1. Parts of Speech Jeopardy Review
June 24, 2010

2. P.O.S. Jeopardy Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections
100
200
300
400

3. Nouns -100
True or False: The definition of a noun is a person, place, or book?
False!!!!!!
A noun is a person, place or (ANY) thing!!

4. Nouns -200
The following sentence has how many nouns: “The boy went to the Corner Store to get some fruit.”
3!!!
boy, Corner Store, fruit

5. Nouns -300 False!!! True or False: The word door is a feminine noun.
It’s not masculine or feminine, it’s neuter.

6. Nouns -400
What’s wrong with the noun in this sentence: After eating mc donalds we left school.
McDonalds
It’s a proper noun, the name of a restaurant. It should be capitalized.

7. Pronouns -100 False!!! True or False: A pronoun replaces an adjective.
A pronoun replaces a noun.

8. Pronouns -200 “They” Replace the words in parenthesis with a pronoun:
(Jalen and Anna) _______ are running late.
“They”
“They” is a plural pronoun.

9. Pronouns -300
Choose the correct word: Maggie ran after John and (me, I) when we took her bike.
“I”

10. Pronouns -400
Choose the correct word: (Her/She) and Sharon are graduating from high school next year.
“She”

11. The part of speech that identifies action.
Verbs -100
What is a verb?
The part of speech that identifies action.

12. Verbs -200
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence: Timothy and Morgan walk to school every day after they eat breakfast.
“walk” and “eat”

13. “exercise” and “eat” and “think”
Verbs -300
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence: Timothy and Morgan exercise everyday before they eat breakfast; they think that’s a good idea.
“exercise” and “eat” and “think”

14. Verbs -400 Walk=action, eat=action, think=linking
Identify if “walk,” “eat,” and “think,” are action or linking verbs.
Walk=action, eat=action, think=linking

15. A word that describes a noun or pronoun.
Adjectives -100
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun or pronoun.

16. Adjectives -200
Identify the adjective in the following sentence: The brown dog ran slowly down the street.
“brown”

17. “coal” and “dark” and “damp”
Adjectives -300
Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence: The coal mines are dark and damp.
“coal” and “dark” and “damp”

18. Adjectives -400
Complete the sentence with an appropriate adjective: ______fish are my favorite. blue, green, big, small, gold

19. Adverbs -100 True or False: An adverb describes an adjective.
False!!!!! adverbs modify verbs

20. Adverbs -200
Identify the adverb in the following sentence: The talented seamstress quickly made all of the dresses. Quickly!!!!! It is the word that describes the noun.

21. two: briefly, hurriedly
Adverbs -300
How many adverbs are in the following sentence: Jessica briefly visited me at my aunt’s house before she decided hurriedly headed to work.
two: briefly, hurriedly

22. Adverbs -400
Fill in the sentence with an appropriate adverb: Harrison believes that you should always drive _________. Quickly, slowly, cautiously, etc.

23. Prepositions -100
True or False: A preposition is a word that links verbs and adjectives together. False!! A preposition links nouns or pronouns to other phrases in the sentence.

24. Prepositions -200
Identify the preposition in the following sentence: Sharon is leaning against the wall. “Against” It links the Proper noun (Sharon), and her action, with the rest of the sentence (the wall).

25. Prepositions -300
How many prepositions are in the following sentence: The dog is hiding under the porch because it knows it will be punished for chewing up a new pair of shoes. Three: “under,” “for,” and “of”

26. Prepositions -400
Use the following prepositions to create a sentence: “before” and “of” Example: Before I go to school in the morning I like to have a glass of milk.

27. Conjunctions -100
Complete the sentence with the proper conjunction: Lady Gaga is a good singer, ______ Beyonce is better. “but”

28. Conjunctions -200
Complete the sentence with the proper conjunction: Ciara is a good singer, ______ Beyonce is better. “but”

29. Conjunctions -300
Complete the sentence with the proper conjunction: What you say________what you do are two different things. “and”

30. What does F.A.N.B.O.Y.S. stand for? For, and, nor, but, or, yet, set
Conjunctions -400
What does F.A.N.B.O.Y.S. stand for? For, and, nor, but, or, yet, set

31. Interjections -100
True or False: an interjection is a word that describes a noun & verb, but not an adverb. False!!! An interjection is a word added to a sentence to convey emotion.

32. Interjections -200
True or False: An interjection only conveys feelings of pain or sadness. False!!! An interjection is any word used to convey emotion on a sentence, positive or negative.

33. Interjections -300
Identify the interjection in the following phrase: “That’s my favorite movie too. Cool!!” “Cool!!” This word is added to convey a sense of enthusiasm.

34. Interjections -400
Construct a sentence using an interjection. Yes!! --No!!-- Darn!!-- Wow!!-- Whoa!!—Yay!! Etc…