5th Grade Language Arts Jeopardy

Spelling easily confused words

100

Spell the number word for the numeral 40.

Forty

200

Spell the word that means also and rhymes with flew. It can fit in the blank of the following sentence: His little brother wanted to go (blank).

too

300

Spell the day that comes before Thursday

Wednesday

500

TIE BREAKER

Spell the word that means 10 years and spell the word that means 100 years

Decade

Century

Parts of speech

100

Which part of speech is a person, place, idea, or thing?

noun

200

Happy, ugly, rich, brown, - examples of

adjectives

300

jump, fish, wish, wash, - examples of

verbs

500

TIE BREAKER

Slowly, Fairly, Quietly

Adverbs

Independent or Dependent Clause

100

Independent or Dependent

after he finished school

Dependent

200

Independent or Dependent

my watch is working

Independent

300

Independent or Dependent

when I reach home

dependent 

Simple Compound or complex

100

Compound or Complex Sentence?

I was going to go play soccer, but then it started hailing on me when I walked outside.

Compound 

200

Simple or Compound

I like the view on top of the mountains.

Simple

300

Compound or Complex

I owed my friend for some money, so now I’m broke as a joke.

Compound

Dialogue

100

Is this correct?

"I want to go to the park," said Steve.

Correct

200

Correct or Incorrect

Why are you talking to me?" asked John.

Incorrect

300

Correct or Incorrect

"I am the best," stated Sam

Incorrect