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Punctuation and Grammar Jeopardy
Commas VerbUse
SentenceBoundaries
SentenceConstruction
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Final Jeopardy: Punctuation marks
Parts of Speech
$100 Question from Commas
These are used along with commas to combine two independent clauses into one sentence.
$100 Answer from Commas
What are coordinating conjunctions?
(or FANBOYS)
$200 Question from Commas
Commas are used to set off introductorywords or introductory “groups of words,” which are called _________________.
$200 Answer from Commas
What are phrases (or clauses)?
$300 Question from Commas
Use commas to separate sentence items in a ________________.
$300 Answer from Commas
What is a series?
$400 Question from Commas
Commas should be used to set off(restrictive or nonrestrictive) elements in a sentence.
$400 Answer from Commas
What is nonrestrictive?
$500 Question from Commas
Commas should be used to set off any nonessential, “parenthetical”or added details in a sentence. (true or false)
$500 Answer from Commas
What is “true”?
$100 Question from Verb Use
This quality distinguishesa verb as a “regular” verb.
$100 Answer from Verb Use
What is an “ed” ending in past tense?
$200 Question from Verb Use
The three primary verb tenses.
$200 Answer from Verb Use
What are past, present and future?
$300 Question from Verb Use
The letter which commonly ends plural nouns and singular verbs.
$300 Answer from Verb Use
What is the letter “s”?
$400 Question from Verb Use
The rule or practice which stipulates that singular nouns require singular verbs and plural nouns require plural verbs.
$400 Answer from Verb Use
What is subject/verb agreement?
$500 Question from Verb Use
The word “have” in the following sentence:
“I have given this a great deal of thought.”
$500 Answer from Verb Use
What is a helping verb?
$100 Question from Sentence Boundaries
A group of words, punctuated as a sentence,which does not express a complete thought.
$100 Answer from Sentence Boundaries
What is a sentence fragment?
$200 Question from Sentence Boundaries
Two simple sentences joined byonly a comma.
$200 Answer from Sentence Boundaries
What is a comma splice?
$300 Question from Sentence Boundaries
Two simple sentences combinedtogether with no internal punctuation.
$300 Answer from Sentence Boundaries
What is a fused sentence?(Or a run-on sentence?)
$400 Question from Sentence Boundaries
Example: “When Moby Dick was still a minnow.”
$400 Answer from Sentence Boundaries
What is a sentence fragment?
$500 Question from Sentence Boundaries
Example:“Put the lime in the coconut, shake them both together.”
$500 Answer from Sentence Boundaries
What is a comma splice?
$100 Question from Parts of Speech
Names a person, place, thing, or idea.
$100 Answer from Parts of Speech
What is a noun?
$200 Question from Parts of Speech
Word which can be used to takethe place of a noun in a sentence.
$200 Answer from Parts of Speech
What is a pronoun?
$300 Question from Parts of Speech
Word that describes an action or occurrence or indicates a state of being.
$300 Answer from Parts of Speech
What is a verb?
$400 Question from Parts of Speech
A word which describes or modifiesa noun or a pronoun.
$400 Answer from Parts of Speech
What is an adjective?
$500 Question from Parts of Speech
A word which modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb.
$500 Answer from Parts of Speech
What is an adverb?
$100 Question from Sentence Construction
Any group of words with itsown subject and predicate (verb).
$100 Answer from Sentence Construction
What is a clause?
$200 Question from Sentence Construction
A clause which could be punctuated as a simple sentence.
$200 Answer from Sentence Construction
What is an independent clause?
$300 Question from Sentence Construction
A clause which does not expressa complete thought.
$300 Answer from Sentence Construction
What is a dependent clause?
(OR: What is a relative clause?)
$400 Question from Sentence Construction
Two or more independent clauses joined into a sentence with correct internal punctuation.
$400 Answer from Sentence Construction
What is compound sentence?
$500 Question from Sentence Construction
One dependent clause and one independent clause joined together into one sentence.
$500 Answer from Sentence Construction
What is a complex sentence?
Final Jeopardy: Punctuation
Punctuation mark which is preceded by an independent clause and introduces whatever follows it.
Final Jeopardy Answer
What is a colon?
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