Grammar Jeopardy

fix the grammar

100

They is going to the store.

They are going to the store.

200

He is going to buy clothes shirts, pants, and socks.

He is going to buy clothes: shirts, pants, and socks.

300

To get to the game

To get to the game, (we have to go through the city) any example

400

We went to the mall with some friends it was a really long day.

We went to the mall with some friends. It was a really long day.

500

She is asking his friend to get both of their book.

She is asking her friend to get both of their books.

examples

100

He bought bread, eggs, and milk

commas

200

The girl is playing

Subject-verb agreement

300

He is using his guitar

Pronoun-Antecedent agreement

400

I jumped in the puddle while in the rain it was really fun.

Run-on sentences

500

The table was kicked to the ground

Active/passive voice

definitions

100

This shows that something has been left out

Ellipses

200

A subject and its verb must be both singular or both plural

Subject-verb agreement

300

To join two related independent clauses in place of a comma and a coordinating conjunction

semicolons/colons

400

The person or thing represented by the grammatical subject performs the action represented by the verb

active/passive voice

500

A sentence that is missing either its subject or its main verb

Sentence fragment

double fix

100

Her hair are getting braided by his teacher.

Her hair is getting braided by her teacher.

200

She is bringing a bag, so she can take home her leftovers it is a lot of food.

She is bringing a bag so she can take home her leftovers; it is a lot of food.

300

Played the piano to graduate from their class.

I played the piano to graduate from my class.

400

They is fighting over the video game in the living room and won't stop.

They are fighting over the video game and won't stop.

500

Her friend is playing with Ems glasses and wont give it back.

Her friend is playing with Em's glasses and won't give them back.

songs

100

“If I was a rich girl”

Rich Girl, Gwen Stefani

• Fixed: “If I were a rich girl”

200

“Who you gonna call?”

Ghostbusters, Ray Parker Jr.

• Fixed: “Whom are you going to call?”

"whom" is used as the object of a verb, meaning it refers to the person who is being called, which is the action being done to them in this sentence. 

Explanation:

• Who: is a subject pronoun, used when the person is performing the action.
• Whom: is an object pronoun, used when the person is receiving the action. 

Example:

• "Who is going to the party?" (Here, "who" is the subject doing the action of going to the party).
• "Whom did you see at the party?" (Here, "whom" is the object of the verb "see").

300

“I Can’t Get No Satisfaction”

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones

• Fixed: “I Can’t Get Any Satisfaction”

400

“I feel the magic between you and I”

Hungry Eyes, Eric Carmen

• Fixed: “I feel the magic between you and me”

500

“I will buy you a new car, perfect, shiny and new.”

Everclear, “I Will Buy You a New Life”

I will buy you a car, perfect, shiny, and new.