English Spelling Bee

East Average Difficult

1. Characteristic 1. Optimistic 1. Leisure
2. Extraordinary 2. Insufficient 2. Voracious
3. Specific 3. Machinery 3. Meticulous
4. Personification 4. Deficiency 4. Vivacious
5. Contrary 5. Persuade 5. Inconvenience
6. Schedule 6. Freight 6. Nostalgia
7. Criticize 7. Protein 7. Surveillance
8. Relieve 8. Honorary 8. Precipitate
9. Sacrifice 9. Surmise 9. Outrageous
10. Technology 10. Snobbery 10. Belligerent
 English – Trivia
Easy
1. complete the title of the children’s book by Lewis Caroll, “Alice Adventures in ________”
a. borderland b. magic land c. wonderland d. fantasy land
2. Who is one of the famous playwrights and is regarded as the greatest writer in English language.
a. Robert Frost c. Jane Austen
b. William Shakespeare d. George Eliot
3. which type of noun is ‘love’?
a. common n. b. proper n. c. collective n. d. abstract n.
4. What animal does Little Red Riding Hood find in grandma’s bed?
a. wolf b. pigs c. owl d. sheep
5. how many syllables are there in the word ‘excitedly’
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
Average
1. ‘You are my sun’ is an example of what figures of speech?
- metaphor
2. what is the past tense of the word ‘sink’.
- sank
3. the function of this part of speech is to substitute a noun.
- pronoun
4. identify the subject in the following active voice sentence, ‘A while ago, little girl took her sheep up a hill’.
- girl
5. What do Hansel and Gretel leave behind so they can find their way back?
- Bread Crumbs
Hard
1. What is the name of the monster in the epic poem ‘Beowulf’
- Grendel
2. William Shakespeare is famous for writing what type of poetry?
- sonnet
3. Who’s porridge and bed does Goldilocks like best?
- baby Bear
4. which of the words in the sentence is the adjective, ‘The bus she took going to school is slow’.
- slow
5. What is the name of the evil woman who wants to make a coat from Dalmatians in ‘The Hundred and One
Dalmatians’?
- Cruella de Vil
 English Quiz Bee
Easy
1. Erich Azman and Michelle Gonza are examples of _________
a. proper nuon b. common noun c. uncountable n. d. countable n.
2. _______ Earth is spherical in shape.
a. An b. The c. A b. Is
3. The watch is ___________ than the purse.
a. expensive b. more expensive c. most expensive d. expensivier
4. “Walk straight along this building, the clinic is _________ the post office’, said the man.
a. over b. on c. next to d. at
5. The vehicle is too small to fit all of them. The opposite meaning for ‘small’ is _______.
a. tiny b. big c. beautiful d. colorful

Average
1. Where is the book? It is _____ the table.
a. in b. at c. on d. over
2. The degree of verb often formed by adding “er” or “more” in the adjective.
a. positive b. negative c. comparative d. superlative
3. The flight ______ almost two hours to reach Jakarta yesterday.
a. took b. take c. taking d. is taking
4. the sound of the thunder scares the baby.
a. disturbs b. soothes c. calms d. frightens
5. “Our worship service is ___ Sunday ___ five o’clock.”
a. at/on b. on/at c. in/at d. in/on

Hard
1. Lina used to hate going to her aunty’s house, but now she kind of misses it. As the saying goes….
a. absence makes the heart grow fonder
b. action speaks louder than words
c. fortune favors the bold
d. early bird catches the worm
2. Last Sunday, Shane (1) ______ Liam were playing badminton ______ (2) the park. They were using their
own (3) ________ and shuttlecocks. They (4) _________ the game so much.
a. and, at, racquets, enjoyed
b. and, on, sticks, enjoyed
c. but, in, racquets, enjoyed
d. however, at, sticks, enjoyed
3. Gina can solve the Mathematics questions easily. That task is just to her.
a. against the clock
b. apple of my eye
c. a piece of cake
d. break a leg
4. what long, episodic, chanted peoms talk about the story of a hero who is guided by supernatural beings or
power.
a. salawikain
b. epiko
c. balagtasan
d.
5.What was the common topic of the literary pieces introduced to us by Spaniards.
a. education
b. gods and goddesses
c. religion
d. governance