Fourth Grade Grammar Jeopardy Start

Final Jeopardy Question Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Sentences Punctuation 10 20 30 40 50 Click and highlight the Category, then type in your own topic. Final Jeopardy Question

General name for persons, places, or things What is a common noun? 6 1 2 5 4 3 General name for persons, places, or things Back to the Game Board 10 Point Question

Names a particular person, place, or thing and begins with a capital 6 What is a proper noun? 1 2 5 4 3 Names a particular person, place, or thing and begins with a capital Back to the Game Board 20 Point Question

A noun that shows ownership What is a possessive noun? 6 1 2 5 4 3 A noun that shows ownership Back to the Game Board 30 Point Question

A word used in place of a noun What is a pronoun? 6 1 2 5 4 3 A word used in place of a noun Back to the Game Board 40 Point Question

Names more than one person, place or thing. What is a plural noun? 6 1 2 5 4 3 Names more than one person, place or thing. Back to the Game Board 50 Point Question

Words that tell about action 6 1 2 5 4 3 What are verbs? Words that tell about action Back to the Game Board 10 Point Question

Verbs that are always found with another main verb 6 What are helping verbs? 1 2 5 4 3 Verbs that are always found with another main verb Back to the Game Board 20 Point Question

Verbs found when no action is involved 6 What are linking or state of being verbs? 1 2 5 4 3 Verbs found when no action is involved Back to the Game Board 30 Point Question

Verbs that come after helping verbs What are main verbs? 6 1 2 5 4 3 Verbs that come after helping verbs Back to the Game Board 40 Point Question

Combines two words in a shortened form 6 What is a contraction? 1 2 5 4 3 Combines two words in a shortened form Back to the Game Board 50 Point Question

What parts of speech do adjectives describe? 6 1 2 5 4 3 Nouns and pronouns Back to the Game Board 10 Point Question

When do you add “-er”? 6 1 2 5 4 3 Add this ending to an adjective when comparing two people, places or things Back to the Game Board 20 Point Question

6 When do you add “-est”? 1 2 5 4 3 Add this ending to an adjective when comparing three or more people, places or things Back to the Game Board 30 Point Question

What kind, how many, or which one 6 1 2 5 4 3 What three kinds of information do adjectives give? What kind, how many, or which one Back to the Game Board 40 Point Question

Use the adjective “an” before these words What are words that begin with a vowel? 6 1 2 5 4 3 Use the adjective “an” before these words Back to the Game Board 50 Point Question

6 1 2 5 4 3 What parts of speech do adverbs describe? Verbs or adjectives Back to the Game Board 10 Point Question

6 1 2 5 4 3 What do adverbs tell about the words they describe? How, where, when Back to the Game Board 20 Point Question

What can be added to an adjective to form an adverb? 6 1 2 5 4 3 The ending “-ly” Back to the Game Board 30 Point Question

Endings added to short adverbs to show comparison 6 What are “-er” and “-est”? 1 2 5 4 3 Endings added to short adverbs to show comparison Back to the Game Board 40 Point Question

Use these words before adverbs ending in “-ly” to show comparison 6 1 2 5 4 3 What are “more” and “most”? Use these words before adverbs ending in “-ly” to show comparison Back to the Game Board 50 Point Question

A group of words that tells a complete thought What is a sentence? 6 1 2 5 4 3 A group of words that tells a complete thought Back to the Game Board 10 Point Question

The part of a sentence that names whom or what the sentence is about 6 What is a subject? 1 2 5 4 3 The part of a sentence that names whom or what the sentence is about Back to the Game Board 20 Point Question

The part of a sentence that says something about the subject 6 1 2 5 4 3 What is a predicate? The part of a sentence that says something about the subject Back to the Game Board 30 Point Question

A group of words that is missing a predicate or a subject What is a sentence fragment? 6 1 2 5 4 3 A group of words that is missing a predicate or a subject Back to the Game Board 40 Point Question

Two short sentences about the same idea joined by or, and, or but What is a compound sentence? 6 1 2 5 4 3 Two short sentences about the same idea joined by or, and, or but Back to the Game Board 50 Point Question

Punctuation mark used after statements, commands, and initials What is a period? 6 1 2 5 4 3 Punctuation mark used after statements, commands, and initials Back to the Game Board 10 Point Question

Show exact words a person says What are quotation marks? 6 1 2 5 3 4 Show exact words a person says Back to the Game Board 20 Point Question

What is a comma? 6 1 2 5 3 4 Sets apart words in a series and after the greeting of a friendly letter Back to the Game Board 30 Point Question

Shows missing letters in a contraction What is an apostrophe? 6 1 2 5 3 4 Shows missing letters in a contraction Back to the Game Board 40 Point Question

Use after a command that shows strong feeling What is an exclamation point? 6 1 2 5 4 3 Use after a command that shows strong feeling Back to the Game Board 50 Point Question

Final Jeopardy Question These are the four kinds of sentences. 6 7 1 2 5 3 4 What are statements, questions, commands, and exclamations?