Noun & Pronoun Jeopardy

Noun & Pronoun Jeopardy Directions: Select a point valued question. Answer each question. Click to check your answer. Click the “home” button to return to the game board.

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Row 1, Col 1 How many nouns are in the following sentence? The students ate pizza in the cafeteria. 3 Students Pizza Cafeteria

1,2 How many nouns are in the following sentence? The sky is filled with clouds. 2 Sky Clouds

1,3 What is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun? The coaches gave their teams a pep talk before the game. coaches

1,4 What is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun? The old uniforms had holes in them. old uniforms

2,1 How many nouns are in the following sentence? The bright sunshine gave me a headache. 2 Sunshine Headache

2,2 How many nouns are in the following sentence? Honesty and respect are part of a solid friendship. 3 Honesty Respect Friendship

2,3 What is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun? Andy hit a homer with his lucky bat. Andy

2,4 What is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun? The team loved their new uniforms. team

3,1 What are the nouns in the following sentences? 1. Most clams could fit in your hand. 2. The largest clams, however, weigh about 500 pounds. Sentence 1: clams, hand Sentence 2: clams, 500 pounds

3,2 What is a noun? A person, place, thing, or idea

3,3 How many pronouns are in the story below: Northstar Middle School is in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. We have over 400 students at our school. The sixth grade has six resource teachers. They are really great teachers. The students are divided into two teams. The teams have over 80 kids on them. 4 we our they them

3,4 How many pronouns are in the story below: In the fall we went to Camp Manitou. It was really fun. The bus took us to camp. We slept in the cabins. Our teachers slept in the cabins too. In the morning we had breakfast. It was delicious. I can’t wait to go back. 8 we it us we our we it I

4,1 • What are the nouns in the following sentences? • Their shells are big enough to use for beds and bathtubs. • They are found in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean near Australia. Sentence 1: shells, beds, bathtubs Sentence 2: Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Australia

4,2 Identify each of the following nouns as common or proper: milwaukee brewers teacher ms. slaggie carson park baseball park Common nouns; teacher, baseball, park Proper nouns; Milwaukee Brewers, Ms. Slaggie, Carson Park

4,3 What is the correct pronoun for the following sentence? The owl is eating (it, its, it’s) prey. its

4,4 What is the correct pronoun for the following sentence? (It, Its, It’s) is our tradition to eat turkey on Thanksgiving. It

5,1 Does the apostrophe go before or after the “s” to show ownership in the following sentence? The porch windows let in the (suns) rays. Before: sun’s

5,2 Does the apostrophe go before or after the “s” to show ownership in the following sentence? The baby kangaroos were in their (mothers) pouches. After: mothers’

5,3 • What is the correct pronoun for each of the following sentences? • Do (you, your, you’re) homework each night. • Your lungs can be affected if (you, your, yours, you’re) a smoker. 1. your 2. you’re

5,4 • What is the correct pronoun for each of the following sentences? • Stacey is going to take Andy and (I, me) to the movies. • My friend and (I, me) were planning to go to the mall. • me • I

Noun & Pronoun Jeopardy