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Sentence Writing Jeopardy
Created by Sharon BittleBased on the Fundamental of Sentence
Writing University of Kansas
Center for Research on Learning
Formulas InfinitivesAnd
Prepositions
Definitions Punctuation Miscellaneous
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John went to the store to buy milk.
SV
What is Subject, Verb?
Formula for $200
Mary and her mother sing in the choir.
SSV
• What is Subject, Subject, Verb?
Formulas for $300
4
4
• What is: How many simple sentence formulas are there?
Formulas for $400
The big black dog and little terrier ran and chased each other in the park.
SSVV
• What is Subject, Subject, Verb, Verb?
Formulas for $500
The balloon rose high in the air and
disappeared from view.
SVV
• What is Subject, Verb, Verb?
Infin. & Prep. For $100
The purest form of a verb – to ____
Purest form of verb
• What is an infinitive?
Infinitives and Prepositions for $200
A group of words that shows place or time.
A group of words that shows place or time.
• What is a prepositional phrase?
Infinitives and Prepositions for $300
To swim
To swim
• What is an infinitive?
under the desk
Infinitives and Prepositions for $400
under the desk
• What is a prepositional phrase?
Daily
Double
Infinitives and Prepositions for $500
to school
To school
• What is a prepositional phrase or an infinitive depending on how it is used in the sentence?
Definitions for $100
the person, place, thing, quality or idea that the sentence is about
the person, place, thing, quality or idea that the sentence is about
• What is the subject?
Definitions for $200
The word that shows the action or state-of-being of the subject
shows the action or state-of-being of the subject
•What is the verb?
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A word that describes a noun
A word that describes a noun
•What is an adjective?
Definitions for $400
Words that help the main verb show action in a sentence
Words that help the main verb
•What are helping verbs?
Definitions for $500
Words that link the subject to another word that describes the subject.
Words that link another word to the subject
•What is a linking verb?
Punctuation for $100
•Must have this to be a complete sentence
Must have this to be a complete sentence
•What is end punctuation?
Punctuation for $200
Must come at the end of question
Comes at the end of a question
•What is a question mark?
Punctuation for $300
Must come at the end of a declarative sentence
Comes at the end of a declarative sentence
•What is a period?
Punctuation for $400
Used when expressing surprise or intense emotion
Intense emotion or surprise
•What is an exclamation point?
Punctuation for $500
Used in an imperative sentence
Used in an imperative sentence
• What is a period or an exclamation point?
Miscellaneous for $100
PENS
PENS
• What is:– Pick a formula– Explore the words to fit the
formula– Note the words– Search and Check ?
Miscellaneous for $200
am, is , are, was, were, seem, be, been become
Am, is, are…
•What are linking verbs?
Miscellaneous for $300
S V . ? !
• What are the requirement for a complete sentence, or:– Start with a capital letter– Have end punctuation– Have a subject– Have a verb– Make sense
S V . ? !
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MARK
MARK
• What is:– Mark out imposters– Ask “Is there a verb?”– Root out the subject– Key in on the
•Beginning•Ending•meaning
Miscellaneous for $500
The 23 helping verbs
CHAD B SWIM
CHAD B SWIM
Can have am do be shall was is may
Could has are does being should were might
had did been will must
would