Transcript PowerPoint for QZ 3 on homonyms, passive - languagearts5-6

20 Common Errors Jeopardy
Commas, Homonyms,
Passive/Active Voice, Agreement,
and General Knowledge
Commas for 100
• Place the comma and state the comma
rule that applies:
• I love to swim in the deep beautiful sea.
Commas for 200
• Place the comma and state the rule that
applies:
• When I am hungry I eat cookies.
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.
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.
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
Homonyms for 100
• Choose the correct word for the
sentence:
• Advise or advice
• I _____________ you to practice
juggling.
Homonyms for 200
• Choose the correct word for the
sentence:
• Affect or effect
• Your smile has an ____________ on
me.
Homonyms for 300
• Choose the correct word for the
sentence:
• Its or it’s
• Every dog has _______ tricks.
Homonyms for 400
• Choose the correct word for the
sentence:
• Affect or effect
• The doctor examined the patient’s
_________ for signs of depression.
Homonyms for 400
• Choose the correct word for the
sentence:
• Affect or effect
• The doctor examined the patient’s
_________ for signs of depression.
Homonyms for 500
• Choose the correct word for the
sentence:
• Elude or allude
• I like to ______________ my captors.
Passive/Active for 100
• Identify the following sentence as using
passive or active voice:
• The cat ran up a tree.
Passive/Active for 200
• Identify the following sentence as using
passive or active voice:
• I hate it when my brother hits me.
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.
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.
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.
Agreement for 100
• What are the indefinite pronouns in the
following list?
• Him, her, she,most, they, that,
everybody, nobody, and some.
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.
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.
Agreement for 400
• What are the indefinite pronouns that
can be singular or plural?
• In what ways must all pronouns agree?
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.
IKIA (I know it all) for 100
• She said, “I love Chuck Norris jokes.”
• State the comma rule that applies in the
above sentence.
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?
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?
IKIA for 400
• On the white board, punctuate the
following sentence correctly:
• She said that I was the best kid she had
ever taught.
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.