Vocabulary Jeopardy

Antonyms

100

noisy

quiet

200

future

past

300

temporary

permanent

400

guilty

innocent

500

villain

hero

Synonyms

100

gigantic

enormous, huge, big, large

200

irritate

bother, annoy, pester

300

argue

disagree

400

soggy

soaked, wet

500

wise

smart, intelligent

Irregular Verbs

100

bite

bit

200

break

broke

300

freeze

froze

400

hold

held

500

shake

shook

Analogies

100

up is to down as over is to _____

under

200

big is to small as full is to ______

empty

300

tree is to climb as pool is to ______

swim

400

rock is to heavy as feather is to _______

light

500

spaghetti is to pasta as broccoli is to _____

vegetable

Academic Vocabulary

100

If your teacher asks you to write a paragraph, what does that mean?

answers vary - but should include information about a group of sentences on the same topic

200

If you are asked to collaborate on a project with your group, what does that mean?

answers vary but should include the concept of working together with everyone sharing the responsibility for getting the work done

300

If the directions say to use evidence to support your answer, what do you need to do?

answers vary - should include information about using facts or quotes from a text that proves your answer

400

If the directions are to revise your paragraph before turning it in, what should you do?

answers vary - should include information about read over your paragraph and make changes to improve the quality

500

If your teacher tells you to add dialogue to your paragraph, what should you do?

answers vary - should include something about including conversation that is indicated by quotation marks