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Middle School ELA Grammar Jeopardy

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This board helps players review Grammar through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Parts of Speech, Sentence Structure, Punctuation, Agreement, Common Confusions. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Parts of Speech

    In 'The energetic dog barked loudly,' energetic is this part of speech.

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    an adjective

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  • Sentence Structure

    A sentence with one independent clause is this type.

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    a simple sentence

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  • Punctuation

    Use this mark to separate items in a simple list.

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    a comma

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  • Agreement

    In 'The team of players ___ ready,' choose is or are.

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    is — Agreement

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  • Common Confusions

    Choose the correct word: ___ going to win. Their / They're / There

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    They're

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Parts of Speech

$100 — In 'The energetic dog barked loudly,' energetic is this part of speech.
an adjective
$200 — In 'She quickly finished,' quickly is this.
an adverb
$300 — In 'They walked across the bridge,' across is this.
a preposition
$400 — In 'Wow! That was close,' wow is this.
an interjection
$500 — In 'I wanted to go, but it rained,' but is this.
a conjunction

Sentence Structure

$100 — A sentence with one independent clause is this type.
a simple sentence
$200 — A sentence with two independent clauses joined correctly is this type.
a compound sentence
$300 — A dependent clause cannot stand alone because it lacks this.
a complete thought
$400 — A group of words with a subject and verb is called this.
a clause
$500 — A sentence containing an independent clause and at least one dependent clause is this type.
a complex sentence

Punctuation

$100 — Use this mark to separate items in a simple list.
a comma
$200 — Use this punctuation mark between two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction.
a semicolon
$300 — A colon can introduce a list after this kind of clause.
a complete independent clause
$400 — Possession in 'the teacher's desk' is shown with this mark.
an apostrophe
$500 — A direct quotation should be enclosed in these marks.
quotation marks

Agreement

$100 — In 'The team of players ___ ready,' choose is or are.
is — Agreement
$200 — In 'Neither the coach nor the players ___ late,' choose was or were.
were
$300 — A singular subject normally takes this kind of verb form in present tense.
a singular verb
$400 — In 'Each of the books ___ a label,' choose has or have.
has
$500 — Pronouns should agree with their antecedents in number and this.
person or gender when relevant

Common Confusions

$100 — Choose the correct word: ___ going to win. Their / They're / There
They're
$200 — Choose the correct word: The dog wagged ___ tail. its / it's
its
$300 — Choose the correct word: I have ___ books than you. less / fewer
fewer
$400 — Choose the correct word: Please ___ the invitation. accept / except
accept
$500 — Choose the correct word: The weather may ___ our plans. affect / effect
affect

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