What is It?
What is a noun?
A noun is a person, place, or thing.
Examples:
1. The house is blue.
2. The bike was green and purple but so was the boy's helmet that he wore when he would ride his bike.
Which part of the sentence does the verb belong?
A verb is in the predicate.
Give an example of a person noun.
Examples: teacher, sister, baker, student.
Add an adjective in the blank:
Sheila is _________ upset than Susan.
Sheila is _________ upset than Susan.
Example Answer: more or less
Which word(s) are the adverb?
The cat ran away.
The cat ran away.
Away is the adverb because it describes the verb ran.
What is a verb?
A verb shows action or links the subject to the predicate.
Example:
1. The boy ran as fast as he could to his friend's house.
2. There was no other thing that he'd rather do.
Give an example of a linking verb.
Examples: am, is, are, was, were, will be, was being, has been
Give examples of a place noun.
Examples: park, mall, theatre, school
Identify the adjective(s):
Do you see three cows in the yellow, flowery field?
Do you see three cows in the yellow, flowery field?
Adjectives: three, yellow, flowery
Identify the adverb(s):
I will never say that again.
I will never say that again.
The adverb is never because it describes the verbs will say.
What part of speech does an adjective describe?
An adjective describes a noun.
Example:
1. The ugly, yellow fence stood tall in the backyard with the sticky paint peeling.
2. The baseball team wore red stripes.
Give an example of an action verb.
Examples: ran, talks, thinks, pushes, jumps.
Give an example of a proper noun.
Examples: Ms. Cerna, San Antonio, South Flores Academy
Identify the adjective(s).
My longest day was when I finished the hard test early in the school day.
My longest day was when I finished the hard test early in the school day.
Adjectives: longest, hard, school
Identify the adverb(s):
I will drive you to the mall later.
I will drive you to the mall later.
Later is the adverb because it describes the verb drive.
What part of speech does an adverb describe?
An adverb describes a verb.
Example:
1. He joyfully walked down the sidewalk with his new haircut.
2. The man awkwardly jumped into the elevator and spilled his hot coffee.
What are the three verb tenses?
The three verb tenses are: past, present, and future.
What do you do in a sentence to a proper noun?
Capitalize it!
Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence:
The smart detective figured out the cat burglar's plan.
The smart detective figured out the cat burglar's plan.
Adjectives: Smart, cat
Identify the adverb(s) in the following sentence:
The girl quickly hid the cookie when her mom walked into the room.
The girl quickly hid the cookie when her mom walked into the room.
Adverbs: quickly, when
Identify the adjective(s) and adverb(s) in the following sentence:
The bunny slowly skipped and double hopped through the lavender field without a care in the big, blue world.
Adjectives: lavender, big, blue
Adverbs: slowly, double
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence AND state which type they are:
Is Samantha planning on a new shirt for the dance tonight?
Is Samantha planning on a new shirt for the dance tonight?
Verb: is, planning
Type: helping verb, action verb
Which nouns do you capitalize in the following sentence?
The Dallas Cowboys is a football team based out of Dallas, Texas.
The Dallas Cowboys is a football team based out of Dallas, Texas.
Proper Nouns: Dallas Cowboys, Dallas, Texas
Fill in the blank:
It is __________ unfortunate that we lost the game.
*there is one answer
It is __________ unfortunate that we lost the game.
Answer: most
Identify the adverb(s):
She looked up in the sky and quickly saw the sun orange all over.
She looked up in the sky and quickly saw the sun orange all over.
Adverbs are up and quickly - both describe verbs looked and saw.