English Grammar and Jargon

Question 1

“IN”, THE MIDDLE: Here’s the clue: it’s a synonym for “clue”

Answer 1

hint

Question 2

SYNONYM ROLL: This gymnastics roll sounds like it contains a season

Answer 2

somersault

Question 3

THE SIMPLER 4-LETTER SYNONYM: Bogus or counterfeit

Answer 3

fake

Question 4

SYNONYMS FOR COLD: Vanilla or chocolate, it’s Wendy’s version of a milkshake

Answer 4

a frosty

Question 5

Y, OH Y: Because they mean the same thing, mix and blend are said to be these

Answer 5

synonym

Question 6

GRAMMAR A-Z: P: The building blocks of a sentence are subject and this, what is said of the subject

Answer 6

predicate

Question 7

3rd GRADERS KNOW THIS STUFF: The predicate of a sentence tells what this part is or does

Answer 7

subject

Question 8

GRAMMAR: It’s the predicate in the sentence “The glass is full.”

Answer 8

is full

Question 9

SYNONYMS: It’s an antonym of even and a synonym of peculiar

Answer 9

odd

Question 10

ON WORDS: Both left and wrong are antonyms of this word

Answer 10

right

Question 11

ANTONYMS: It’s just a frown turned upside down

Answer 11

smile

Question 12

ANTONYMS: Its antonyms include soft and easy

Answer 12

hard

Question 13

ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES: That loop on a needle

Answer 13

eye

Question 14

ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES: To be under obligation to repay something

Answer 14

owe

Question 15

ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES: A noisy bird

Answer 15

jay

Question 16

ALPHABET HOMOPHONES: In Romania they say “da”, in Japan, “hai”, and in Panama, this

Answer 16

si

Question 17

ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES: In song it’s “a drink with jam and bread”

Answer 17

tea

Question 18

HOMONYMS: To switch, or the dimes and quarters in your pocket

Answer 18

change

Question 19

HOMONYMS: To throw a fishing net into the water, or the actors in a play

Answer 19

cast

Question 20

JACK BE HOMONYM-BLE: It means to strike with a very quick blow / Or to rock the mic like Eminem, yo

Answer 20

rap

Question 21

JACK BE HOMONYM-BLE: A golf interjection, or toward the bow on a ship

Answer 21

fore

Question 22

BEASTLY HOMONYMS: Pulled behind a truck

Answer 22

towed/toad

Question 23

BEASTLY HOMONYMS: Bread begins as this

Answer 23

dough (doe)

Question 24

BEASTLY HOMONYMS: Too sick, can’t speak

Answer 24

hoarse (horse)

Question 25

BEASTLY HOMONYMS: Trendy hair gel

Answer 25

mousse (moose)

Question 26

ANATOMICAL HOMONYMS: It’s the singular pronoun of your visual organ

Answer 26

eye (I)

Question 27

ANATOMICAL HOMONYMS: It’s the large rabbit that grows out of your head

Answer 27

hair (hare)

Question 28

ANATOMICAL HOMONYMS: It grasps how you smell

Answer 28

nose (knows)

Question 29

ALLITERATION: You can wish someone “Merry Christmas” or be more general and say this; either way, you’re being nice!

Answer 29

Happy Holidays

Question 30

IN THE DICTIONARY: Representing an unstressed neutral vowel, a schwa looks like this lower-case letter turned upside down

Answer 30

e

Question 31

VOWEL-POURRI: There are 4 consonants in a row in this word for combining 2 vowels in the same syllable, as in “coin” or “loud”

Answer 31

diphthong

Question 32

RELIGION: Well-known nickname of Siddhartha Gautama

Answer 32

Buddha