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20 Common Errors Jeopardy
Commas, Homonyms, Passive/Active Voice, Agreement,
and General Knowledge
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Commas for 100
• Place the comma and state the comma rule that applies:
• I love to swim in the deep beautiful sea.
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Commas for 200
• Place the comma and state the rule that applies:
• When I am hungry I eat cookies.
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Commas for 300
• Place the comma(s) and state the comma rule(s) that applies(y):
• Last week Sally met Huey Lewis a famous band leader.
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Commas for 400
• Place the commas and state the comma rules that apply; there may be one or more than one:
• Shelby please put October 21 2009 on my calendar.
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Commas for 500
• Place the comma and other punctuation and state the comma rule that applies. There may be more than one.
• I asked you When are we going to have another snow day, Jeremy
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Homonyms for 100
• Choose the correct word for the sentence:
• Advise or advice
• I _____________ you to practice juggling.
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Homonyms for 200
• Choose the correct word for the sentence:
• Affect or effect
• Your smile has an ____________ on me.
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Homonyms for 300
• Choose the correct word for the sentence:
• Its or it’s
• Every dog has _______ tricks.
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Homonyms for 400
• Choose the correct word for the sentence:
• Affect or effect
• The doctor examined the patient’s _________ for signs of depression.
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Homonyms for 400
• Choose the correct word for the sentence:
• Affect or effect
• The doctor examined the patient’s _________ for signs of depression.
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Homonyms for 500
• Choose the correct word for the sentence:
• Elude or allude
• I like to ______________ my captors.
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Passive/Active for 100
• Identify the following sentence as using passive or active voice:
• The cat ran up a tree.
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Passive/Active for 200
• Identify the following sentence as using passive or active voice:
• I hate it when my brother hits me.
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Passive/Active for 300
• Identify the following sentence as using passive or active voice, and change the sentence to the opposite voice.
• He was running the ball over the goal line.
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Passive/Active for 400
• Identify the following sentence as using passive or active voice, and change it to the opposite voice.
• The law passed by her is considered amazing by her peers.
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Passive/Active for 500
• Identify the following sentence as using passive or active voice, and change it to the opposite voice.
• She completed the marathon and won the trophy.
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Agreement for 100
• What are the indefinite pronouns in the following list?
• Him, her, she,most, they, that, everybody, nobody, and some.
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Agreement for 200
• Identify the indefinite pronoun. Then pick the verb that agrees with the indefinite pronoun in the following sentence:
• One of the kids (is, are) very polite.
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Agreement for 300
• Identify the correct verb and personal pronoun and say why you picked each to agree with the indefinite pronoun in the following sentence:
• Neither he nor the other drivers (is, are) responsible for (his, their) actions.
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Agreement for 400
• What are the indefinite pronouns that can be singular or plural?
• In what ways must all pronouns agree?
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Agreement for 500
• What is a third person plural pronoun, and use one in a sentence, stating the antecedent of the third person plural pronoun.
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IKIA (I know it all) for 100
• She said, “I love Chuck Norris jokes.”
• State the comma rule that applies in the above sentence.
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IKIA for 200
• Yesterday I built a sledding hill in my front yard and took a ride.
• How many commas (if any) are needed in this sentence? What rule/rules applies/apply?
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IKIA for 300
• ______________ when I go to school I yearn to learn.
• Which homonym should I use? Every day or Everyday?
• What comma rules apply, and where should the commas go?
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IKIA for 400
• On the white board, punctuate the following sentence correctly:
• She said that I was the best kid she had ever taught.
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IKIA for 500
• Identify the voice, indefinite pronouns, and appropriate homonyms and verbs in the following sentence:
• The election will be won by anyone who can show (his/her, their) personality and (allude, elude) criticism by the TV networks.