Parts of Speech Jeopardy

Nouns and Pronouns

100

The clown was creepy.

CLOWN

200

My bracket is respectable.

BRACKET

300

Everyone should go to the game. (Find the pronoun)

EVERYONE

400

Winning the Superbowl would be great.

WINNING THE SUPERBOWL

500

Applying to college can be stressful.

APPLYING TO COLLEGE

Verbs

100

The student yelled across the room.

YELLED

200

He hit the snooze button.

HIT

300

My dad went to Cornell.

WENT

400

He is pretty smart.

IS

500

They're going to win the championship.

ARE

Adjectives

100

She ordered the chocolate cake.

CHOCOLATE

200

I love your blue shirt.

BLUE

300

The new teacher quit.

NEW

400

I gave you a thousand reasons why we should break up.

THOUSAND

500

The Bills made some promising trades.

PROMISING

Adverbs

100

She glanced quickly at her phone.

QUICKLY

200

They sat quietly at their desks.

QUIETLY

300

I went to the movies yesterday.

YESTERDAY

400

What happened next was a surprise.

NEXT

500

The car was headed south at top speed.

SOUTH

Prepositions and Conjunctions

100

I put my mascara in my bag.

IN

200

My dog fell asleep under the table.

UNDER

300

With great care, I climbed the stairs.

WITH

400

I got a text from my ex.

FROM

500

For my birthday, I got a new iphone.

FOR