Plus E Trivia Quiz

Answer: Slime

Slim + e = Slime.

Slim, as in "Grace had been on a diet for the past two months and was looking really slim".

Slime, as in "It was pitch black in the cave, but James could feel the slime on the walls as he edged slowly through the darkness".

Answer: Hearse

Hears + e = Hearse.

Hears, as in "My pet dog always starts barking when he hears someone outside. I think it's the wannabe guard dog in him!".

Hearse, as in "I always get sad when I see a hearse driving along the road, as this means that someone's loved one is no longer with them".

Answer: Range

Rang + e = Range.

Rang, as in "Tyler rang his girlfriend to see if she wanted to go to the cinema later that afternoon".

Range, as in "I always compare a number of websites when buying things online, as there is often quite a large range of prices for the same item".

Answer: Pale

Pal + e = Pale.

Pal, as in "My brother and his pal Andrew like to do everything together - they are almost inseparable!".

Pale, as in "Jane was quite a nervous person by nature, and she looked very pale when she came off of the ghost train at the funfair".

Answer: Scrape

Scrap + e = Scrape.

Scrap, as in "In English class, Melody passed Frankie a scrap of paper with "I Love You" written on it".

Scrape, as in "Brent needed to scrape all of the old paint off of his front door before he could begin to re-paint it with the bright red paint he had bought".

Answer: Theme

Them + e = Theme.

Them, as in "Rosie didn't like the girls in her class, and made a concerted effort to stay away from them whenever she could".

Theme, as in "I always get excited when I hear the "Doctor Who" theme, as this has been my favourite program since childhood".

Answer: Heroine

Heroin + e = Heroine.

Heroin, as in "I was saddened to hear that one of the boys I used to go to school with had lost his way as an adult, and had recently lost his life due to heroin addiction".

Heroine, as in "One of my favourite movie heroines of all-time is Sarah Connor from "The Terminator", as she goes from being a shy unassuming waitress to being a strong and determined warrior".

Answer: Singe

Sing + e = Singe.

Sing, as in "I like to sing at the top of my voice when I'm in the shower, however my wife would definitely prefer I didn't!".

Singe, as in "My sister managed to singe her hair on the candles of her birthday cake as she leant in to blow them out".

Answer: Morale

Moral + e = Morale.

Moral, as in "The moral of Aesop's Fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is that liars are not believed even when they speak the truth".

Morale, as in "The morale of the soccer team was at an all-time low, as they had not won a match for three months - the longest non-winning streak in the club's history".

Answer: Stampede

Stamped + e = Stampede.

Stamped, as in "My daughter didn't like it that I had told her off, so she stamped her feet on the floor and stormed off to her bedroom in a huff".

Stampede, as in "Something spooked the horses, and the cowboys had to quickly get out of the way of the ensuing stampede".