20 Common Errors Jeopardy

Commas, Homonyms, Passive/Active Voice, Agreement,

and General Knowledge

Commas for 100

• Place the comma and state the comma rule that applies:

• I love to swim in the deep beautiful sea.

Commas for 200

• Place the comma and state the rule that applies:

• When I am hungry I eat cookies.

Commas for 300

• Place the comma(s) and state the comma rule(s) that applies(y):

• Last week Sally met Huey Lewis a famous band leader.

Commas for 400

• Place the commas and state the comma rules that apply; there may be one or more than one:

• Shelby please put October 21 2009 on my calendar.

Commas for 500

• Place the comma and other punctuation and state the comma rule that applies. There may be more than one.

• I asked you When are we going to have another snow day, Jeremy

Homonyms for 100

• Choose the correct word for the sentence:

• Advise or advice

• I _____________ you to practice juggling.

Homonyms for 200

• Choose the correct word for the sentence:

• Affect or effect

• Your smile has an ____________ on me.

Homonyms for 300

• Choose the correct word for the sentence:

• Its or it’s

• Every dog has _______ tricks.

Homonyms for 400

• Choose the correct word for the sentence:

• Affect or effect

• The doctor examined the patient’s _________ for signs of depression.

Homonyms for 400

• Choose the correct word for the sentence:

• Affect or effect

• The doctor examined the patient’s _________ for signs of depression.

Homonyms for 500

• Choose the correct word for the sentence:

• Elude or allude

• I like to ______________ my captors.

Passive/Active for 100

• Identify the following sentence as using passive or active voice:

• The cat ran up a tree.

Passive/Active for 200

• Identify the following sentence as using passive or active voice:

• I hate it when my brother hits me.

Passive/Active for 300

• Identify the following sentence as using passive or active voice, and change the sentence to the opposite voice.

• He was running the ball over the goal line.

Passive/Active for 400

• Identify the following sentence as using passive or active voice, and change it to the opposite voice.

• The law passed by her is considered amazing by her peers.

Passive/Active for 500

• Identify the following sentence as using passive or active voice, and change it to the opposite voice.

• She completed the marathon and won the trophy.

Agreement for 100

• What are the indefinite pronouns in the following list?

• Him, her, she,most, they, that, everybody, nobody, and some.

Agreement for 200

• Identify the indefinite pronoun. Then pick the verb that agrees with the indefinite pronoun in the following sentence:

• One of the kids (is, are) very polite.

Agreement for 300

• Identify the correct verb and personal pronoun and say why you picked each to agree with the indefinite pronoun in the following sentence:

• Neither he nor the other drivers (is, are) responsible for (his, their) actions.

Agreement for 400

• What are the indefinite pronouns that can be singular or plural?

• In what ways must all pronouns agree?

Agreement for 500

• What is a third person plural pronoun, and use one in a sentence, stating the antecedent of the third person plural pronoun.

IKIA (I know it all) for 100

• She said, “I love Chuck Norris jokes.”

• State the comma rule that applies in the above sentence.

IKIA for 200

• Yesterday I built a sledding hill in my front yard and took a ride.

• How many commas (if any) are needed in this sentence? What rule/rules applies/apply?

IKIA for 300

• ______________ when I go to school I yearn to learn.

• Which homonym should I use? Every day or Everyday?

• What comma rules apply, and where should the commas go?

IKIA for 400

• On the white board, punctuate the following sentence correctly:

• She said that I was the best kid she had ever taught.

IKIA for 500

• Identify the voice, indefinite pronouns, and appropriate homonyms and verbs in the following sentence:

• The election will be won by anyone who can show (his/her, their) personality and (allude, elude) criticism by the TV networks.