Adjectives and Adverbs
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes a noun.
What is a comma spliced sentence?
A comma spliced sentence happens when two stand-alone sentences (independent clauses) are joined together with a comma, and they should not be!
What is an apostrophe? Choose from the options below:
, . ! ' -
'
What is a noun?
A noun is used to identify a person, place or thing.
What is a conjunction?
A conjunction is a word that joins sentences or parts of sentences together.
What is an adverb?
Spliced or not?
My bike was stolen, I always forget to put the lock on.
Spliced!
True or false: Apostrophes are used to show possession (ownership) of something.
True
Sam's guitar
They players' jerseys
What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?
A common noun is a word used to identify a non-specific person, place, or thing. Example: a girl.
A proper noun identifies a specific person, place or thing. Example: Emma
What conjunctions go with FANBOYS?
F - for
A - and
N - nor
B - but
O - or
Y - yet
S - so
Identify the adjectives and adverbs in these sentences:
The green car.
They laughed loudly.
It often rains on the weekend.
Green - adjective
Loudly - adverb
Often - adverb
Comma spliced or not?
I love going to rugby games, the atmosphere in the stands is thrilling.
Spliced!
A) True or False: We use an apostrophe to indicate a contraction (shortening) of something.
B) Provide an example of a contraction.
A) TRUE
B) you're, can't, won't, etc.
What is a pronoun? List three examples.
A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun.
I, me, you, we, us, he, him, she, her, they, them, it, his, hers
True or false: When we use a FANBOYS co-ordinating conjunction to join two independent clauses (stand alone sentences), we use a comma before the conjunction?
TRUE - Example: My sister stole, my cookie, so I told on her.
Which of these words are adjectives and which are adverbs?
Always, cruelly, cute, disapproving, gigantic, silently, very, furious
Adjectives: cute, disapproving, gigantic, furious
Adverbs: always, cruelly, silently, very
Edit the sentences below so they are both correct:
1. Chocolate is my favourite food, but it isn't very healthy.
2. My shower is leaking, I need to call a plumber.
1. Chocolate is my favourite food, but it isn't very healthy.
2. My shower is leaking; I need to call a plumber.
Edit this sentence to make it correct:
The players cheered at their teams victory.
The players cheered at their teams' victory.
Rebecca and Billy went to visit Fizan and Abdul at the arena on Saturday.
They went to visit them at the arena on Saturday.
A) True or False: prepositions are words that show relationships between a noun (or pronoun) and something else in the sentence.
B) Provide three examples of a preposition.
A) TRUE
B) on, around, since, during
Edit this text to include adverbs and adjectives.
The woman walked to the door. When she arrived, she looked out the window. There was a garden and it was raining. The statue by the pond stared at her.
Answers will vary.
-Using a full stop (or question mark or exclamation mark) and capital letter to make two separate sentences.
-Using a conjunction (such as "and", "but", "so", etc.
-Using a ; (semi-colon)
Its easy to forget to check on your chickens if youre always on your phone. Beths chickens laid 50 eggs last week. I cant believe theyre laying that many eggs!
It's easy to forget to check on your chickens if you're always on your phone. Beth's chickens laid 50 eggs last week. I can't believe they're laying that many eggs!
Replace the nouns with pronouns:
Eddie hated spiders and the garden was full of spiders. At the edge of the river, the crocodile opened its jaws wide and stared at Sarah and me. Peter's hat was lost and Peter could not find it.
1. My sister has beautiful clothes. I snuck into her closet and borrowed some.
2. I wanted whipped cream on top of my pancakes. I checked in the fridge and there was none.
3. I want to run a marathon in Rotorua in Term 4. I want to run one in Wellington in Term 3 of next year.
Answers will vary.