1. Parts of Speech Jeopardy
Noun
20 points
30 points
40 points
50 points
Verb
Article
Adverb
Preposition
Adjective

2. Question: Noun for 20 points
What is a noun?

3. Answer: Noun for 20 Points
A noun is a person, place, thing, quality or idea.

4. Question: Noun for 30 points
Give an example of a person noun.

5. Answer: Noun for 30 points:
Examples: teacher, sister, baker, etc.

6. Question: Noun for 40 points
Give examples of a place noun and a thing noun.

7. Answer: Noun for 40 Points
Example: park, mall, theater, pencil, shoe, computer etc.

8. Question: Noun for 50 points
Give examples of quality and idea nouns.

9. Answer: Noun for 50 points
Examples: wish, dream, wisdom

10. Question: Verb for 20 Points
What is a verb?

11. Answer: Verb for 20 Points
A verb shows action, state of being, or links the subject to the predicate.

12. Question: Verb for 30 points
In which part of a
sentence does the
verb belong?

13. Answer: Verb for 30 Points
A verb is in the predicate.

14. Question: Verb for 40 points
In the following sentence, which word is the action verb?
The children ran around
the yard all afternoon.

15. Answer: Verb for 40 points
Ran is the action verb.

16. Question: Verb for 50 points
Give 3 examples of
helping verbs.

17. Answer: Verb for 50 points
Examples: is, are, must, etc.

18. Question: Article for 20 points
Articles always appear before what part of speech?

19. Answer: Article for 20 points
Articles appear before nouns.

20. Question: Article for 30 points
What are the three articles?

21. Answer: Article for 30 points
a, an, the

22. Question: Article for 40 points
When do you use “a” in front of a noun, and when do you use “an”?

23. Answer: Article for 40 points
Use “a” in front of nouns that start with consonants and “an” in front of nouns that start with vowels.

24. Question: Article for 50 points
An article is a special form of what other part of speech?

25. Answer: Article for 50 points
Adjective

26. Question: Adjective for 20 points
What part of speech does an adjective tell about (modify)?

27. Answer: Adjective for 20 points
Noun

28. Question: Adjective for 30 points
What three things do adjectives tell about a noun?

29. Answer: Adjective for 30 points
which, how many, what kind

30. Question: Adjective for 40 points
Give examples of each kind of adjective:
which, how many, what kind

31. Answer: Adjective for 40 points
which: first
how many: few
what kind: soft

32. Question: Adjective for 50 points
Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence:
The smart detective figured out the cat burglar’s plan.

33. Answer: Adjective for 50 points
smart
cat

34. Question: Adverb for 20 points
What parts of speech does an adverb describe (modify)?

35. Answer: Adverb for 20 points
verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs

36. Question: Adverb for 30 points
What three things do adverbs tell?

37. Answer: Adverb for 30 points
how, where, when

38. Question: Adverb for 40 points
Give examples of each kind of adverb:
how
where
when

39. Answer: Adverb for 40 points
how: quietly
when: tomorrow
where: there

40. Question: Adverb for 50 points
Identify the adverb(s) in the following sentence:
The girl quickly hid the cookie when her mom walked into the room.

41. Answer: Adverb for 50 points
quickly
when

42. Question: Preposition for 20 points
What relationship does a preposition show?

43. Answer: Preposition for 20 points
A preposition shows the relationship between the subject and rest of the sentence.

44. Question: Preposition for 30 points
What is the usual form of a prepositional phrase?

45. Answer: Preposition for 30 points
preposition—article—noun

46. Question: Preposition for 40 points
A prepositional phrase will never contain what two sentence parts?

47. Answer: Preposition for 40 points
subject and predicate

48. Question: Preposition for 50 points
Give three examples of prepositional phrases.

49. Answer: Preposition for 50 points
…over the hill
…behind a tree
…for an assignment