4372 Conventions Jeopardy Review

Types of Sentences

100

The following example is what type of sentence?

Bill and Ted had an excellent adventure. 

Simple, declarative

200

The following example is what type of sentence? 

I stated while driving on I-27, "Use a blinker, Moron!"

Exclamatory, complex

300

The following example is what type of sentence? 

What is the best time of day to do one's homework, and is it necessary to begin before the deadline? 

Compound, Interrogative 

400

The following example is what type of sentence?

Please go get the mail when you get home, and take your little sister with you. 

Compound-Complex, Imperative

500

The following example is what type of sentence?

The tired, enthusiastic students and their exhausted teacher cheered loudly for the victory, packed up all the equipment, and quickly ran toward the bus.

Simple but has compound subject and compound verb, declarative. 

Verbs

100

Note what kind of verb or verb phrase is being used in the example:

She will write a letter tomorrow. 

Future tense

200

Note what kind of verb or verb phrase is being used in the example: 

She writes a letter every day. 

Present tense

300

Note what kind of verb or verb phrase is being used in the example: 

She wrote a letter yesterday. 

Past tense

400

Note what kind of voice is being used in the example: 

The chef prepared the food.

Active Voice

500

Note what kind of voice is being used in the example: 

The food was prepared by the chef. 

Passive Voice

Nouns

100

Note what type of noun is being used in the example:

The dog barked at the mail man. 

Singular

200

Note what type of noun is being used in the example: 

Dr. Garcia is very sarcastic, but she means well. 

Proper

300

Note what type of noun is being used in the example:

That teacher is very supportive of our team. 

Common

400

Note what type of noun is being used in the example: 

The cats enjoyed staying inside all day. 

Plural

500

Note what type of noun is being used in the example: 

The band won state at the marching competition. 

Collective

Parts of Speech

100

What part of speech is being used in the example? Note, the word is underlined. 

I quickly ran to my car. 

Adverb

200

Note what type of noun is being used in the example:

She has beautiful, curly, dark hair. 

Adjectives

300

Note what type of noun is being used in the example: 

I went to the library, but I did not get anything done as I was distracted. 

Coordinating Conjunction 

400

Note what type of noun is being used in the example: 

He is my favorite person in the whole world. 

Pronoun

500

Note what type of noun is being used in the example: 

Although she was tired, she finished her project. 

Subordinating Conjunction

Punctuation

100

What type of punctuation is being shown by the underlined word? 

My favorite book is, Dark Rivers of the Heart by Dean Koontz. 

Italics for Title and Capitalization of title

200

Note what type of noun is being used in the example: 

Shakespeare said, "All the world is a stage."

Quotation marks

300

Note what type of noun is being used in the example: 

Being a student is hard; being a teacher is even harder. 

Semicolon

400

Note what type of noun is being used in the example: 

I need three items from the store: paper, pens, and chocolate. 

Colon

500

Note what type of noun is being used in the example: 

Give me some money now!

Exclamation point, punctuation