Nouns/Pronouns
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is an adjective?
Words that describe a noun or pronoun
Find the conjunction in this sentence: Larry, Moe, and Curly are quite funny.
and
True or false?
A preposition shows the relationship between its object and verb in the sentence.
false
Most verbs are what kind of verb?
Action verbs
What do pronouns do?
They replace nouns
List the adjectives:
The heavy purple crown of Queen Elizabeth weighed over twenty pounds.
heavy, purple, twenty
What is the acronym to remember conjuctions?
FANBOYS
List the prepositions:
I like to lie in the shade of the apricot tree and think of the jobs for the day.
in, of
What are the three verbs we learned about?
action verbs, helping verbs, linking verbs
List the nouns in the sentence:
Leslie pet the cow because it looked really soft.
Leslie, cow, it
List the adverb:
Neil stopped suddenly and listened.
suddenly
What is an interjection?
words that show strong emotion or feeling
Which of these is NOT a preposition?
inside, below, and, above, at, without
and
Write the verb phrase and underline the helping verb:
The theory has been refined over the years.
has been refined
List the pronouns:
She didn't go with them because they were being mean to her friend for being honest about how it felt.
She, them, they, her, it
In this sentence, which word does the adjective gold modify? One of them wore the gold chain he had given Leita after their marriage.
The chain
Name the interjection: Woah! That was awesome!
Woah!
Find the preposition:
They found that heat poured from this crack.
from
Do linking verbs show action? Yes or no?
No!