Sentence Writing Jeopardy

1. Sentence Writing Jeopardy Created by Sharon Bittle Based on the Fundamental of Sentence Writing University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning

3. Formulas for $100 • John went to the store to buy milk.

4. SV What is Subject, Verb?

5. Formula for $200 • Mary and her mother sing in the choir.

6. SSV • What is Subject, Subject, Verb?

7. Formulas for $300 • 4

8. 4 • What is: How many simple sentence formulas are there?

9. Formulas for $400 • The big black dog and little terrier ran and chased each other in the park.

10. SSVV • What is Subject, Subject, Verb, Verb?

11. Formulas for $500 • The balloon rose high in the air and disappeared from view.

12. SVV • What is Subject, Verb, Verb?

13. Infin. & Prep. For $100 • The purest form of a verb – to ____

14. Purest form of verb • What is an infinitive?

15. Infinitives and Prepositions for $200 • A group of words that shows place or time.

16. A group of words that shows place or time. • What is a prepositional phrase?

17. Infinitives and Prepositions for $300 • To swim

18. To swim • What is an infinitive?

19. Infinitives and Prepositions for $400 • under the desk

20. under the desk • What is a prepositional phrase?

21. Daily Double

22. Infinitives and Prepositions for $500 • to school

23. To school • What is a prepositional phrase or an infinitive depending on how it is used in the sentence?

24. Definitions for $100 • the person, place, thing, quality or idea that the sentence is about

25. the person, place, thing, quality or idea that the sentence is about • What is the subject?

26. Definitions for $200 • The word that shows the action or state-of-being of the subject

27. shows the action or state-of-being of the subject • What is the verb?

28. Definitions for $300 • A word that describes a noun

29. A word that describes a noun • What is an adjective?

30. Definitions for $400 • Words that help the main verb show action in a sentence

31. Words that help the main verb • What are helping verbs?

32. Definitions for $500 • Words that link the subject to another word that describes the subject.

33. Words that link another word to the subject • What is a linking verb?

34. Punctuation for $100 • Must have this to be a complete sentence

35. Must have this to be a complete sentence • What is end punctuation?

36. Punctuation for $200 • Must come at the end of question

37. Comes at the end of a question • What is a question mark?

38. Punctuation for $300 • Must come at the end of a declarative sentence

39. Comes at the end of a declarative sentence • What is a period?

40. Punctuation for $400 • Used when expressing surprise or intense emotion

41. Intense emotion or surprise • What is an exclamation point?

42. Punctuation for $500 • Used in an imperative sentence

43. Used in an imperative sentence • What is a period or an exclamation point?

44. Miscellaneous for $100 • PENS

45. PENS • What is: • Pick a formula • Explore the words to fit the formula • Note the words • Search and Check ?

46. Miscellaneous for $200 • am, is , are, • was, were, seem, • be, been become

47. Am, is, are… • What are linking verbs?

48. Miscellaneous for $300 S V . ? !

49. 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

50. Miscellaneous for $400 • MARK