1st Part of Speech
What are the four things a noun can be?
Person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a verb?
An action word
What does an adjective do?
It modifies a noun
Will accept "Helps a noun"
What does an adverb do?
Modifies or adds to a verb.
To leave Earth, my rocket ship has to reach escape velocity.
Based on the sentence, what does Velocity mean?
Speed
What is the difference between a common nown and a proper noun?
Proper nouns are specific things, they are capitalized anywhere they appear in a sentence.
Use a simple tense verb and a helping verb in a sentence.
Will accept a correct response.
Find the adjectives.
"Jeffery has short, dark hair and a blue shirt."
Short, dark, and blue.
Do all adverbs end in ly?
No.
I cannot always acquiesce to your demands for candy.
Based on what you know about the other words in this sentence, what does "Acquiesce" mean?
Agree with
What four things can a proper noun be?
A specific person, place, thing or idea.
What is the verb and the helping verb in this sentence.
"I was walking to the metro the other day."
Verb: walking
Helping verb: Was
Use an adjective in a sentence.
Correct responses are grammatically correct and use at least one adjectives.
Find the adverb in this sentence.
"I sat down in the chair and began working."
Down
I like a hot, steaming Americano in the morning to wake me up. Some people think it tastes bitter, but I like it.
Based on this sentence, what do you think an Americano is?
will accept
"A drink"
or
"A coffee drink"
What does a pronoun do?
Replaces a noun.
Find the helping verbs in these lyrics.
"I am broke but I am happy,
I am poor but I am kind...
And what it all comes down to, is that everything is going to be fine because I have one hand in my pocket and the other is giving a high five."
"Am" 4 times
"Have"
"is"
Can an adjective modify or help a pronoun? yes or no?
Yes. Example: She is tall and athletic.
Find the adverbs in both these sentences.
"I picked the kitten up carefully."
"A lot of Americans talk around a point instead of being direct."
Carefully and Around
My couzin is a Ranger. He served in Afghanistan and now he flies helicopters for Special Forces.
Based on the clues what is a Ranger?
A kind of military unit.
Give me five pronouns.
Correct if they give 5 real pronouns.
Make a sentence using at least one helping verb and at least one verb. This sentence must be TRUE and tell me something related to you.
Any true sentence that uses the correct verbs. is MUST be grammatically correct to count.
Use at least two adjectives in a sentence.
Correct responses are grammatically correct and use two adjectives.
Tell me about your day so far. Use as many adverbs and adjectives as you can. Rules: Your statements can not be longer than five sentences. Your sentences must be grammatically correct to count. You only win if you use the most adverbs and adjective correctly. Everyone gets a try at this.
Used the most correctly.
The detective parsed over the file and it's contents for a moment, reading only the important details before handing it back to his partner.
Based on the clues in this sentence, what do you think "Parsed" means?
Will accept
"Read"
"Looked at or looked over"
"Analyzed"