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20 Common Errors Jeopardy

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:

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20 Common Errors Jeopardy

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  1. 20 Common Errors Jeopardy Commas, Homonyms, Passive/Active Voice, Agreement, and General Knowledge

  2. Commas for 100 • Place the comma and state the comma rule that applies: • I love to swim in the deep beautiful sea.

  3. Commas for 200 • Place the comma and state the rule that applies: • When I am hungry I eat cookies.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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

  7. Homonyms for 100 • Choose the correct word for the sentence: • Advise or advice • I _____________ you to practice juggling.

  8. Homonyms for 200 • Choose the correct word for the sentence: • Affect or effect • Your smile has an ____________ on me.

  9. Homonyms for 300 • Choose the correct word for the sentence: • Its or it’s • Every dog has _______ tricks.

  10. Homonyms for 400 • Choose the correct word for the sentence: • Affect or effect • The doctor examined the patient’s _________ for signs of depression.

  11. Homonyms for 400 • Choose the correct word for the sentence: • Affect or effect • The doctor examined the patient’s _________ for signs of depression.

  12. Homonyms for 500 • Choose the correct word for the sentence: • Elude or allude • I like to ______________ my captors.

  13. Passive/Active for 100 • Identify the following sentence as using passive or active voice: • The cat ran up a tree.

  14. Passive/Active for 200 • Identify the following sentence as using passive or active voice: • I hate it when my brother hits me.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. Agreement for 100 • What are the indefinite pronouns in the following list? • Him, her, she,most, they, that, everybody, nobody, and some.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. Agreement for 400 • What are the indefinite pronouns that can be singular or plural? • In what ways must all pronouns agree?

  22. 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.

  23. IKIA (I know it all) for 100 • She said, “I love Chuck Norris jokes.” • State the comma rule that applies in the above sentence.

  24. 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?

  25. 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?

  26. IKIA for 400 • On the white board, punctuate the following sentence correctly: • She said that I was the best kid she had ever taught.

  27. 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.

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