Grammar Jeopardy!

Sentence Parts

100

Identity the simple subject in the following sentence:

 "Many animals need shelter from the cold and from predators."

Animals

200

Identity the simple predicate, or verb, in the following sentence: 

"The family traveled west from their home in Tennessee." 

traveled

300

Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence:

 "Computers networks have been operating the lights."

"...have been operating..."

400

Identify the compound subject in the following sentence: 

"American astronauts and Russians cosmonauts have lived aboard space stations." 

astronauts AND cosmonauts

500

Identity the compound verb in the following sentence: 

"Special greenhouses shelter and sustain the city's food." 

"... shelter AND sustain ..." 

Subject-Verb Agreement

100

Choose the verb that agrees with the subject in the following sentence: 

Jennifer (collects, collect) ceramic figurines. 

collects 

200

Choose the verb that agrees with the subject in the following sentence: 

"Family members (has/have) admired Jonathan's determination." 

have 

300

Choose the verb that agrees with the subject in the following sentence: 

"The letters that need to be mailed (is/are) on the counter." 

are

400

Choose the verb that agrees with the subject in the following sentence: 

"Here (is/are) the tickets that you reserved." 

are

500

Choose the verb that agrees with the subject in the following sentence: 

"The principal or the teachers (makes/make) the final decision." 

make 

Spelling

100

Choose the correctly spelled word in the following sentence: 

"We visited four European (country's/countries) during our vacation." 

countries 

200

Choose the correctly spelled word in the following sentence: 

"The coach reminded the players to wash their (jerseys/jersies) before every game." 

jerseys 

300

Choose the correctly spelled word in the following sentence: 

"Joseph spotted two (deers/deer) at the edge of the field." 

deer

400

Choose the correctly spelled word in the following sentence: 

"The musicians played two seperate (pianoes/pianos) on stage." 

pianos 

500

Choose the correctly spelled word in the following sentence: 

"The construction crew examined various (roofs/rooves) throughout the course of the week." 

roofs

Commas

100

I live at 16110 Wildwood Lane New Lenox Illinois 60451. 

I live at 16110 Wildwood Lane, New Lenox, Illinois, 60451. 

200

My birthday is on December 13th 1989. 

My birthday is on December 13th, 1989. 

300

Yes I would love to go to the zoo. 

Yes, I would love to go to the zoo. 

400

Handsome funny actors are the best in chick flicks. 

Handsome, funny actors are the best in chick flicks. 

500

The governor of California who is a lover of movies will be in town next week. 

The governor of California, who is a lover of movies, will be in town next week. 

Get It "Write"

100

Correct the punctuation in this sentence or state that it is correct: 

"Lets eat grandma."

Let's eat, Grandma. 

200

Correct the punctuation in this sentence or state that it is correct: 

"I wanted to go to the doctor i had a cold." 

I wanted to go to the doctor. I had a cold. 

300

Correct the punctuation in this sentence or state that it is correct: 

My mother said, "Please John, don't eat the daisies".

My mother said, "Please, John, don't eat the daisies." 

400

Correct the punctuation in this sentence or state that it is correct: 

When I was young, the Oscar Mayer company had a song that said, "Oh! I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener." 

This sentence is correct. 

500

Correct the punctuation in this sentence or state that it is correct: 

When are you Daisy and Sam going to Chicago. 

When are you, Daisy, and Sam going to Chicago?