Parts of Speech Mastery Jeopardy

Sentences & Fragments

100

What is a Fragment?

A 'broken' piece of a sentence missing a subject, verb, or complete thought.

200

Identify: 'Running through the park.'

Fragment.

300

Identify: 'The cat slept on the mat.'

Sentence.

400

Fix this fragment: 'Because I was hungry.'

I ate a snack because I was hungry.

500

Define a Sentence?

A sentence is words that from a complete thought and contain a subject and a predicate

Nouns & Verbs

100

Is 'Jump' a noun or verb?

Verb.

200

Find the noun in: 'The dog barked.'

Dog.

300

Find the verb in: 'She sang a song.'

Sang.

400

Find the proper noun: 'We visited Paris.'

Paris.

500

Can 'Water' be both a noun and a verb?

Yes (e.g., 'Drink some water' vs 'Water the plants').

Adjectives & Adverbs

100

What part of speech describes a noun?

Adjective.

200

Find the adjective: 'The blue bird flew.'

Blue.

300

Find the adverb: 'He ran quickly.'

Quickly.

400

Adverbs often end in these two letters.

-ly.

500

Which word is the adverb: 'The very tall tree.'

Very (describes the adjective 'tall').

Suffix Shifts

100

Shift 'Play' to a noun.

Player (or Playing).

200

Shift 'Happy' to an adverb.

Happily.

300

Shift 'Beauty' to an adjective.

Beautiful.

400

Shift 'Create' to a noun.

Creation or Creator.

500

Shift 'Simple' to a verb.

Simplify.

Mixed Mastery

100

Is 'beautifully' an Adjective or an Adverb?

Adverb.

200

A group of words missing a subject is called a...?

Fragment.

300

True or False: A sentence always needs a verb.

True.

400

In 'The heavy rain fell,' which word is the Noun?

Rain.

500

Shift 'Quick' (Adjective) into an Adverb.

Quickly.