8vo Grammar

Parts of Speech

100

Definition: what the verb is referring to (the thing receiving the verb's action) 

Direct Object

200

There are many kinds: transitive, intransitive, action, linking, etc....

Verbs

300

Part of speech that modifies verb, adjective, or adverb (shows when, how, to what extent, etc.)

Adverb

400

This part of speech describes

Adjective

500

"Somewhat" is an example of what part of speech?

Adverb

Direct and Indirect Object

100

Identify D.O.: Yesterday in class, I loaned a pencil to Juniper.

A pencil

200

Identify I.O. and D.O.: My mother sends her friends birthday cards every year. 

I.O.: Her friends

D.O. Cards

300

Identify D.O. and/or I.O.: My sister brought me and Jacob some lemonade and crackers. 

D.O.: Lemonade and crackers 

I.O.: Me and Jacob 

400

What are the "formulas" to help you find the direct and indirect objects? 

SUBEJCT VERB WHAT(D.O.)

SUBJECT VERB WHO(I.O.) DIRECTOBJECT 

500

Identify D.O. and I.O. (Hint: there's 3 things here...)

Jim rang the doorbell, and then he gave me my birthday present.

D.O.: Doorbell and present 

I.O. me 

Action and Linking Verbs

100

Identify verb (action or linking): The children surprised their mother with balloons. 

Action verb: surprised

200

Identify verb (action or linking): Near the Gallatin River, a lone bull moose appears quite unconcerned. 

Linking verb: appears

300

Identify verb (action or linking): I know owls live in the woods near my house. 

Linking verb: know

400

Identify verb (action or linking) and any helping verbs: He had never experienced such cold weather until he went to Canada. 

Action verb phrase: had experienced 

Action verb: went 

Helping: had 

500

Identify action and/or linking verb (there may be a verb phrase): 

She had never sat on that chair before because it appeared unstable. 

Action verb phrase: had sat 

Linking verb: appeared 

Conjunctions and interjections

100

Identify Conj or Intj: Wow, I never knew that!!

Interjection: Wow

200

Conj (correlative or coordinating): Abby and Roman love to go iceskating in December.

Coord conj: and 

300

Identify conjunction/interjection: She brought her book to school so she could be prepared for the classwork that day. 

Coordination Conjunction: so

400

Identify conj and/or intj: Oh, come to think of it, both Abby and Vanessa weren't here yesterday.

Interjection: oh 

Correlative conjunction: Both....and....

500

Identify Conj and/or interjection: 

Wow! That movie was absolutely and terribly scary! Oh, man, I won't see that again.....

Coord conjunction: and 

Interjection: wow; oh, man

Miscellaneous

100

Identify the preposition(s): From her house, she walked her dog to the park every morning. 

Prepositions: from, to 

200

Identify verb phrase and helping verbs: He should not have failed the test yesterday. 

Phrase: should have failed 

Helping: should have

NOTE: Not is an adverb

300

Identify: Neither this argument nor that one would convince her that her idea was crazy. 

Correlative Conjunction

400

Identify adverb: "I want to do so many fun things with you," said their aunt. 

Adverb: so 

Note: Many is an adjective here being modified by so

500

What are these adverbs telling you in the sentence? (where, when, how, or to what extent) 

Everyone was completely satisfied with the dinner yesterday.

To what extent (completely) 

when (yesterday)