Writer's Workshop Bash Jeopardy

Punctuation, please!

100

What punctuation is missing from the following sentence?

"Read silently" the teacher said, "when you finish the test."

What is the comma between silently and the quotation mark?

200

What punctuation is missing from the following sentence?

If you pay attention and study your grades will improve.

What is the comma after study?

300

Where does the puncutation belong in this sentence?

 I want to buy those shoes but they are too expensive.

What is there should be a comma between shoes and but.

400

How many commas are missing from this sentence? Where should they be placed?

My mom the most interesting lady I know loves to read write poetry and cook delicious meals.

What is 4? They should be placed after mom, know, read, and poetry.

500

How should this sentence be correctly punctuated?

Before I submit my test should I review all of my answers asked Angela

What is "Before I submit my test, should I review all of my answers?" asked Angela.

Disagreeable Verbs

100

Edit the verb in the sentence:

The eighth graders of Hugo Owens Middle School is going to rock this SOL test!

What is change is to are?

200

Edit the following sentence:

The inventors was asking how to get a patent on their products.

What is The inventors were asking how to get a patent on their products.

300

Edit the following:

Each of the students are going to the movies.

What is change are to is

400

What changes should be made to the following sentence?

There is 196 countries in the world today.

Change is to are.

500

Edit the following sentence:

Everyone of the girls sing loudly.

What is change sing to sings?

Pronouns, antecedents, oh my!

100

Fill in the missing pronoun and name the antecedent.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only president to serve more than two terms. The 22nd Amendment was passed after ____ death.

What is his (pronoun) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (antecedent)?

200

All of the words listed below are synonyms for "considerable" except ____________. (Sizable, substantial, excessive, generous)

What is excessive.

300

The word "extensive" could be used to describe all of the following nouns except "___________". (knowledge, search, dog, training)

What is dog?

400

What word, from the list below, would most likely be used to describe a rotten fruit? (intricate, rancid, stifled, irrational)

rancid

500

All of these words, are words you might use to describe a mud puddle except ___________. (opaque, murky, grubby, immaculate)

What is immaculate?

Ready for Research

100

“I’m sorry, Amy, but Susanna won’t be able to meet with you today after all. She had an important meeting with the editor of her new book. How is her new book. correctly written? A her new book”. B her “new book.” C her new book.” D As it is

C. her new book."

200

Write on the Board Question: (1)A special person in my life is my big brother. (2)His name is Ben. (3)He is tall and thin. Combine sentences 1 and 2, in a way that is correct and logical.

What is "A special person in my life is Ben, my big brother." or "My big brother, Ben, is a special person in my life."

300

What is the best way to add more specific details to the following sentence: Their skin is colorful, which allows these creatures to blend with their surroundings. A) Their skin is a leathery mixture of greens, browns, and blacks that allows these creatures to blend with their surroundings. B) Their unusual skin is green and brown, and this colorful mixture allows these creatures to blend with their surroundings. C) Their skin is so dark that it allows these creatures to blend with their surroundings. D) Their colorful skin allows these creatures to blend with their surroundings.

A) Their skin is a leathery mixture of greens, browns, and blacks that allows these creatures to blend with their surroundings.

400

How is neighborring correctly written? A nieghboring B neighboring C neighborhing D As it is

What is B, neighboring?

500

On the your own paper: Write a thesis statement for the following prompt, remember this is a game! So you only have 2 minutes! Your school has some extra money to spend. It could be spent on a computer lab, new sports equipment, a cafeteria, or something of your choice. Write about what you would choose and why.

Any acceptable answer, as judged by the instructors.

Which word?

100

A type of punctuation is missing in the following sentence. What is it, and where should it go? My sister and I were bored so we went to see a movie.

What is a comma before "so".

200

Fill in the blank: I found some frogs behind my house, _________ bumpy and green. (their, there, they're)

What is they're?

300

Write on the Board Question: How would you correct the mistakes in this sentence? " The class decided that a picnic not a dance would be more fun."

The class decided that a picnic, not a dance, would be more fun.

400

Write on the board question: How would you correct this sentence? Wait a minute, my sister said as she grabbed my arm, "I want to tell you something."

Place quotation marks before "wait" and after "minute".

500

Correct the sentence below on a piece of paper, you have one minute: I really injoy go to the movies but I also like to skate width my friends.

I really enjoy going to the movies, but I also like to skate with my friends.