A word that is a person, place, thing, or idea is called a ___________.
Noun
Give an example of a noun.
School
This large school is in Houston.
Find the two (2) nouns.
1. school 2. Houston
A, an, and the are called:
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, or articles?
Articles
What do we call words that describe nouns?
Adjectives
Give an example of a verb.
Is
The yellow and orange cat pounces.
Find the two (2) adjectives.
1. yellow 2. orange
Texas, happiness, door, Michael, book, feelings, mustard...these are all _________.
Are these nouns, verbs, adjectives, or articles?
Nouns
A open discussion makes me happy.
False.
An open discussion makes me happy.
There are two types of _____
1) Action
2) State of being
Verbs
Give an example of an adjective.
Great
My friend sings loudly when he feels happy.
Find the two (2) verbs
Sings and feels
think, was jumping, is laughing, runs, seem, walked, will dance...are all ___________.
Verbs
Japanese is a noun.
True.
We use the article "an" for nouns that start with ______
A E I O or U
Give 2 examples of verbs of different types
Find all the articles in this sentence:
A new student opened the door.
A and The
sad, confused, silly, wonderful, scared, tired, happy ...are all _________________.
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, or articles?
...are all ____________.
Adjectives
A and An are the same in meaning.
True.
A and An are used for ______ nouns.
We use The for ______ nouns.
Singular and unspecific.
Singular/Plural and specific.
Give an example of a sentence that uses two out of the three articles.
For example: A new student opened the door.
The sun is a big ball of gas.
Michael likes when his large pizza is hot and cheesy. (3 adjectives) (2 verbs)
Adjectives: 1. large 2. hot 3. cheesy
Verbs: 1. likes 2. is
Say if each word is a noun, verb, adjective, or article:
The beautiful purple door is a gateway to a magical world.
Article - Adjective - Adjective - Noun - Verb - Article - to - Article - Adjective - Noun.