Jeopardy 4th graders

Past/Present/ Future

100

Yesterday I am playing football.

Yesterday I went to play football.

Yesterday I played football.

200

A)Maria drank alcohol for one year.

B)Maria dranken alcohol for one year.

C)Maria drunk alcohol for on year. 

A

300

For repeated or regular actions in the present time period,  for facts, for habits, for things that are always / generally true.

Present Simple Tense

400

Ask a question in the past simple tense form

400 Points for a question with no grammar mistakes

300 Points for a question with one grammar mistakes

200 Points for a question with two grammar mistakes

100 Points for a question with three or more grammar mistakes

500

What are the past simple of these five base verbs?  bring, wear, fly, pay, choose

brought, wore, flew, paid, chose

Comparatives/Superlatives

100

A)My sister is funny than my brother.

B)My sister is funnier than my brother.

C)My sister funnyer than my brother.

B

200

Compare two of your classmates using “energetic”

200 Points for a sentence with no grammar mistakes

100 Points for a sentence with one or more grammar mistakes

300

Use three adjectives in the superlative form to create a sentence about your 

Classmates/ Friends

100 pts for each correct superlative

400

If You Could Be Best Friends With A Celebrity, Who Would It Be? (Random) 

500

If You Could Trade Lives With Someone, Who Would It Be?

(Random) 

Common Grammar Mistakes

100

I can see that (your / you're) worried.

you're

200

The football team won (its / it's) final game.

its

300

Accept or Except: Will you please _ my help?

accept

400

We went to Paris and stayed (there / their, they're) for two weeks.

there

500

Place the Commas: While I was in the kitchen the baby woke up.

While I was in the kitchen, the baby woke up. 

Countable/Uncountable/Quantifiers

100

Is this noun countable or uncountable: happiness

uncountable

200

Complete the sentence with some or any. 

There aren’t ______ tomatoes in the house.

Any

300

Complete this sentence with the correct quantifier. 

lots of , a few, or a little

 We have ________ apples in the house. You don`t need to buy any more!

lots of 

400

Create a sentence using the quantifier “a few.”

400 Points for a sentence with no grammar mistakes

300 Points for a sentence with one grammar mistakes

200 Points for a sentence with two grammar mistakes

100 Points for a question with three or more grammar mistakes

500

Decide whether these nouns are countable (C) or uncountable (U)

1. The children are playing in the garden.   
2. I don't like milk.  
3. I prefer tea.   
4. Scientists say that the environment is threatened by pollution.  
5. My mother uses butter to prepare cakes. 
6. There are a lot of windows in our classroom.  
7. We need some glue to fix this vase.   
8. The waiters in this restaurant are very professional. 

 1. C  / 2. U / 3. U / 4. C /5. U / 6. C 7. U / 8. C

Verb patterns

100

I don't mind _________ (get up) early.

getting up

200

Jessica really enjoys reading/to read poetry.

reading

300

Roger ____ (not/mind/talk) to his ex-girlfriend. They're still very good friends.

Roger doesn't mind talking to his ex-girlfriend. They're still very good friends.

400

It's not a problem for me to get up early in the morning.

MIND

I don't mind getting up early in the morning.

500

My doctor recently told me I should stop drinking / to drink coffee.

My doctor recently told me I should stop drinking coffee.