the given bold letters.
1 .
RAN
2.
GERM
3.
LAND
4.
GENT
5.
CAME
6.
_ P A 1 N
7.
IT
8.
K EY
9.
F 1 N
10.
HUNG
11.
TAN
12.
GAP
13.
COT
14.
AND
15.
_ H A D
16.
DEN
17.
1 R E
18.
O R
19.
CAR
20.
RAG
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16. VERBALLY SPEAKING
Tell whether each sentence contains a gerund (G), participle (P), or infinitive (I) phrase. Each
type of verbal appears five times. To check your answers, know that the numbers of each
type of verbal add up to 40.
1. That group wanted to share the duties.
2. To dream about the unknown was one of his most enjoyable activities.
3. Telling the truth has always been very important to him.
4. The pitcher, distracted by the opposition’s verbal taunts, was erratic.
5. We heard the bell ringing in the corridor.
6. I cannot stand the banging on the tiles.
7. Painted by the renowned artist, the new mural created quite a controversy.
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8. Efficient planning should be one of the committee’s goals.
9. The mountain goat, carefully working his way down the hill, was spotted by the
farmer.
10. None of the movie directors volunteered to speak at the festival.
11. Acknowledging Henry’s group was the principal’s goal.
12. Skiing in the Alps is a great experience.
13. Regina loved to visit her relatives in Belgium.
14. You need to familiarize yourself with the new systems.
15. Reeling from the hit, the football player felt quite dizzy for a few minutes.
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17. 25 WITH 4 HAVE 2
Strange title? Not when you consider that these 25 words with 4 letters have 2 definitions!
Match each word from Group A with its correct definition from Group B. Write the number
in the magic square's appropriate box. If your answers are correct, all rows, columns, and the
two diagonals will add up to the same number. One has been given to help you get started.
Have fun!
A =
B = 10
c =
D =
E =
F =
G =
H =
1 =
J =
K =
L =
M =
N =
0 =
P =
Q =
R =
S =
T =
U =
V =
W =
X =
Y =
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17. 25 WITH 4 HAVE 2 (continued)
Group A
A.
dash
F. host
K. hand
P.
post
U.
wind
B.
cube
G. duck
L. well
Q-
will
V.
rest
C.
slip
H. fine
M. form
R.
down
W.
head
D.
crab
I. cape
N. wake
S.
coin
X.
bond
E.
nose
J. chop
O. lean
T.
fall
Y.
junk
Group B
1. run quickly; punctuation mark
2. boss; most important
3. season; collapse
4. hole in the ground used to tap an underground supply of water; in good health
5. piece of land projecting out into the water; sleeveless outer garment
6. join together; duty or obligation
7. position; piece of wood or metal used to support a fence
8. shape or outline; organize into
9. slice of lamb; cut with an ax
10. six-sided solid; to raise to the third power
11. penalty; in good health
12. body part; beat by a small margin
13. remainder; relax
14. invent or devise; round piece of metal used as currency
15. body part; group of bananas
16. determination; desire or purpose
17. come out of a sleep; trail left by a boat
18. multitude; innkeeper
19. go quietly or secretly; woman's undergarment
20. flat-bottomed Chinese or Japanese ship; garbage
21. incline; slender
22. small waterfowl; avoid
23. complain; sea creature
24. air in motion; turn
25. soft, fluffy feathers; gulp or eat greedily
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13. FIRST NAMES ONLY
There are very few people who are recognizable by their first name only Thus, if you said
Bob or Michelle, there could be many people who have that as a first name. Yet, if your
answers are correct in this activity, you will spell out the first names of 2 men and 2 women
who are known primarily by only their first names. Write each answer's correct letter in the
appropriate space. The consecutive letters will spell out these four famous first names.
1. The operator had (P) begun (Q) began to place the call.
2. One of the bells (E) rang (F) rung last night at midnight.
3. Each of her children had (K) swam (L) swum in that meet.
4. I had (D) saw (E) seen how they make glass containers at the museum.
5. Had you (M) known (N) knew that bit of information?
6. When did the shirt (A) shrink (B) shrunk so badly?
7. Some musicians had (C) took (D) taken their instruments back to the bus.
8. (O) Mike and he (N) Mike and him were chosen to represent this county.
9. Neither of the players (M) were (N) was on the ballot.
10. (N) We (O) Us drivers need to have better working conditions.
1 1 . Yogi was (Z) more short (A) shorter than his older brother.
12. The program started off (E) well (F) good.
13. My dad felt (K) uncertainly (L) uncertain about the decision they made.
14. The ministers speak (U) clear (V) clearly during their sermons.
15. Most of the wires were (H) lain (I) laid by those workers yesterday.
16. All of the pictures had (S) fallen (T) fell because of yesterday’s humidity.
17. When did the ship (B) sank (C) sink?
18. Every one of the rules (G) were (H) was followed well by the students.
19. The Three Musketeers (D) were (E) was written many years ago.
20. The comedy team of Burns and Allen (Q) were (R) was popular in the 1950s.
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19. SPELLING THE PLURALS
Write the correct plural of each of these 24 words below in the correct space within the
crossword puzzle. Good luck!
