Nouns
What is a noun (define)
Person, place, thing, or an idea such as freedom.
What is a verb?
An action word or state of being.
What are conjunctions, what do they do?
teacher
noun
quickly
Use it in a sentence to help.
adverb
The dog quickly ran. (how did the dog run? Run is the verb so quickly is an adverb)
The teacher went to the store to buy some pencils and paper. (list all the nouns)
teacher, store, pencils, paper
The dog quickly ran into the park and dug a hole in the ground. (list the verbs)
ran, dug
The elephant and giraffe walked slowly through the safari, but the cheetah ran like lightening. (list the conjunctions)
and, but
sleeping
verb
quick
Use it in a sentence.
Adjective
The quick dog ran to the park. ( what kind of dog is it? Quick. Dog is a noun so quick is an adjective.)
The students thoughts were being controlled by his feelings. ( list the nouns)
students, thoughts, feelings.
I was sad, but I am better now. (list the state of being verbs)
Was, am
I want several things, but for my birthday I want a new car and a diamond ring. (list the conjunctions)
But, and
which one is the noun which is the verb:
feed : fed
Use them in a sentence to figure it out.
The horse feed went bad. (noun)
The zookeeper fed the bears. (verb: What did the zookeeper do?)
This part of speech describes or modifies a noun. List the part of speech and the words.
The fat old man sat in the rickety chair and rocked slowly.
Adjective. In this sentence: fat old modifies man, rickety modifies chair.
A noun can be modified by an adverb. (true or false)
False-- a noun is modified by an adjective.
What modifies a verb?
And adjective modifies a verb.
FANBOYS is the mnemonic we use to remember the conjunctions. Can you list them all.
Which one does not belong and what part of speech is it.
thought, justice, run, peace, joy, honesty
Run is a verb the others are nouns (ideas)
The slimy frog quickly jumped and happily croaked near the pond.
List the adverbs and the verb they modify.
quickly jumped, happily croaked.
They went to her house to make sure she was alright. (list the PRONOUNS)
They, her, she.
The cat growled deeply at the slow walking man. (list the adverbs and verbs)
growled deeply (slow walking describes the MAN so slow walking is an adjective not adverb)
I went to the store____ I could buys some carrots ____ they were all out____ I had to get apples instead. (fill in the blanks with the correct conjunction.
so, but, so (and)
Fill in the blanks with a noun or verb at the correct place.
The ________ was _________quickly and I didn´t understand what she said.
teacher, talking.
My moms fast blue car seems to get her in big trouble often, but her pretty smile helps to get her out of tickets.
List the adjectives.
fast blue big pretty