1. Grammar and Punctuation Skills
JEOPARDY
Grammar and Punctuation Skills

2. Answer Board
Quotations
Spelling
Capitalization
Punctuation
Grammar
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3. Answer: Jane said, “Please pass me the salt.”
Quotations for 100
Question: Where do the quotation marks belong in the following sentence? Jane said, Please pass me the salt.
Answer: Jane said, “Please pass me the salt.”

4. Answer: I love the poem by Carl Sandberg called “The Fog.”
Quotations for 200
Question: Where do the quotation marks belong in the following sentence? I love the poem by Carl Sandberg called The Fog
Answer: I love the poem by Carl Sandberg called “The Fog.”

5. Quotations for 300
Question: Where do the quotation marks belong in the following sentence? Please wait, John interrupted, until all students are seated.
Answer: “Please wait,” John interrupted, “until all students are seated.”

6. Quotations for 400
Question: Where do the quotation marks belong in the following sentence? My brother’s favorite song, God Bless the USA, is often used to express patriotism.
Answer: My brother’s favorite song, “God Bless the USA,” is often used to express patriotism.

7. Spelling for 100
Question: Which word in the following sentence is spelled incorrectly? The sientist found the cure for the woman’s disease.
Answer: scientist

8. Spelling for 200
Question: Which word in the following sentence is spelled incorrectly? The train’s deparchure for Boston was delayed because of a blizzard.
Answer: departure

9. Spelling for 300
Question: Which word in the following sentence is spelled incorrectly? The toddler was draging his toy around the gymnasium while the team practiced.
Answer: dragging

10. Spelling for 400
Question: Which word in the following sentence is spelled incorrectly? Richard earned a scolarship to his favorite college.
Answer: scholarship

11. Answer: Mr. Beasley, Paris, France
Capitalization for 100
Question: What words need to be capitalized in the following sentence? mr. beasley, my math teacher, was born in paris, france.
Answer: Mr. Beasley, Paris, France

12. Capitalization for 200
Question: What words need to be capitalized in the following sentence? we’re going to magic mountain on friday of next week.
Answer: We’re,
Magic Mountain, Friday

13. Answer: The Wizard of Oz, Ahmanson Theatre
Capitalization for 300
Question: What words need to be capitalized in the following sentence? We just saw “the wizard of oz” at the ahmanson theatre.
Answer: The Wizard of Oz, Ahmanson Theatre

14. Answer: Crafts for Kids, Mother’s Day
Capitalization for 400
Question: What words need to be capitalized in the following sentence? The article I read, “crafts for kids,” gave me some great ideas for mother’s day.
Answer: Crafts for Kids, Mother’s Day

15. Punctuation for 100
Question: What punctuation needs to be added to the following sentence? The bald eagle a symbol of our nation’s strength is an endangered animal
Answer: The bald eagle, a symbol of our nation’s strength, is an endangered animal.

16. Answer: Mr. Turner yelled, “Wait for me!”
Punctuation for 200
Question: What punctuation needs to be added to the following sentence? Mr. Turner yelled “Wait for me”
Answer: Mr. Turner yelled, “Wait for me!”

17. Punctuation for 300
Question: What punctuation needs to be added to the following sentence? I stacked the crackers chips and cookies on my friends desk.
Answer: I stacked the crackers, chips, and cookies on my friend’s desk.

18. Answer: The crow’s nest fell from the tree, and it landed on a bush.
Punctuation for 400
Question: What punctuation needs to be added to the following sentence? The crows nest fell from the tree and it landed on a bush
Answer: The crow’s nest fell from the tree, and it landed on a bush.

19. Answer: but he won’t do anything
Grammar for 100
Question: Correct the word usage mistake in the underlined phrase. I told him, but he won’t do nothing about it.
Answer: but he won’t do anything

20. Answer: earrings were lying
Grammar for 200
Question: Correct the word usage mistake in the underlined phrase. Brenda’s earrings was lying on the table.
Answer: earrings were lying

21. Grammar for 300
Question: Correct the word usage mistake in the underlined phrase. Who’re the best singer in sixth grade?
Answer: Who’s the best

22. Answer: should have been
Grammar for 400
Question: Correct the word usage mistake in the underlined phrase. The window should of been closed last night.
Answer: should have been