She Sleeps In Trivia Quiz

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About the words:
Adjectives describe nouns (words for persons, places or things) or other adjectives. Adverbs describe verbs (action words and helping words like 'is'), adjectives and other adverbs.

'Pink' is an adjective. Well, okay, it can be a noun. For instance, it's the name of a type of flower. It can even be a verb meaning to cut (fabric, say) so as to leave a zigzag edge. In this story, though, it's an adjective describing the color of something.

Though the easiest way to think of pink is as a mix of red and white, that doesn't begin to describe all the color's shades and hews - everything from the palest of cherry blossoms to the most vibrant hibiscus flower. Snowball's nose is what you might call candy pink.

'Round' is an adjective. While a person's eyes are a sort of oval shape, a cat's eyes are round like coins or rings.

Cats' eyes come in different colors like blue, brown or black. I once knew a kitty who had orange eyes. This wasn't surprising, since she was a mostly orange cat. Snowball's eyes are a brilliant green when she's happy. When she gets annoyed they turn yellow. When they go orange, look out!

'Cheerfully' is an adverb. It means to do something - in this case to speak or 'greet' someone - in a happy, bouncy way.

'Velveted' is an adjective. Well, actually, it's a participle. A participle is a verb form that's used as an adjective. Maybe we'll talk more about participles in another quiz - or, maybe we won't.

'Velveted' refers to a cat's paws, when the claws are fully retracted so the paws are velvety soft. This is something Snowball does when she's being gentle.

'Sleepily' is an adverb. If you're sleepy or do something sleepily it can be because you're very tired, or because you're on the edge of slumber (either just going to sleep or just waking up). Cassie is just waking up. Another word that could be used here instead of 'sleepily' is 'groggily'. That means you're not quite awake and kind of draggy.

'Raw' is an adjective. It means uncooked. Prawns are similar to shrimp. While some people might enjoy eating raw shrimp (or prawns), the idea does not appeal to me! I'm not even crazy about shrimp when they're cooked. But, everybody has different tastes.

'Instantly' is an adverb. It means immediately, at once, right away.

'Australian' is an adjective. It means of, pertaining to or coming from the country of Australia. Australian lingo is pretty distinctive and very colorful, using a lot of phrases and expressions that aren't used elsewhere in the English-speaking world.

'Smartest' is an adjective. It means most intelligent, cleverest, at least where I live in the United States. In other parts of the world 'smart' mostly means stylish, fashionable. Though Snowball is a very pretty kitty and quite stylish in her way, that's not what Cassie means.

'Reproachfully' is an adverb. The verb 'to reproach' means to speak to someone with disapproval or disappointment. 'Reproach can also be a noun. From that noun you can form an adjective, 'reproachful' that means, well, full of reproach. And, from the adjective, you can form an adverb, 'reproachfully', that is in a reproachful manner. Aren't you glad you asked? Smile

'Hungry' is an adjective formed from the noun 'hunger'. Hunger is what you feel when your body needs to be fueled up. That's right, the food you eat powers your body just as gasoline/petrol powers vehicles with internal combustion engines or sunshine and oxygen fuel green plants so they can photosynthesize. Sometimes we're a little bit hungry, so we have a snack. Other time's we're very hungry, so we eat a big meal. Kitties are always hungry!

'Slowly' is an adverb. It's the opposite of speedily.

'Glumly' is an adverb. If you're glum, you're down in the mouth, definitely not cheerful.

'Last' is an adjective. It can also be a verb that means 'to endure'. As an adjective it can mean either 'most recent' or 'final'. In this story it means 'final'.

'Long' is an adjective, the opposite of 'short'.