Advanced ESL Jeopardy!

House on Mango Street

100

What was the main characters name in House on Mango Street & what did it mean?

Esperanza 

200

What was Esperanza's main motivation in House on Mango Street? What was she always talking about?

Getting out of Mango Street

300

Name a THEME from House on Mango Street 

Race, Class, Gender, Marriage, Growing up 

400

What does the Garden symbolize in the chapter The Monkey Garden? 

Growing up; the allusion comes from the Bible, the Garden of Eden

500

Name 3 different LITERARY DEVICES that we discussed while reading 

alliteration, simile, metaphor, imagery, personification, 

Conjunctions

100

What does a conjunction do?

connect 2 ideas together

200

Name the 2 parts of a complex/compound sentence 

Independent, Dependent 

300

What are the 2 different types of conjunctions?

coordinating, subordinating 

400

What does FANBOYS stand for?

for, and, nor, or, but, yet, so

500

Name at least 3 subordinating conjunctions 

after, before, because, provided, though, until, unless, where, when

Commas

100

Where should the comma go?

I thought she was old but it turns out she was young!

after WAS

200

Where should the comma(s) go?

The war I believe started in 1909. 

after WAR and after BELIEVE  

300

Where should the comma(s) go?

She had tried eating small meals throughout the day waking up earlier and taking cold showers but nothing gave her more energy. 

after DAY after EARLIER after SHOWERS

400

Name at least 3 of the comma rules

dates & locations, interruptions, appositives, introductory phrases, compound sentences, tags, direct quotations 

500

How many TOTAL comma rules are there?

8

Tenses

100

What tense is this?

It will rain tomorrow.

Future Simple, Future perfect, Future Continuous 

Future Simple 

will + verb

200

What tense is this?

I went to the store yesterday.

Past Simple, Past Perfect, Past Continuous 

Past Simple 

verb + ed

Unless: it is an irregular verb

300

What tense is this?

I am going to the store. 

Present Simple, Present Perfect, Present Continuous 

Present Continuous 

subject + "to be" + verb +ing 

400

What tense is this?

It had been raining hard for several hours and the streets got flooded.

Past Simple, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous 

Past Perfect Continuous 

had been + verb +ing

500

What tense is this?

She will have arrived by lunch.

Future Simple, Past Continuous, Future Perfect 

Future Perfect

"will have" + verb + ed 

Articles + Prepositions

100

Fill in the blank:

I think that was ____ dog behind the bushes. 

A

200

What are the 3 articles?

A, An, The

300

Does an article come before a NOUN, ADJECTIVE, OR VERB?

noun

400

Name 3 prepositions of PLACE

behind, in front of, next to, beside, under, above, up, down, 

500

What is the purpose of a preposition in a sentence?

To show the relationship of 2 objects to each other