Definitions
This word describes a noun.
Ex. The slimy worm crawled away.What is an adjective?
What are a group of words that CONTAIN a preposition?
Ex. The kids ran into the hallway and around the corner.
What is a prepositional phrase?
Common noun, proper noun, or Pronoun?
He is the best player on the team.
He is a pronoun.
"I'm exhausted," said Ms. Lacefield.
Ms. Lacefield is a proper noun.
How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence?
I walked into the room and saw the writing on the board.
I walked into the room and saw the writing on the board.
2 prepositional phrases
This word is specific person, place, thing, or idea.
Ex. I shop on Amazon.com.
What is a PROPER NOUN?
Three special words that precede a noun, to modify it.
Ex. The quick fox dove behind the log.
What are articles?
Ex. A, An, The
Common noun, proper noun, or Pronoun?
Mrs. Richter told her class to settle down.
Mrs. Richter is a proper noun.
Charles is having a party for his 12th birthday.
is having are verbs.
How many prepositional phrases do you see?
I ran out the door and around the corner.
2 prepositional phrases.
I ran out the door and around the corner.
This word is a person, place, thing, or idea.
Ex. The book was interesting.
What is a noun (or common noun)?
This word shows action or state of being.
Ex. She sprinted across the parking lot quickly.
What is a verb?
Common noun, proper noun, or Pronoun?
Ice cream is my favorite dessert.
Ice cream is a common noun.
I watched the Texans on TV last week.
How many prepositional phrases?
Over the weekend I worked late.
1 prepositional phrase.
Over the weekend I worked late.
This word takes the place of a noun.
Ex. Jake ran to the store to pickup some milk.
He ran to the store to pick up some milk.
What is a pronoun?
This word describes a verb, usually ends in -LY.
Ex. I hurriedly scooped up my phone after I dropped it in the puddle.
What is an adverb?
Common noun, proper noun, or Pronoun?
There are many books I enjoy reading.
I is a pronoun.
The class happily ate their snack during advisory.
happily is an adverb
How many prepositional phrases?
I hid under the stairs when I heard the tornado warning!
1 prepositional phrase.
I hid under the stairs when I heard the tornado warning!
This word shows the relationship between a noun and another word in the sentence.
Ex. The cat was on top of the shelf, hiding behind a book.
What is a preposition?
What are a, an, the?
Common noun, proper noun, or Pronoun?
I went to Target yesterday to pick up some school supplies.
Target is a proper noun.
The class worked silently on their writing assignment.
Worked is a verb.
How many prepositional phrases?
I walked to the park behind the school on Wednesday.
I walked to the park behind the school on Wednesday.
Three prepositional phrases.