1. JEOPARDY
Adjective Proper & Nouns & Possessive Demon. &
Compound Pronouns Inter.
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2. Adjectives 100
They describe what parts of speech
Nouns & pronouns

3. Adjectives 200 The three common adjectives known as articles
A, An, The

4. Adjectives 300 What is an indefinite article and name them
Names a noun that is not specific (a, an)

5. Adjectives 400 What is a definite article and name it
Names a specific noun (the)

6. Adjective 500 Name one of the four questions asked to find adjectives
What kind? Which one? How many? How much?

7. Proper & Compound Adj. 100 What is a proper adjective?
A proper noun used as an adjective

8. Proper & Compound Adj. 200
*Name the two ways that compound adjectives can be formed
Combined & hyphenated

9. Proper & Compound Adj. 300
When does the word change form: 1. A proper noun used as an adj. 2. An adj. formed from a proper noun
#2 - adj. from a proper noun

10. Proper & Compound Adj. 400
Which is correct: Canada goose or Canadian goose
Canada goose

11. Proper & Compound Adj. 500
Which is correct: highpowered wings or high-powered wings
High-powered

12. Nouns & Pronouns as Adj. 100
A noun or pronoun can be used as an adjective if it describes what?
A noun

13. Nouns & Pronouns as Adj. 200
Give an example of the noun “shoe” used as an adjective
Shoe salesman

14. Nouns & Pronouns as Adj. 300
Give an example of a noun used as an adjective AND a pronoun used as an adjective.
Answers vary

15. Nouns & Pronouns as Adj. 400
Find the adjectives in the following sentence:
The duck pond sometimes freezes during the harsh winters.
Duck, harsh

16. Nouns & Pronouns as Adj. 500
Find all of the adjectives and tell what noun they describe: The wings of a duck are small for its body weight.
Its=weight, body=weight

17. Possessive Adjectives 100
Define possessive adjective
A word that describes a noun or pronoun and shows ownership

18. Possessive Adjectives 200
Name two examples of possessive pronouns used as adjectives
My, your, his, her, its, our, their

19. Possessive Adjectives 300
When using a noun as a possessive adjective do you include an apostrophe? Give an example.
yes

20. Possessive Adjectives 400
Give an example of a possessive noun being used as an adjective
Answers vary - Mr. Smith’s dog

21. Possessive Adjectives 500
Give an example of a possessive pronoun being used as an adjective
Answers vary - their presents

22. Demonstrative & Interrogative 100
Name the four demonstrative adjectives
This, that, these, those

23. Demonstrative & Interrogative 200
Name the three interrogative adjectives
Which, what, whose

24. Demonstrative & Interrogative 300
What is the demonstrative adjective in the following sentence:
These gifts are for Christmas.
These

25. Demonstrative & Interrogative 400
Name the adjective in the following sentence and label it demonstrative or interrogative:
Which present is for Max?
Which - interrogative

26. Demonstrative & Interrogative 500
What is the difference between demonstrative & interrogative adjectives?
Demonstrative = points something out
Interrogative = ask questions

27. FINAL JEOPORDY
Find and label all of the adjectives in the following sentence AND tell what nouns they describe/modify: A dog was found on this street, but I don’t know if it is Mrs. Smith’s dog.
A = indefinite (dog), this = demonstrative (street), Smith’s = possessive (dog)