TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters

Week of April 26, 2024

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

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

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

steam
oil
gasoline
coal
natural gas

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

Seven ladybugs
Three arachnids
Eight homo sapiens
Twelve canines
Six songbirds

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

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

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

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

6.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
$2.50
$2.00

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

tortoise
cheetah
cobra
bald eagle
giraffe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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