Writing Jeopardy

pronouns

100

• The subject pronoun in the following sentence:

• We saw photos of a tsunami.

The subject is "we"

200

What pronoun would you use to replace the name “Sarah”?

"She"

300

What is the pronoun in this sentence?
“He ran to the park.”

"He"

400

Choose the correct pronoun:
“___ are going to the store.” (Me or We?)

"We"

500

Fix this sentence by replacing the noun with a pronoun:
“Jack and Jill went up the hill. Jack and Jill got some water.”

"Jack and Jill went up the hill. They got some water."

verb tense

100

• Identify all the present-tense verbs in the following sentence:

• Jean grasps her special fat pencil.

"grasps"

200

• Write the correct form of the present-tense verb in parentheses:

• Sam (help) with the dough.

helps

300

• Change the verb in parentheses to the past-tense form of the word:

• The young snakes (grow) very rapidly.

"grew"

400

• Change the verb to a future tense verb:

• He carries the lunch box to the cafeteria.

"will carry"

500

• Write the past and future tenses of the verb teach.

"taught" and "will teach"

sentences

100

• Name the missing part(s) of the following sentence:

• the forest is full of many different sounds

"capital letter" and "period"

200

Which of these is a complete sentence?
A) Went to the park.
B) The dog barked loudly.

"The dog barked loudly."

300

Fix this run-on sentence:
“I like pizza it is my favorite food.”

"I like pizza. It is my favorite food."

400

Choose the sentence that is written correctly:
A) the cat chased the mouse.
B) The cat chased the mouse
C) The cat chased the mouse.

C) The cat chased the mouse.

500

Turn this fragment into a complete sentence:
“Running through the field.”

The dog was running through the field.
(or) She was running through the field.

parts of speech

100

• Name the part of speech:

• flew

"verb"

200

• Name the part of speech:

• Alaska

"proper noun"

300

• Name the part of speech:

• quickly

"adverb"

400

• Name the part of speech:

• brothers

"plural noun"

500

• Change the part of speech to a noun:

• borrowed

"borrower"

subject/verb agreement

100

• Choose the verb form in parentheses that agrees with the subject:

• All the students (marks, mark) their own papers.

"mark"

200

• Choose the verb form in parentheses that agrees with the subject:

• Then Ruth and Stella (march, marches) up to Jean’s desk.

"march"

300

• Write the correct tense of the verb in parentheses:

• Yesterday, Leigh (experiment) with some new rhymes.

"experimented"

400

• Write the correct tense of the verb in parentheses:

• Tomorrow, he (visit) Barry’s house after school.

"will visit"

500

• Write the correct tense of the verb in parentheses:

• Barry hopes that Leigh (help) make a burglar alarm.

"will help"