1. Sentence Writing Jeopardy Created by Sharon Bittle Based on the Fundamental of Sentence Writing University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning

2. FormulasInfinitives And Prepositions DefinitionsPunctuationMiscellaneous 100 200 300 400 500

3. Formulas for $100  John went to the store to buy milk.

4.  SV What is Subject, Verb?

5. Formula for $200  Mary and her mother sing in the choir.

6. SSV What is Subject, Subject, Verb?

7. Formulas for $300 44

8. 4 What is: How many simple sentence formulas are there?

9. Formulas for $400  The big black dog and little terrier ran and chased each other in the park.

10. SSVV What is Subject, Subject, Verb, Verb?

11. Formulas for $500  The balloon rose high in the air and disappeared from view.

12. SVV What is Subject, Verb, Verb?

13. Infin. & Prep. For $100  The purest form of a verb – to ____

14. Purest form of verb What is an infinitive?

15. Infinitives and Prepositions for $200  A group of words that shows place or time.

16. A group of words that shows place or time. What is a prepositional phrase?

17. Infinitives and Prepositions for $300  To swim

18. To swim What is an infinitive?

19.  under the desk Infinitives and Prepositions for $400

20. under the desk What is a prepositional phrase?

21. Daily Double

22. Infinitives and Prepositions for $500  to school

23. To school What is a prepositional phrase or an infinitive depending on how it is used in the sentence?

24. Definitions for $100  the person, place, thing, quality or idea that the sentence is about

25. the person, place, thing, quality or idea that the sentence is about What is the subject?

26. Definitions for $200  The word that shows the action or state-of-being of the subject

27. shows the action or state-of-being of the subject What is the verb?

28. Definitions for $300  A word that describes a noun

29. A word that describes a noun What is an adjective?

30. Definitions for $400  Words that help the main verb show action in a sentence

31. Words that help the main verb What are helping verbs?

32. Definitions for $500  Words that link the subject to another word that describes the subject.

33. Words that link another word to the subject What is a linking verb?

34. Punctuation for $100 Must have this to be a complete sentence

35. What is end punctuation?

36. Punctuation for $200  Must come at the end of question

37. Comes at the end of a question What is a question mark?

38. Punctuation for $300  Must come at the end of a declarative sentence

39. Comes at the end of a declarative sentence What is a period?

40. Punctuation for $400  Used when expressing surprise or intense emotion

41. Intense emotion or surprise What is an exclamation point?

42. Punctuation for $500  Used in an imperative sentence

43. Used in an imperative sentence What is a period or an exclamation point?

44. Miscellaneous for $100  PENS

45. PENS What is: –Pick a formula –Explore the words to fit the formula –Note the words –Search and Check ?

46. Miscellaneous for $200  am, is, are,  was, were, seem,  be, been become

47. Am, is, are… What are linking verbs?

48. Miscellaneous for $300 S V. ? !

49. 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 S V. ? !

50. Miscellaneous for $400  MARK

51. MARK What is: –Mark out imposters –Ask “Is there a verb?” –Root out the subject –Key in on the Beginning Ending meaning

52. Miscellaneous for $500  The 23 helping verbs CHAD B SWIM

53. Can have am do be shall was is may Could has are does being should were might had did been will must would