DCE English Jeopardy

English Grammar

100

What part of speech are the following:

"The" "A" "An"

Articles (one of the 7 determiners) 

200

What preposition is used for months and years?

"_____ July,"  "_____ 2020."

"In"

300

Please fill in the blank with the correct adjective:

"The movie was ____, so we left early"

Boring

400

Please combine the following sentences into one sentence:

"He closed the door. He was leaving the room."

"Closing the door, he left the room."

Or, "He closed the door before leaving the room."

500

Please identify and correct the error in the following sentence:

Neither of the students have finished the test.

Subject-Verb-Agreement. "Neither" is an "indefinite pronoun," meaning that it takes the singular of the verb.

Neither of the students has finished the test.

English Spelling

100

Please spell the plural of "loaf."

Loaves

200

Which spelling is correct:

acomodate or accommodate

accommodate

300

Which spelling is correct?

Necessairy, Neccesairy, or neccesary, or necessary 

necessary 

400

Which spelling is correct:

definately or definitely

definitely

500

Please spell the word defined as the following:

"The act or process of saying a word" (Noun)

Pronunciation

English Pronunciation

100

Which letter is silent in the word "Island"

"S"

200

Which word has a different vowel sound:

Seat / Beat / Great / Heat

Great

300

Which word has the stress on the first syllable:

record (noun) or record (verb)

record (noun)

400

In “photography” and “photograph,” where is the stress?

phoTOgraph

phoTOGraphy

(2nd syllable / 3rd syllable)

500

Which word contains the vowel /iː/ (long i) rather than /ɪ/ (short i): ship or sheep?

sheep — /ʃiːp/

English Correction

100

Please correct the following sentence:

I have seen him yesterday 

I saw him yesterday

200

Please correct the following sentence: 

The woman which called you is my aunt.

The woman who called you is my aunt.

300

Please correct the following sentence:

You mustn't to park here.

You mustn't park here 

400

Please correct the following sentence:

If I would have known, I would told you

If I had known, I would have (would've) told you

500

Please correct the following sentence:

The manager along his with employees were excited.

The manager, along with his employees, was excited.

Random Trivia

100

What color do you get by mixing red and blue paint?

Purple

200

Which planet in our solar system is known as the “Red Planet”?

Mars

300

What is the largest animal on Earth?

Blue Whale

400

What is the tallest mountain on Earth

Mauna Kea

500

Please tell me a country that starts with the letter "Q"

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