Nouns and Pronouns
Susan said she wanted to talk to Jeremy and me/I
Me
I am sure he didn't mean to trip and drop the ice cream.
Identify the verbs.
Am
Trip
Drop
She ran to the door.
Reword the sentence to include 1 adjective and 1 adverb.
She ran quickly to the yellow door.
The cat was on the bed.
Identify the preposition.
On
I squinted my eyes and looked closely at the note. I had seen this writing before. My brain hurt with the intensity of my focus. Oh! This writing was similar to that I had seen...
Identify the pronouns (2)
I
My
Which words are proper nouns?
Jason told me that he had bought a plane ticket to Germany.
Jason
Germany
Verbs ending in 'ing' are called...
Gerunds
Identify the adjectives.
Good
About, after, against, beneath, outside, this, past.
Which word is NOT a preposition?
This
I squinted my eyes and looked closely at the note. I had seen this writing before. My brain hurt with the intensity of my focus. Oh! This writing was similar to that I had seen...
Identify the adverbs (1)
Closely
I told Martha that Martha's desire to continue eating McDonald's would eventually lead to Martha getting sick. Martha didn't seem to care. Martha only cared about filling Martha with food.
What pronouns do you need to rewrite the sentence using 'Martha' only once?
Her
She
Herself
I have to run 34 laps!?
Identify the helping verb.
Have
Adjectives describe (1 word) while adverbs describe (3 words).
Adjectives describe nouns while adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
Prepositions can b in one of three categories; spatial, relational and...
Chronological
I squinted my eyes and looked closely at the note. I had seen this writing before. My brain hurt with the intensity of my focus. Oh! This writing was similar to that I had seen...
Identify the verbs (5)
Squinted
Looked
Had
Hurt
Seen
Ben picked up his book with a sigh.
What are the subject and object?
Subject: Ben
Object: book
Gerunds treat verbs as what other type of word?
Nouns
He thought carefully, no, it really hadn't been a very good idea to use paint instead of food coloring.
Identify the adverbs.
Carefully
Really
Very
He took a picture with the balloons before he released them into the clouds.
Identify the prepositions
With
Before
Into
I squinted my eyes and looked closely at the note. I had seen this writing before. My brain hurt with the intensity of my focus. Oh! This writing was similar to that I had seen...
Identify the prepositions (4)
At
Before
With
To
The dog barked excitedly as he raced down the street.
What is the antecedent?
Dog
I love skiing.
I am skiing.
I am going skiing.
I went skiing.
Identify which sentence contains the gerund.
I love skiing.
Quick, Slow, Good, Hard
Quickly, Slowly, Well, Hard
He took a picture with the balloons before he released them into the clouds.
Identify the prepositions and their categories
With - relational
Before - chronological
Into - spatial
I squinted my eyes and looked closely at the note. I had seen this writing before. My brain hurt with the intensity of my focus. Oh! This writing was similar to that I had seen...
What type of word should come next in the last sentence?
Preposition