PUNCTUATION
SENTENCES
WORD USAGE
FINAL JEOPARDY
100

This punctuation is used at the beginning of speaking in writing.

What are Quotation Marks " "

100

This kind of sentence is the most basic you can write.

What is a simple sentence?

100

This version of...is used to describe the state of something.

What is "it's"?

200

This piece of punctuation is used to indicate a pause in a phrase.

What is a comma? ,

200

This kind of clause (part of a sentence) cannot stand on its own, making it an incomplete sentence.

What is a dependent clause?

200

In this order, one of these commonly confused words is a noun, and the other is a verb, both talking about the impact something has on something else.

What is effect & affect?

300

This piece of punctuation is used before listing items in a sentence.

What is a colon? :

300

A semi-colon separates these two clause types.

What are independent clauses?

300

This article comes before a word that begins with a vowel sound.

What is "an"?

400

This piece of punctuation is used to separate two independent phrases in a sentence.

What is a Semi-colon? ;

400

This type of sentence contains more than one noun or predicate

What is a compound sentence?

400

These words, in this order, are shortened versions of we are and you are.

What are "we're" and "you're"?

500

This piece of punctuation is used to indicate related thoughts in the middle of a sentence.

What is parenthesis? ( )

500

This type of sentence has two independent clauses, and one dependent clause or predicate.

What is a compound complex sentence?

500

This adverb can mean "as well" or "also".

What is "too"?

500

Identify the parts of this sentence, as well as the parts of speech.

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog and the sound of his triumph echoed through the forest!

The (article) quick brown (adjectives) fox (noun) jumped (verb) over (preposition) the (article) lazy (adjective) dog (noun) and (conjunction) the (article) sound (noun) of (conjunction) his (personal pronoun) triumph (noun) echoed (verb) through (preposition) the (article) forest (noun)!

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