Nouns
The SPECIAL name given to a person, place, animal or thing
What is a Proper Noun?
This answers 'how' a verb was done.
Example: She walked slowly down the hill.
What is an Adverb of Manner?
Two or more subjects separated by 'AND' should be followed by a ____________________
Example: The boy and the girl (live, lives) in the neighbourhood.
What is a plural verb?
The boy and the girl live in the neighbourhood.
These words join sentences, words, phrases and clauses together.
What is a conjunction?
Define a prepositional phrase
A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun.
girls, boys, dogs, cats, pigs, buildings, schools, parks, etc
What is a common noun?
This type of adverb is the only one that modifies other adverbs and adjectives.
Example: This test is too difficult for me to complete.
What is an Adverb of Degree?
Each, every, either, one of, etc are considered ______________ expressions and should be followed by a _______________ verb
What is singular?
Join the following sentences with an appropriate conjunction.
Sheila despises fruit.
Sheila likes watermelon.
Sheila despises fruit but she likes watermelon.
OR
Although Sheila despises fruit, she likes watermelon.
Identify the prepositional phrase/s
She sat on the bench and waited for her friend.
on the bench AND for her friend
A _____________ of monkeys but a ___________ of dancers
What is a troop and a troupe
Examples of these include: tomorrow, yesterday, later, then, now, after, tonight, today, etc
What is an adverb of time?
If you have a collective noun, you should select a ______________ verb.
Example: A herd of cattle (graze, grazes) in the field.
What is a singular verb?
A herd of cattle grazes in the field.
The two types of conjunctions
What are coordinating and subordinating conjunctions?
List five examples of prepositions
What is on, of, off, into, under, over, outside, near, etc
This cannot be seen or touched but denote an idea, quality or state
What is an abstract noun?
I tell where a verb is going.
Example: She went outside.
I stood there.
What is an adverb of place?
All... but... is followed by a ____________ noun.
Example: All the boys but John (plays, play) fairly.
What is a plural verb?
All the boys but John play fairly.
FANBOYS are called ________________ Conjunctions.
List what FANBOYS stands for.
FANBOYS are called Coordinating Conjunctions.
FANBOYS = for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
After she dived into the water, she went under.
She went under is the prepositional phrase.
True or False?
Explain
False
'into the water' is the prepositonal phrase as a prepositional phrase must begin with a preposition and end with a noun
The four types of Nouns
What is common, proper, collective and abstract nouns?
Identify the adverbs in the following sentence AND state their type.
Sentence:
Yesterday, I walked very slowly to the zoo and stood there.
yesterday- adverb of time
very- adverb of degree
slowly- adverb of manner
there- adverb of place
For relative pronouns (who, whom, which, that), look at the noun _____________ the verb to determine which verb to choose.
Example: She is one of the girls who (play, plays) with me.
For relative pronouns (who, whom, which, that), look at the noun closest to the verb to determine which verb to choose.
She is one of the girls who play with me.
List three examples of Subordinating Conjunctions.
What is although, though, because, when, etc
Identify the prepositions in the following sentence.
She dove into the water and splashed in the waves for several hours.
into, in and for