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?