Grammatical Jeopardy

Past Tense

100

The past of the word "cut"

What is "cut"

200

The sentence "He going to the store." is missing this word. 

What is "is"

300

In the sentence "He had had the word "had" on the board." The bold word is this.

What is a past participle

400

In the sentence 

             "When Cara got to the party"

This is the way to show that "Cara's friend arrived before she arrived" without using an adverb of time. 

What is Cara's friend had (already) arrived. (When Cara got to the party")

(you cannot use adverbs (before, earlier, etc)

500

The following sentence

"The teacher is telling the students the institutions"

Is this in the past tense - passive voice

 

What is the students were being told the instructions (by the teacher)

Present Tense

100

In the sentence

              "He goes to class every day"

The verb goes in in this form (not the tense)

What in the third person

200

The present progressive of the sentence below is this

                           "He is annoying"

What is he is being annoying

300

A completed action in the present uses this helping verb in the verb tense

What is have (has)

400

This is the difference between the sentences

            He has painted the house

         He has been painting the house

What is the first shows a completed action, while the second shows an ongoing action (for a duration). 

500

The following sentence

                      He is taught

Is this in the present perfect - passive

What is He has been being taught

Modals

100

This word is used to show high probability 

What is will

200

The word "would" expresses this is the following sentence

       When I was young, I would run to school. 

What is a habit / routine 

300

In the sentence

                       He used to exercise

The words used to mean this

What is something true in the past, but not true now. 

400

This word is added to show the following sentence is unlikely

                I go to your party this weekend

What is may

         (I may go to your party this weekend)

500

The correct expression to use instead of could in the following sentence is this

                I used to could run faster. 

What is I used to be able to run faster

Conditionals

100

The following sentence is incorrect because of this

When water is 100 degrees, it will boil

What is the word will

(zero condition does not use a modal)

200

Of the two sentences, this is the correct one

    #1 I may visit you if I travel to your country.

    #2 If I travel to your country I may visit you. 

What is #1

(the missing comma in #2 is the error 

If I travel to your country, I may visit you. )

300

In the sentences

            If I win the lotto, I will be happy

          If I won the lotto I would be happy

The difference in meaning is this

What is the first sentence is real, while the second is unreal.

(first / second condition is not a good enough answer.)

400

The correct form of the following sentence is this

If I had had the time last week, I would study more.

What is

If I had had the time last week, I would have studied more.

500

The passive form of the following sentence is this

If the teacher had not taught him, he would not have understood it. 

What is

If he had not been taught (by the teacher), he would not have understood it.

Parts of Speech

100

In the sentence

            The doctor will see you now.          

The word now is this part of speech

What is an adverb (of time)

200

This is the difference between a clause and a phrase

What is a clause has a subject and a verb (in agreement), while a phrase does not. 

300

This is the subject of the following sentence 

The explanation that the instructor gave to the students who were waiting for their classmates was very interesting.  

What is

The explanation that the instructor gave to the students who were waiting for their classmates

(The explanation is not accepted because it is the head noun, not the full subject)

400

The bold words in the following sentence are this part of speech. 

The boy went riding yesterday through the forest because he was on Spring break.  

What is an adverbial phrase (adverb) 

(The whole thing is a phrase. The clause embedded inside, he was on Spring break is a clause, but it is not the complete expression)

500

(This is done on the board)

This is all of the parts of speech the sentence

      Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

Colorless    adjective          green     adjective

ideas           noun                sleep      verb

furiously     adverb