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Sentence Writing Jeopardy
Created by Sharon Bittle
Based on the Fundamental of Sentence Writing
University of Kansas
Center for Research on Learning
Formulas
Infinitives
And
Prepositions
Definitions
Punctuation
Miscellaneous
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Formulas for $100
John went to the
store to buy milk.
SV
What is Subject, Verb?
Formula for $200
Mary and her mother sing in the
choir.
SSV
• What is Subject, Subject, Verb?
Formulas for $300
4
4
• What is: How many simple
sentence formulas are there?
Formulas for $400
The big black dog and little terrier
ran and chased each other in the
park.
SSVV
• What is Subject, Subject,
Verb, Verb?
Formulas for $500
The balloon rose high in the
air and disappeared from view.
SVV
• What is Subject, Verb, Verb?
Infin. & Prep. For $100
The purest form of a verb – to ____
Purest form of verb
• What is an infinitive?
Infinitives and Prepositions for $200
A group of words that shows place
or time.
A group of words that shows
place or time.
• What is a prepositional phrase?
Infinitives and Prepositions for $300
To swim
To swim
• What is an infinitive?
Infinitives and Prepositions for $400
under the desk
under the desk
• What is a prepositional phrase?
Daily
Double
Infinitives and Prepositions for $500
to school
To school
• What is a prepositional phrase
or an infinitive depending on
how it is used in the sentence?
Definitions for $100
the person, place, thing,
quality or idea that the
sentence is about
the person, place, thing, quality or idea that
the sentence is about
• What is the subject?
Definitions for $200
The word that shows the
action or state-of-being of
the subject
shows the action or state-of-being of the
subject
• What is the verb?
Definitions for $300
A word that describes a
noun
A word that describes a noun
• What is an adjective?
Definitions for $400
Words that help the
main verb show action
in a sentence
Words that help the main verb
• What are helping verbs?
Definitions for $500
Words that link the
subject to another word
that describes the
subject.
Words that link another word to the
subject
• What is a linking verb?
Punctuation for $100
• Must have this to be a
complete sentence
Must have this to be a complete
sentence
• What is end punctuation?
Punctuation for $200
Must come at the end of
question
Comes at the end of a question
• What is a question mark?
Punctuation for $300
Must come at the end of a
declarative sentence
Comes at the end of a declarative
sentence
• What is a period?
Punctuation for $400
Used when expressing surprise
or intense emotion
Intense emotion or surprise
• What is an exclamation
point?
Punctuation for $500
Used in an imperative
sentence
Used in an imperative sentence
• What is a period or an exclamation
point?
Miscellaneous for $100
PENS
PENS
• What is:
–
–
–
–
Pick a formula
Explore the words to fit the formula
Note the words
Search and Check ?
Miscellaneous for $200
am, is , are,
was, were, seem,
be, been become
Am, is, are…
• What are linking verbs?
Miscellaneous for $300
S
V
.?!
S
V .?!
• What are the requirement for a
complete sentence, or:
–
–
–
–
–
Start with a capital letter
Have end punctuation
Have a subject
Have a verb
Make sense
Miscellaneous for $400
MARK
MARK
• What is:
– Mark out imposters
– Ask “Is there a verb?”
– Root out the subject
– Key in on the
• Beginning
• Ending
• meaning
Miscellaneous for $500
The 23 helping verbs
CHAD B SWIM
CHAD B SWIM
Can
have am do be
shall
was is may
Could has are does being should were
might
had
did been
will
must
would