Noun and Adjective
What is a noun?
A noun is a person, place, or thing
What is a verb?
Describe an action
What is the subject of a sentence?
Who or what the sentence is about
(Mostly includes nouns or pronouns)
What punctuation is used at the end of a declarative sentence?
a period.
What is an antonym?
A word that means the opposite of another word
What is an adjective?
Describes a noun
-examples: Color, shape, or mood
What is an adverb?
Describes a verb
Tells us how a verb is done
What is the part of a sentence that tells us what the subject is doing, did, or will do?
(Often begins with a verb)
Predicate
what type of sentence type ends with an exclamation point (!)?
Exclamatory
What is a synonym?
a word with the same meaning.
On your whiteboard, write the nouns from the sentence below:
The movie was playing at the new theater in town.
Nouns: movie, theater, town
Where should the comma(s) be placed in the following sentence?
She enjoys playing golf basketball and baseball.
On your whiteboard, write what the subject for the sentence below:
A number of important English lords surrendered and vowed to be loyal to William.
Subject: A number of important English lords
What does the word nonthreatening mean?
What does the root rupt mean?
to break or burst.
On your whiteboard, write the adjective(s) from the sentence below:
The movie was playing at the new theater in town.
Adjective: new
On your whiteboard, write the town and state where DES is located using correct capitalization and comma placement.
Dryden, NY
On your whiteboard, write the SUBJECT part of the sentence below:
French and Old English blended together over time and became Middle English.
Subject: French and Old English
What does the suffix of -ly mean?
In a __________ way.
What is the meaning of the root graph?
something written or drawn.
On your whiteboard, list all of the noun(s) AND adjective(s) in the following sentence:
Castles were safe places to store food and weapons.
Nouns: Castles, places, food, weapons
Adjectives: safe
correct the below sentence to include correct comma(s) and quotation marks.
On textbook page 3 it states erupting volcanoes are dramatic natural events.
On textbook page 3, it states, "erupting volcanoes are dramatic natural events."
On your whiteboard, write subject OR predicate to indicate what is represented in the fragment below:
woke up early on Saturday.
Predicate
What does the word encircled mean?
To make a circle
What is a matriarch?
a woman who is the head of a family. (Haudenosaunee tribes)