Across
Down
2. die
14. stimulus
1. goose
11. spoonful
6. crisis
16. ox
2. deer
12. louse
8. bacterium
19. shelf
3. child
13. echo
9. loaf
20. passerby
4. radius
15. tooth
10. donkey
21. mouthful
5. mouse
17. piano
12. life
7. roof
18. fly
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20. MISSPELLINGS
The words listed are misspelled. Spell each misspelled word correctly by writing the answers
in the appropriate spaces.
Across
Down
1. forein
10. Wendesday
1. formirely
11. dilima
2. priviledge
13. voluntier
3. rhime
12. sepirite
4. curteous
16. comuni ty
7. temporment
14. acktuel
5. higene
17. innferred
8. anounse
15. kwaint
6. attendence
18. instence
9. commision
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21. FIX UP THESE 20 MISSPELLINGS
The problem here is that there are 20 words (all misspelled) in this word-find puzzle. Circle
the "nearly correctly" spelled words and then write the correct spellings on the lines below.
Enjoy!
f I s
r d n
nee
t o m
w p i
g o h
pan
k r x
x t w
w i n
z s r
y t d
q i b
q c j
I k s
x r y
ebb
z g x
v s b
e i t
s b d
q e e
d d y
w a t
q I f
b x d
w c s
j w v
t j r
p v b
q t k
m d h
a v g
I w n
i k k
n z k
e t a
r y a
n m I
i w b
u t z
j I I
m v r
p o e
f p p
f
w
b
s
u
i
r
a
v
z
u
m
r
m
r
z
s
k
g
i
i
t
g
X
f
a
c
q
b
a
s
P
q
v
P
y
n
d
t
I
i
j
t
a
b
t e n n x
p n w s n
v i x h r
k c h m s
s e g g r
w d r v s
n e c n o
a m e r o
y v e I g
e s u z n
d m y d s
f f d q I
v c m o j
r a s s s
a b I y r
I t t
e r b
g a n
a n I
r s r
u e d
c n c
s t q
i I m
d m I
e g s
I I q
b v w
m n c
x I y
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22. GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS
Only one sentence in each group is punctuated correctly. Circle the letter of each correct
sentence. Be ready to explain why you selected each sentence.
1. (A) Brenda, loves to cook, and is very good at it. (B) Brenda loves to cook and she is
very good at it. (C) Brenda, who likes to cook, serves delicious dishes.
2. (A) Andre Agassi, the tennis player and new father is a friendly man. (B) Manhattan
College, the home of the Jaspers, is former mayor Rudy Giuliani’s alma mater.
(C) Arthur Miller, the author of The Crucible was once married to Marilyn Monroe.
3. (A) During the second inning of the game the crowd erupted in applause. (B) The
crowd erupted in applause, during the second inning of the game. (C) During the
second inning of the game, the crowd erupted in applause.
4. (A) They will however open the doors an hour before the concert. (B) They will
however, open the doors an hour before the concert. (C) They will, however, open the
doors an hour before the concert.
5. (A) She loves to sing “Hey Jude”. (B) She loves to sing “Hey Jude.” (C) She loves to
sing Hey Jude.
6. (A) “Do you think that Millicent will go to the Junior-Senior Prom with Sylvester?”
Anthony asked Paul. (B) “Do you think that Millicent will go to the Junior-Senior Prom
with Sylvester,” Anthony asked Paul? (C) “Do you think, that Millicent will go to the
Junior-Senior Prom with Sylvester?” Anthony asked Paul.
7. (A) As long as you know how to write the essay I will not have to help you. (B) As
long as you know how to write the essay, I will not have to help you. (C) I will not have
to help you, as long as, you know how to write the essay.
8. (A) Each of these novels has their good and bad points. (B) Each of these novels has
its good and bad points. (C) Both of these novels have their good, and bad, points.
9. (A) Henrietta Hornacker is as I see it the one to choose as team captain.
(B) Henrietta Hornacker is, as I see it, the one to choose as team captain.
(C) Henrietta Hornacker, is as I see it, the one to choose as team captain.
10. (A) “Have you read “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens? Millie asked Billy.
(B) “Have you read “A Tale of Two Citied’ by Charles Dickens? Millie asked Billy.
(C) “Have you read A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens?” Millie asked Billy.
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23. THREE ON A MATCH
How well can you put sentences back together? Each sentence below has been broken up
into three parts. Your job is to take one part from each of the three columns and reconstruct
the sentence.
Check your answers by writing the consecutive letters of each column on the lines
below. The first 10 letters (Column One) spell out PALM and WILLOW. The remaining
20 letters should spell the names of f
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