Grammar Jeopardy

Contractions

100

The contraction for WILL NOT is ____________

won't

200

In the following sentence, which two words could be combined to make a contraction?

"The family needs to leave by 8:00 am, or they will be late!"

They will (they'll)

300

Which contraction is spelled incorrectly?

A. could've

B. Iv'e

C. You've

D. Would've

B. Iv'e (correctly spelled as I've)

400

Jimmy is 5 years old. ________ going to kindergarten in September. Which contraction goes in the blank?

A. He's 

B. She's 

C. They're 

D. You're

A. He's

500

In the following sentence, which two words could be combined to make a contraction? 

"Earlier, we were eating lunch. Now, we are heading to the zoo."

We are = we're

Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences

100

A simple sentence is also known as ______________.

A. an independent clause

B. a dependent clause

A. an independent clause

200

"Bart ordered pizza, and Maggie slept."

What type of sentence is this?

A. Simple sentence

B. Compound sentence

C. Complex sentence

B. Compound sentence

300

True or False: If the dependent clause is at the beginning of your sentence, you need a comma.

True

400

What does FANBOYS stand for?

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

500

What is the DEPENDENT clause in the following complex sentence?

"When the cake is golden brown, remove it from the oven."

When the cake is golden brown

Prepositions

100

What are the prepositions in this sentence? 

"The two black cats ran across a log and under a porch."

across, under

200

Finish the sentence using a preposition: 

"Dessert will be served ______ dinner."

Answers vary: after, around, before, during, with, without

300

Write the sentence again, but use a different preposition:

"We walked down the garden path."

Answers vary: We walked across the garden path. We walked along the garden path. We walked beside the garden path. We walked into the garden path. We walked through the garden path. 

400

Name the OBJECT of the preposition:

"The man is in the store."

Store

500

"My grandpa is from California."

Does this sentence have a preposition of:

A. Movement

B. Time

C. Device

D. Origin

D. Origin

Interjections

100

True or False: Interjections can come at the beginning of a sentence.

True

200

What is the interjection in this sentence: "Wow! You won the lottery!"

Wow

300

Give an example of an interjection that expresses disgust.

Eww, Ick, Yuck, Gross, etc.

400

With interjections that express STRONG emotion, we use this type of punctuation:

Exclamation point

500

With interjections that express MILD emotion, we use this type of punctuation:

Comma

Perfect Tense

100

True or False: This sentence is written in the present perfect tense.

"I have lots of shoes."

False

200

Is the following sentence written in past perfect tense, present perfect tense, or future perfect tense?

"April will have gone to the coffee shop before she comes here."

Future perfect tense

300

Is the following sentence written in past perfect tense, present perfect tense, or future perfect tense?

"She stayed up all night because she had received bad news."

Past perfect tense

400

Change the following sentence to include the PAST perfect tense:

"We have already started to cook."

We HAD already started to cook.

500

Put the following words in the correct order to form a question in the past perfect tense: 

hair his before Had pink been ?

Had his hair been pink before?