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This board helps players review Grammar through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Nouns & Subjects, Action & Linking Verbs, Adjectives vs. Adverbs, Pronouns & Antecedents, Connectors & Exclaimers. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Nouns & Subjects

    In "The cat sleeps," this word is the subject.

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    cat

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  • Action & Linking Verbs

    In "Dogs run," this word is the action verb.

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    run

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  • Adjectives vs. Adverbs

    In "a red ball," this word is the adjective.

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    red

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  • Pronouns & Antecedents

    In "Sara lost her book," this word is the antecedent of 'her'.

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    Sara

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  • Connectors & Exclaimers

    In "The book on the table," this word is the preposition.

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    on

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Nouns & Subjects

$100 — In "The cat sleeps," this word is the subject.
cat
$200 — In "The park is big," this word is the noun naming a place.
park
$300 — In "Ms. Lopez teaches," this word is the proper noun.
Ms. Lopez
$400 — In "The team wins easily," this noun names a group.
team
$500 — In "The creativity of students shines," this abstract noun names an idea.
creativity

Action & Linking Verbs

$100 — In "Dogs run," this word is the action verb.
run
$200 — In "She is happy," this linking verb connects subject to description.
is
$300 — In "They were tired," this word is the linking verb.
were
$400 — In "He becomes a doctor," this verb acts as a linking verb.
becomes
$500 — In "Birds have flown south," this helping verb works with the main verb.
have

Adjectives vs. Adverbs

$100 — In "a red ball," this word is the adjective.
red
$200 — In "She sings beautifully," this word is the adverb.
beautifully
$300 — In "The very tall tree swayed," this word intensifies an adjective.
very
$400 — In "He ran fast, not quickly," this shorter adverb modifies 'ran'.
fast
$500 — In "The extremely cold night felt endless," this adjective describes 'night'.
cold

Pronouns & Antecedents

$100 — In "Sara lost her book," this word is the antecedent of 'her'.
Sara
$200 — In "They play chess," this word is the pronoun.
they
$300 — In "The students who study win," this relative pronoun starts a clause.
who
$400 — In "Each of the cookies is gone," this indefinite pronoun is singular.
Each
$500 — In "I gave myself a break," this reflexive pronoun reflects back to the subject.
myself

Connectors & Exclaimers

$100 — In "The book on the table," this word is the preposition.
on
$200 — In "We ate and talked," this small word is a coordinating conjunction.
and
$300 — In "Wow, that was fun," this interjection shows surprise.
Wow
$400 — In "She went because it mattered," this word is a subordinating conjunction.
because
$500 — In "The cat is under the chair," this word is the object of the preposition.
chair

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