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What is a pronoun? Give an example.
Definition: A pronoun replaces a noun or another pronouns.
Examples: she, him, myself, ourselves, themselves
"Run" is what part of speech in this sentence?
Johnny had to run really far to get home.
A word used to describe an action:
a verb
A word used to describe or modify a noun:
an adjective
"Teacher" is what part of speech?
noun
What is a common noun? Give an examples.
Definition: words for types of things, people, places, such as "dog" that are not in capital letters.
Examples kitten, chair, education
"He is talking to me right now."
What part of speech is the word, "talking?"
A verb
A name of a particular person or place is what kind of noun?
Proper Noun!
Like Mr. Stirpe, Niagara Falls
What is the name of living beings, places, things, or ideas?
Examples: love, hate, country, English
Nouns
"Purple" is what part of speech?
adjective
Identify the proper nouns in the following sentence:
Mr. Smith lives in Niagara Falls with his family.
Mr. Smith, Niagara Falls
True of False:
Pronouns replace nouns in a sentence
True!
Them, yourself, mine, her, they, their, them are all examples of what part of speech?
pronouns
Identify the adjective in this sentence: "The fluffy dog barked."
fluffy
True or false: In order for a sentence to be complete, it has to have a noun and a verb.
true
What do adjectives describe?
Nouns
Identify the adjective in the sentence:
They live in the beautiful house down the street.
beautiful
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
I want to eat pizza and burgers at that restaurant.
Identify any nouns in this sentence: "The cat chased the mouse"
cat, mouse
Which part of speech replaces nouns to help with repetition?
pronouns
He drove quickly... Quickly is an example of ...
a) noun
b) adverb
c) adjective
d) verb
an adverb
Why do we use pronouns?
To avoid repetition
Which part of speech do you use when you need to join clauses, sentences, or words?
conjunctions
What does an adverb do? Give one example.
Definition: Describes a verb
Examples: Quickly, quietly, easily, soon, often
What is the pronoun in this sentence?
"She is reading a book"
She