Fun English Quiz KS3-KS4

This vibrant quiz includes 38 slides, 10 fun and academically engaging rounds relating to both Language and Literature, worth 50 points in total. Answer sheets and winners’ certificates are included (slides 4 and 39).

This was one of my most popular resources of 2023, and for those who loved it last year, the format is the same for 2024 but every question is brand new!

The quiz aims to consolidate some key concepts learnt throughout the year whilst also injecting some quirky facts about our ever-evolving language.

The quiz can take anywhere between 1 and 2 lessons depending upon pace and whether certificates are awarded.

Round 1: Punctuate This - do you know your comma from your semicolon?

Round 2: Name the Author - who are these 3 contemporary British authors?

Round 3: Shakespeare - do you know which pandemic Shakespeare lived through, twice?!

Round 4: From Page to Screen - were these 2023/4 movies based on books? Were these books ever made into movies?

Round 5: Loan Words - which languages does English borrow these words from?

Round 6: Lexical Expansion - which of these idiolect terms were added to the OED this year?

Round 7: Strange but True - which of these weird and wonderful facts about English is true?

Round 8: Technique Scramble - can you unscramble these weird words to uncover 3 language/literary techniques?

Round 9: What am I? If techniques could talk…Guess which technique is describing itself.

Round 10: See and Say: create crazy portmanteaus by smashing two words together from the clues given.