Verbs
What is a verb?
A doing word/a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence
What is an adjective?
Describing word/a word naming an attribute of a noun
What is a noun?
Person, place or thing/a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things or to name a specific one of these
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that can replace a noun in a sentence.
What is a preposition?
A word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause
What are the different types of nouns? (must list 3)
Common, Proper, Abstract, Collective
Give me a preposition
about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, because of, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, close to, down, during, except, inside, instead of, into, like, near, off, on top of, onto, out of, outside, over, past, since, through, toward, under, until, up, upon
Do sentences need verbs?
Yes, most of them do
What does the adjective do for the reader?
Adjectives give the reader more specific information about an object's color, size, shape, material, and more.
Give me an example of a abstract noun
Eg love, honesty, courage, freedom
Why do we use pronouns?
Pronouns allow us to shorten our sentences and make them sound less repetitive.
What is the purpose of a preposition?
It show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object.
The cat sat ON the mat.
What does a verb do in a sentence?
Show an action (sing), occurrence (develop), or state of being (exist)
The shy boy hid behind his mother’s skirt.
Identify the adjective
Shy
What is an uncountable noun and provide an example?
An uncountable nouns are for the things that we cannot count with numbers
Tea, toast, homework, sugar, rice, toast, water, air
Identify the pronouns:
We looked for Britney at her house, but she wasn’t there.
We, Her, She
It is surprising indeed that he has an access ____ all the important leaders of the country.
3. To
What is a conjunction?
A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause
Identify the nouns in the sentence and what type of nouns they are.
In August my family is going to Queensland because school is closed.
Proper: August, Queensland
Collective: Family
Common: School
What is the correct answer?
The letter ____ (which/what) he wrote reached me late.
Which
What is the preposition?
We got married before our son was born.
Before