High School Grammar Jeopardy

Sentence Parts

100

Identify the simple subject in the following sentence: Many animals need shelter from cold and predators.

animals

200

Identify 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: Computer networks have been operating the lights.

have been operating

400

Identify the compound subject in the following sentence: American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts have lived aboard space stations.

astronauts AND cosmonauts

500

Identify 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 admired, have admired) Jonathan’s determination.

have admired

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

Sentence Errors

100

The following statement is an example of which sentence error? Listens to the students’ opinions.

A fragment/incomplete sentence

200

The following statement is an example of which sentence error? The company has never printed novels, textbooks are its primary publication.

A comma splice

300

The following statement is an example of which type of sentence error? After the accident yesterday, Amy drove very carefully she vowed to obey the speed limit.

A run-on

400

What is one way to correct the sentence error in the following sentence? Wearing a seat belt is not just a good idea, it’s the law.

Possible answers:

-Change the comma to a period.

-Change the comma to a colon.

500

What is one way to correct the sentence error in the following sentence? An interesting and satisfying hobby.

Some possible answers:

_____ is an interesting and satisfying hobby.

An interesting and satisfying hobby is _____.

Spelling

100

Choose the correctly spelled word in the following sentence: We visited four European (countrys, countries) during our vacation.

countries

200

Choose the correctly spelled word in the following sentence: The coach reminded the players to wash the (jerseys, jersies) before the 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 separate (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

Frequently Confused Words

100

Choose the correct word to complete the following sentence: I was waiting for the delivery truck, but I watched as it (passed, past) my house.

passed

200

Choose the correct word to complete the following sentence: The new gas prices are (quit, quiet, quite) alarming.

quite

300

Choose the correct word to complete the following sentence: We decided to take a different (course, coarse) of action.

course

400

Choose the correct word to complete the following sentence: Benjamin is a better writer (then, than) Sherry is.

than

500

Choose the correct word to complete the following sentence: They were all (affected, effected) by the power outage.

affected