All About Nouns
Identify the nouns:
The dog chased the ball across the park.
dog, ball, park
Identify the verbs:
Benji walked to the dairy and grabbed some milk.
walked
grabbed
What is the function of an adjective?
To describe
Indentify the simple subject of this sentence:
The vicious dog attacked the man on the street.
dog
Under
Identify the nouns:
The children played games at the beach during the summer.
children, games, beach, summer
Indentify the verbs:
Mrs Casley went home sick yesterday after throwing up her breakfast.
went
throwing up
Identify the adjectives:
There are so many cololurful fish in the deep ocean.
colourful
deep
Indentify the predicate of this sentence:
The vicious dog attacked the man on the street.
attacked
Inter
Fix the errors:
One of the windiest cities is wellington. When on the harbour, the Gusts can be over 120kmh!
Wellington-proper
gusts-common
Past Present or Future:
The ferry cancelled all sailings across the Cook Straight because the wind was so strong.
Past
True or false: In this sentence, fourteen is an adjective?
I will turn fourteen years old next month.
True
What is the complete subject:
The graceful and dedicated dancer moved across the stage.
The graceful and dedicated dancer
Come up with a word for each of the following prefixes:
sub, mis, co, dis
TBD
Identify the nouns:
Happiness spread through the team after their win.
Happiness-abstract
team-common
win-common
I am so happy right now!
am-verb to "be"
What comes first in adjective order?
Colour or shape?
"The square, red table."
"The red, square table."
What is the complete predicate?
I sometimes feel worried about not passing all of my exams.
feel worried about not passing all of my exams
What animal could be considered subterranian?
moles/hedgehogs/rabbits/worms...
Name THREE ways you can tell if a word is a noun?
You can touch it (or sense it...)
You can put "the" or "a" in front of it.
It names a person, place or thing.
Name TWO ways you can tell if a word is a verb?
You can do it.
You can change WHEN you did it (Past/Present/Future)
I am both Italian and Irish. My ancestors came over to New York on a massive ship. They arrived scared and uncertain about their future.
Italian, Irish, massive, scared, uncertain
True or False:
Every sentence needs BOTH a subject and a predicate?
False! Imperatives don't!
"Go away!" (no subject)
This means "through or across"
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