Adverbs
When? Where? How? How often?
Adverbs, Adjectives, and Verbs
What is the "key" word when discussing prepositions, identify the three categories of prepositions, and provide an example of each.
Relationship
Location under
Direction to
Time until
Provide the hierarchy and describe the differences between phrases, clauses, and sentences
Word, phrase, clause, sentence
phrase: syntactic structure that includes one main wordand usually one or more closely associated words grouped around it- does not have its own subject or predicate
Clause:A group of words that has a subject and a verb
Sentence: has at least one clause
We classify sentences by two characteristics... identify them.
Structure Function
Describe the difference between free and bound morphemes and identify the two types of bound morphemes
Free: stand alone
Bound: cannot stand alone
Inflectional
Derivational
Describe the differences between adverbs and adjectives and make an adjective an adverb.
Adjectives:
modify nouns and pronouns
Answer what kind which how many
Adverbs:
modify adjective verbs nouns
answer how when where how often
formed by adding ly
Angry to angrily
Identify the three components of a prepositional phrase and use it in a sentence. In your sentence identify whether the object is direct or indirect.
Preposition, object of preposition and modifiers of the object
Lane squeezed under the short table.
Independent:
Makes sense by itself.
Bode crawled
I run
Dependent
Does not make sense to stand alone
Although he went to the pool
Identify the four types of function and structure
Function: interrogative, declarative, imperative, exclamatory
Structure: Simple, complex, compound, complex compound
List the 8 types of inflectional morphemes and provide word examples for each
s: dog
s: runs
's: Bode's
ing: swimming
en: broken
ed: crawled
er: smaller
est: smallest
Identify the six categories of adverbs and provide a word example.
Time Again, early
Place Above away
Manner cheerfully fast
Degree almost little
Reason therefore thus
Number first once
Identify, describe, and provide an example of the three types of conjunctions. Tell me which one is most common.
Coordinating: Used to join or link words, phrases, or clauses, each of which has equal weight (FAN BOYS)
Correlative: Pair, both/and, either/or, neither/nor, whether/or, as/as, and if/then.
Subordinate (most common): Used to connect one clause (a main or independent clause – has a subject + predicate) to another clause (a subordinate or dependent clause
because
Noun: The man
Adjective: very expensive
Adverb: much too often
Preposition: under the bed
Verb: eat the cereal
Describe the components of complex and compound sentences
complex:
ONE independent clause and ONE dependent clause.
Compound:
two independent clauses
Count the morphemes:
ran
women
stapler
corner
motherhood
mother
unreliable
2
2
2
1
2
1
3
Define conjunctive adverb and provide an example in a sentence.
Adverbs which serve as conjunctions.
Bode went to the pool therefore he wore sun screen.
Identify the categories of subordinating conjunctions and provide an example.
Place
where, whereever
Time:
after, as long as, as soon as
Reason
as because since so that
Provide an example of an adjective clause and an adverb clause.
She went to the store, which was next to the pool.
She smiled because she arrived early.
Provide examples of the four functions of a sentence.
I run down the street.
Go to the pool.
Are you going swimming?
I love you!
Define syntax and morphem
Syntax:The way in which linguistic elements, such as words, are put together to form constituents such as phrases and clauses.
Morpheme: building blocks of language
Identify the three degrees of comparison for adjectives and adverbs and provide examples.
POsitive
Comparative
Superlative
Adjective: Strong, stronger, strongest
Adverb: soon, sooner, soonest
Create three sentences with conjunctions, tell me the type in each sentence.
Bode crawled across the floor to Lane's water bowl.
Liza drove from Richmond to Florida in her car.
Her plant grew from the ground to the sky.
What sport did I play in college and at what college?
Cross country and track
Virginia Tech
What are the four types of wh- questions and provide examples.
s form
Who runs?
p form
What are you doing
yes/no
Are you happy?
tag questions
I love these, do you ?
Create a sentence with 3 different inflectional morphemes and 2 different derivational.
Bode chewed on Lane's toys, which caused Lane to bark and made me have to be responsible for hiding her toys from Bode to ensure he is careful and Lane is not unhappy.