Celebrating
Number of Nouns in this sentence?
"He skipped a stone across the pond."
3
What category is this word?
"Whirlwind."
Noun
(it's a thing)
Is this word a noun, adjective, or both?
"Gold."
BOTH
"The gold is worth a lot of money."
"That's a gold watch."
What category is this word?
"Always."
(Hint: think of "often.")
Adverb
What category is this word?
"Volcanic."
Adjective
What are the categories of these words?
"Full belly."
Adjective + Noun
What are the categories of these words?
Falling in the water
Verb + Prepositional Phrase
What are the categories of these words?
Play ball!
Verb + Noun
What are the categories of these words?
Go now!
Verb + Adverb
What are the categories of these words?
Genie within the lamp
Noun + Prepositional Phrase
Tell me the preposition AND object of the prepositional phrase:
in the pool
preposition = in
object = pool
Tell me the preposition AND object of the prepositional phrase:
(Harry Potter lived) under the stairs
preposition = under
object = stairs
Tell me the preposition AND object of the prepositional phrase:
At noontime
preposition = at
object = noontime
Tell me the preposition AND object of the prepositional phrase:
of the world
preposition = of
object = world
Tell me the preposition AND object of the prepositional phrase:
upon a star
preposition = upon
object = star
Preposition, adverb, or both?
Down
BOTH!
- they're going down
- down the street
Preposition, adverb, or both?
up
BOTH!
The kite's going up
up the stairs
preposition, adverb, or both?
Sideways
Adverb
Preposition, adverb, or both?
in
Preposition
Preposition, adverb, or both?
Behind
BOTH!
"We fell behind."
"...behind the wall."
Put this whole sentence into categories:
"The shirt blows in the wind."
Noun - Verb - Prepositional Phrase
shirt = noun.
blows = verb.
in the wind = prepositional phrase
Put this whole sentence into categories:
Behind the tree, the monkey ate hungrily.
Prepositional phrase - Noun - Verb - Adverb
behind the tree = prepositional phrase
monkey = noun
ate = verb
hungrily = adverb
Put this whole sentence into categories:
"Blue fire burns brightly."
Adjective - noun - verb - adverb
Put this whole sentence into categories:
At dinner, she talked about her life.
Prepositional phrase - Noun - Verb - Prepositional Phrase
Put this whole sentence into categories:
"Over the weekend, Mr. Grant will watch a good movie."
(hint = "will watch" are the verb words.)
Prepositional Phrase - Noun - Verb - Adjective - Noun