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Middle School ELA Grammar Jeopardy

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A middle school grammar review covering parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, agreement, and commonly confused words. This is a Grades 6–8 English / ELA review game in a Jeopardy-style format: a teacher puts the board on one screen, teams pick clues by point value, and the class answers out loud — no student devices or accounts needed. Categories: Parts of Speech, Sentence Structure, Punctuation, Agreement, Common Confusions.

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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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