Parts of Speech Jeopardy

Verbs

100

This type of verb shows action

Action verbs 

200

This type of verb helps action or linking verbs by showing possibility or time

Helping verbs 

300

Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence:

They must have been eating pancakes and eggs for breakfast. 

must have been eating 

400

Change the following verb form to the correct tense:

verb form: study

Present progressive tense:______________

is studying 

500

Identify the verb in the following sentence and correctly include the type of verb it is. 

This candle smells amazing. 

smells, linking verb 

Nouns

100

This type of noun can be experienced with the five senses. 

concrete nouns 

200

Identify the proper noun in the following sentence.

The Irish dancers went to Ireland. 

Ireland 

300

Identify the compound noun in the following sentence.

He used his credit card to buy the new i-Phone for $1,500. 

credit card

400

Change the following word from singular to plural.

Singular: life 

Plural: ____________

lives

500

Identify correctly the following type of noun in the following sentence.

type of noun: abstract noun 

He loved using his imagination to create a painting. 

imagination 

Adjectives

100

What is the function of an adjective?

to modify nouns and pronouns 

200

List one question that adjectives answer 

What kind? or Which one? or How many? 

300

List one example adjective that answers the question, "Which one?" 

that, this, these, or those

400

List three articles 

a, an and the

500

Identify the adjective in the following sentence. 

Jack was wondering why his pet frog hopped away. 

pet

Pronouns

100

Name one out of the six types of pronouns 

personal, reflexive, relative, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite 

200

Identify the type of pronoun of the underlined word. 

The man who visited earlier apologized for his unruly dog. 

relative pronoun 

300

List the type of pronoun that asks the following questions:

which? whose? who? whom? what? 

interrogative pronoun 

400

List two examples of demonstrative pronouns

this, that, these, those 

500

Identify the pronoun in the following sentence, then identify what type of pronoun it is.

Everyone knows that Jenna is a wedding photographer. 

pronoun: everyone 

type of pronoun: indefinite 

Prepositions

100

Identify the preposition in the following sentence:

The chairs blew off the deck. 

off 

200

Prepositions show relationships between nouns and pronouns. What are the three things that prepositions share/do?  

share location, time, and introduces objects 

300

identify the preposition in the following sentence:

So, each night, we stayed up past midnight. 

past

400

List three examples of prepositions 

Answers may vary 

500

Identify all the prepositions in the sentence:

We heard a rustling in the bushes between 12:30 and 1:00 am. 

"in" and "between"