Oedipus, the King
Odyssey
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
100
Oedipus was king of this city.
What is Thebes?
100

This was the city of which Odysseus was king.

What is Ithaca?

100
What is(are) the noun(s) in this sentence? The cat got its paw stuck in the fence.
cat, paw, fence
100
What is(are) the pronoun(s) in the following sentence? She took her book and put it under the desk.
she, it
100
What is(are) the verb(s) and verb phrase(s) in the following sentence? Mrs. Spence wrote the exam this weekend.
wrote
200
This was what was happening to Oedipus' city and why he sent his brother-in-law Creon to the oracle of Apollo.
What is sickness, babies were dying before they were born, famine (crops were dying), livestock was dying.
200

This is what the Cyclops does for a living.

What is raises sheep?

200
What is(are) the noun(s) in the following sentence? The teacher printed the exam on the library printer.
teacher, exam, printer
200
What is(are) the pronoun(s) in the following sentence? Their midterm will be on Thursday, but I don't know if they will study for it.
Their, I, they, it.
200
What is(are) the verb(s) and verb phrase(s) in the following sentence? Please walk to the library and tell Mrs. Galenis that your book is missing.
walk, tell, is
300
This is what Tiresias revealed to Oedipus.
What is 1) That he was the murderer of Laius 2) that he didn't know who his father was 3) That he would find out terrible things about his family
300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! This is how Odysseus and his men escaped the Cyclops' cave.

What is stabbed the Cyclops with a spike, hid underneath sheep, and rode the sheep out of the cave?

300
Give an example of a proper noun.
Answers may vary Waynesboro High School McDonalds Mrs. Spence
300
Give an example of a personal pronoun.
Answers may vary. She, he, it, I, you, they, them
300
What is(are) the verb(s) and verb phrase(s) in the following sentence? The names of the students are written on the back of their jerseys.
are written
400
This was the riddle of the Sphinx.
What is What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening? Answer: A man
400

This was the name of the goddess who turned Odysseus' men in to pigs and held him captive in her lair for one year.

Who is Circe?

400
Give an example of a collective noun.
Answers may vary. Group Team Class
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! Give an example of an indefinite pronoun.
Answers may vary. Anyone, someone, somebody, everyone
400
What is(are) the verb(s) and/or verb phrase(s) in the following sentence? The owner looked under the couch, but he did not find his lost kitten.
looked, did find
500
This was the reason that Jocasta didn't believe in prophesies (full story).
What is she was once told a prophecy that her son would grow up to kill his father, so she pinned his feet together and left him on Mt. Cithaeron to die so that the prophecy wouldn't come true.
500

This is what happened on the island of the Cicones.

What is Odysseus' men attacked, enslaved their women; but the Cicones attacked back and killed several of Odysseus' men.

500
Give an example of an abstract noun.
Answers may vary. Love Hate Thought
500
Give an example of a demonstrative pronoun.
Answers may vary. that, those, these, this
500
What is(are) the verb(s) and verb phrase(s) in the following sentence? The principal told the faculty that there would be a faculty meeting on Monday, but he had scheduled a meeting and forgot that the dates were conflicting.
told, would be, had scheduled, forgot, were
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