TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters

Week of April 26, 2024

1.Which is known for its velocity? (20 points)

giraffe
cheetah
cobra
tortoise
bald eagle

2.A port is most likely to have which pair of industries? (10 points)

farming & skiing
electronics & packaging
shipping & fishing
furniture building & oil refining
fishing & mining

3.Juan, Anita, Mark, and Logan want to play a four person arcade game together. Mark doesn't have any money. If the game costs $1.50 apiece, how much money will each of the others need to have so that everyone can play the game? (10 points)

$2.25
$1.50
$1.75
$2.00
$2.50

4.Which two do not belong together? (10 points)

piccolo - clarinet
timpani - triangle
harpsichord - piano
guitar - snare drum
bagpipe - bassoon

5.Which is not a fossil fuel? (5 points)

steam
oil
coal
natural gas
gasoline

6.Which does not have a pair of homophones? (5 points)

The hare was very hairy.
I'll walk you down the aisle.
It's hard to wind up a kite string in the wind.
He bred a flock of birds that like to eat bread.
They're going to read their stories

7.Which has the most legs? (5 points)

Seven ladybugs
Eight homo sapiens
Three arachnids
Six songbirds
Twelve canines

8.Which of these sentences is grammatically correct? (5 points)

You're father smokes cigars.
Let the papers here on the table.
Your socks don't match your shirt.
I don't know if your coming with us.
Which one of us are the winner?

9.If you are standing at the point on the globe that is 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude, you are: (20 points)

on the equator
in Washington, DC
in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
at the north pole
on the equator, due south of London

10.If you are writing a five paragraph report, the first sentence in each paragraph is usually: (10 points)

ended with a capital letter
the conclusion
the topic sentence
the longest sentence
the shortest sentence

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