Parts of Speech Jeopardy

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What is a noun?

Question: Noun for 20 points

A noun is a person, place, thing, quality or idea.

Answer: Noun for 20 Points

Question: Noun for 30 points

Give an example of a person noun.

Answer: Noun for 30 points:

Examples: teacher, sister, baker, etc.

Question: Noun for 40 points

Give examples of a place noun and a thing noun.

Answer: Noun for 40 Points

Example: park, mall, theater, pencil, shoe, computer etc.

Question: Noun for 50 points

Give examples of quality and idea nouns.

Answer: Noun for 50 points

Examples: wish, dream, wisdom

Question: Verb for 20 Points

What is a verb?

Answer: Verb for 20 Points

A verb shows action, state of being, or links the subject to the predicate.

Question: Verb for 30 points

In which part of asentence does the verb belong?

Answer: Verb for 30 Points

A verb is in the predicate.

In the following sentence, which word is the action verb?

The children ran around

the yard all afternoon.

Question: Verb for 40 points

Answer: Verb for 40 points

Ran is the action verb.

Question: Verb for 50 points

Give 3 examples of

helping verbs.

Answer: Verb for 50 points

Examples: is, are, must, etc.

Question: Article for 20 points

Articles always appear before what part of speech?

Answer: Article for 20 points

Articles appear before nouns.

Question: Article for 30 points

What are the three articles?

Answer: Article for 30 points

a, an, the

Question: Article for 40 points

When do you use “a” in front of a noun, and when do you use “an”?

Answer: Article for 40 points

Use “a” in front of nouns that start with consonants and “an” in front of nouns that start with vowels.

Question: Article for 50 points

An article is a special form of what other part of speech?

Answer: Article for 50 points

Adjective

Question: Adjective for 20 points

What part of speech does an adjective tell about (modify)?

Answer: Adjective for 20 points

Noun

Question: Adjective for 30 points

What three things do adjectives tell about a noun?

Answer: Adjective for 30 points

which, how many, what kind

Question: Adjective for 40 points

Give examples of each kind of adjective:

which, how many, what kind

Answer: Adjective for 40 points

which: first

how many: few

what kind: soft

Question: Adjective for 50 points

Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence:

The smart detective figured out the cat burglar’s plan.

Answer: Adjective for 50 points

smart

cat

Question: Adverb for 20 points

What parts of speech does an adverb describe (modify)?

Answer: Adverb for 20 points

verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs

Question: Adverb for 30 points

What three things do adverbs tell?

Answer: Adverb for 30 points

how, where, when

Question: Adverb for 40 pointsGive examples of each kind of adverb:

how

where

when

Answer: Adverb for 40 points

how: quietly

when: tomorrow

where: there

Question: Adverb for 50 points

Identify the adverb(s) in the following sentence:

The girl quickly hid the cookie when her mom walked into the room.

Answer: Adverb for 50 points

quickly

when

Question: Preposition for 20 points

What relationship does a preposition show?

Answer: Preposition for 20 points

A preposition shows the relationship between the subject and rest of the sentence.

Question: Preposition for 30 points

What is the usual form of a prepositional phrase?

Answer: Preposition for 30 points

preposition—article—noun

Question: Preposition for 40 points

A prepositional phrase will never contain what two sentence parts?

Answer: Preposition for 40 points

subject and predicate

Question: Preposition for 50 points

Give three examples of prepositional phrases.

Answer: Preposition for 50 points

…over the hill

…behind a tree

…for an assignment