This document contains a Jeopardy-style game about parts of speech with categories such as adverbs, verbs, subjects, adjectives, and labeling all parts of speech. The game includes clues from sentences where players must identify specific parts of speech, such as identifying the subject, verb, or what an adverb or adjective is modifying. Players can wager points in different dollar amounts for each clue/question about parts of speech.

1. Parts of Speech
Jeopardy…

2. Today’s Categories…
 Modify this! (Adverbs) (identify what
the adverb is modifying)
 Verbalicious (Identify the verb)
 And the subject is… (identify the
subject of the sentence)
 Modify that! (Adjectives) (identify
what the adverb is modifying)
 What am I? (name that part of speech)
 Name it all! (label each part of speech)

3. Modify This! Verbalicious! And the Modify That! What am I? Name it
(adverbs) subject (adjectives)
is… all!
$100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100
$200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200
$300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300
$400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400
$500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

4. Modify This! - $100
This swimmer jumped out of the pool
quickly.
What is the manner in which he “jumped”?
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5. Modify This! - $200
Usually, I lock the door before leaving the
house.
What is the frequency with which you
“lock”?
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6. Modify This! - $300
Tomorrow, I will leave for my parents’ house.
What is the time when you “will leave”?
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7. Modify This!- $400
I want candy now!
What is the time when you “want”?
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8. Modify This! - $500
I didn’t sleep well last night.
What is manner in which you “did [not]
sleep”?
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9. Verbalicious- $100
Donna ran all the way home.
What is “ran”?
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10. Verbalicious $200
Identify the verb in the following
sentence:
I am tall.
What is “am”? [“Tall” is an adjective. You
can’t say “I tall”; “He talls”.
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11. Verbalicious-$300
Daniel cooked and cleaned all day.
What are “cooked” and “cleaned”?
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12. Verbalicious- $400
He didn’t really want to live with his
father.
What are “did” and “want” [“not”; “really” and
“live” are not parts of the verb phrase]
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13. Verbalicious- $500
Al wanted to go to the movies but studied
for his English 0980 exam instead.
What are “wanted” and “studied”?
[Remember to look for more than one verb.
Also “to go” is in its infinitive form—if it has
a “to” in front of it, it is not active.
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14. The subject is… $100
Identify the subject in the following
sentence:
The gallery is opening to the public today.
What is “gallery”?
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15. The subject is…$200
Those gorgeous sandals are too small for me!
What is “sandals”? [“Gorgeous” tells us
which sandals; It can’t be “me”—it comes
after the preposition “for”; also, “Me” can do
the verb “be”.]
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16. The subject is…$300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!

17. The subject is… $400
Identify the subject in the following
sentence:
There are four hundred horses in that
race!
What is “horses”? [“four hundred” tells how
many horses; “race” is the object of the
preposition “in”].
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18. The subject is… $500
There are thirty lemons in this lemonade.
What is “lemons”? [Thirty tells how many;
lemonade is the object of the preposition
“in”]
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19. Modify That!- $100
The monster was scary.
What is “monster” [scary]?
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20. Modify That!- $200
The coarse sandpaper did a great job.
What are “sandpaper” and “job”
[coarse/great]?
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21. Modify That! - $300
The old man was cranky.
What is “man”? [old/cranky]
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22. Modify That! - $400
He stood outside to watch the baseball
game.
What is “game” [baseball]?
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23. Modify That! - $500
The beautiful woman was dressed in pink
satin slippers and looked gorgeous.
What are “woman” [beautiful/gorgeous],
“satin” [pink], and “slippers” [satin]?
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24. What am I? - $100
The flight attendant was calm.
What is an adjective modifying “flight
attendant”?
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25. What am I? - $200
I strolled behind the house to get a better
look.
What is a verb?
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26. What am I?- $300
Someone knocked at the door at midnight.
What is a pronoun?
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27. Who am I? - $400
Tomorrow will be the first time I see my
mother.
What is an adverb?
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28. Who am I? - $500
I really felt weak after running.
What is a noun?
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29. Name it all! $100
Four children ran.
What is an adjective [four], a noun
[children], and a verb [ran]?
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30. Name it all! $200
Wilbur and Thomas are fun.
What are a noun [wilbur], a conjunction
[and], a noun [Thomas], a verb [are], and
an adjective [fun]?
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31. Name it all! $300
Skating is an excellent sport.
What are a noun [skating], a verb [is], an
adjective [excellent] and a noun [sport]?
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32. Name it all! $400
The voting booth was empty.
What are an adjective [the], a adjective
[voting], a noun [booth], a verb [was], and
an adjective [empty]?
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33. Name it all! $500
The sweet librarian covered her bloodshot
eyes and wept.
What are an adjective [the, sweet], a noun
[librarian], a verb [covered], a pronoun
[her], an adjective [bloodshot], a noun
[eyes], a conjunction [and], and a verb
[wept].
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34. Daily Double
 Specify Your Wager!

35. The subject is… ---
Identify the subject in the following sentence:
What are they doing here?
What is “they”?
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