CIM Grammar Jeopardy

Be

100

What are the three forms of the present of BE?

Am, is, are

200

Turn the statement into a question: We are in the right building. 

Are we in in the right building?

300

Past form of BE

Was and were

400

Complete the sentence with the past tense of BE: 

My first day at school _____ fun. The students ____ friendly, and the teacher____great.

My first day at school was fun. The students were friendly, and the teacher was great.

500

Use the Negative, Past and Present BE:
The weather ____ bad so we ____ swimming all day long and now we ____ very tired.

The weather WAS not bad so we WERE swimming all day long and now we ARE very tired.

Random

100

What are Homophones?

Words that have different spelling and different meaning.

Words that have same spelling but different meaning

Words that sound the same but different spelling and meaning

Words that sound the same but different spelling and meaning

200

Is an adjective used to balance two people or things.

What is a comparative adjective?

300

I´am never late for my English class. I´m ____ on time.

a) often

b) usually 

c) always

C) Always

I´m always on time.

400

An exaggerated or expression of praise.

What is Superlative?

500

MUCH OR MANY

There aren't ______chairs in the room.

There aren't many chairs in the room.

MANY is used with plural countable nouns

Quantifiers

100

Are also quantifiers

What is some and any?

200

We usually use ____ in questions when we are offering something.

We usually use some in questions when we are offering something.

Ex: Do want some tea? (an offer)

300

We use _____ in questions.

a) some

b) both

c) any

We use both some and any in questions.

400

It usually has a singular and a plural form.

A Countable Noun

Usually has a singular and plural form

"In the park, there was a man with two children and a dog."

500

Choose two Non-countable nouns:

A) Crackers

b) rice

c) accident

d) pepper

Correct answer:

b) rice

d) pepper 

Punctuation Marks

100

Punctuation used to separate single things in a list or part of a sentence

What is a comma?

200

What is an exclamation point?

a) Punctuation mark used at the end of a statement. It shows strong emotion

b) Punctuation mark used at the end of a statement. It shows an advice

C) Punctuation mark used at the end of a statement. Is shows a strong voice

a) Punctuation mark used at the end of a statement. It shows strong emotion

300

Punctuation mark used to show possession and to write contractions

What is an apostrophe?

400

Punctuation marks used to separate sentences or elements of reference lists.

What is a period?

500

What is a semicolon?

a) Punctuation mark to give emphasis and clarify composition titles

b) Punctuation mark indicating a pause is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma.

c) Punctuation mark indicating a short pause

b) Punctuation mark indicating a pause is more pronounced than a comma.

General Grammar

100

Pick and adverb of time for the next statement

I´m the _______ in the line. 

A) follow b) one c)next d) finally

I´m the NEXT in the line. 

200

 Are used to tell us the way or how something is done.

What are adverbs of manner?

300

Add the correct articles to the next statement:

She is __ singer, she sang___Coca Cola's Stadium in front of ___ incredible audience

She is A singer, she sang AT Coca Cola's Stadium in front of AN incredible audience

400

MOST & SHOULD

You _____ obey the law and you _____ quit smoking. 

You must obey the law and you should quit smoking

500

A word other than a pronoun used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things, or to name a particular one of these.

a) Adverb b) Proper Name c) Adjective d) Noun e) Article

 

d) Noun

A word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things ( common noun ), or to name a particular one of these ( proper noun ).