Nouns
What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?
Proper Noun – a noun that is always capitalized such as a person’s name, a city, state, country, brand name, titles, etc.
Example: Johnny Appleseed, Boston, Adidas, The Conjuring
Common Noun – a noun that is lower case unless it is the first word of a sentence.
Example: teacher, hospital, sneakers, movie
What is the purpose of a pronoun?
To take the place of a noun (typically to avoid repetition).
What is a verb?
a word that represents action.
What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
An adjective describes a noun.
An adverb describes a verb.
What are the jobs of conjunctions and prepositions?
conjunctions are used to connect words and clauses.
prepositions help to position or provide the relationship between two or more things.
Identify the common nouns in the following sentence:
Billy went to the store to buy some Lysol and soap.
store, soap
What are the two singular, first-person, non-possessive pronouns?
I
Me
Identify the verbs in the following sentence:
You are always late because you constantly lose your keys.
are
lose
Identify the adjectives in the following sentence and the words they describe.
The exam was easier than I expected, but that is probably because I studied so hard and ate a healthy breakfast.
easier (describes exam)
healthy (describes breakfast)
Identify the conjunctions in the following sentence:
Luke and Jen are going to the movies or the mall today because it is raining, so the baseball game was cancelled.
and
or
because
so
Identify the proper nouns in the following sentence:
My dog Oatmeal love going to Petco with me, but due to Covid-19, he has to stay home.
Oatmeal, Petco, Covid-19
Give an example of one masculine and one feminine possessive pronoun.
Masculine - his
Feminine - her, hers
Identify the irregular verbs below and give the past tense version:
run, look, talk, sing, think, cough
run = ran
sing = sang
think = thought
Identify the adverbs in the following sentence and the words they modify:
Chris finally broke up with his horrible girlfriend after two long years of constantly fighting with her.
finally (broke up)
constantly (fighting)
Identify the prepositions and the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
During the concert, the band threw a hippo into the crowd after their final song.
(During) the concert
(into) the crowd
(after) their final song
Identify the irregular nouns below and their plural form:
book, moose, child, party, sock, knife
Moose = Moose (doesn't change)
Child = Children
Knife = Knives
Name three: Plural, third-person pronouns
They, Them, Their, Theirs
The thought of getting corona keeps me up all night and I can't get any sleep.
getting
keeps
can't (get)
Note: "Thought" can be a verb "I thought you were coming over", but here it is a noun.
Sleep can be a verb "I sleep in a bunk bed.", but here is a noun.
Identify the adjective and the adverbs in the following sentence and what they modify.
I almost cried when I saw the cute, little puppy that was desperately looking for food in the empty trash.
Adjectives - cute, litte (puppy)
empty (trash)
Adverbs - almost (cried)
desperately (looking)
Identify the conjunctions and prepositions in the following sentence:
Covid-19 has caused wipe spread panic across the world, and as a result, the stores are sold out of toilet paper, Lysol spray, and face masks because they can't keep up with the demand during this pandemic.
Conjunctions: and, and, because
Prepositions: across (the world), during (this pandemic)
Identify all the nouns in this sentence, then determine if each is a common noun or proper noun, and if any are irregular nouns.
Sarah went to her dentist on Friday because her tooth was throbbing and causing her immense pain.
Sarah - Proper
dentist - common, regular
Friday - Proper, regular
tooth - common, irregular
pain - common, regular
What is unique about non-posessive second person pronouns?
The singular and plural are the same. "You"
To one person: I wish you would be quiet.
To a group of people: You've lost every game this season, but I know you can win today.
I had a dream last night that I won a Nobel Prize, but typically dream about failing my classes.
had
won
dream (2nd one)
failing
Identify the adjective and the adverbs in the following sentence and what they modify.
My mom asked me several times to go pickup: four eggs, three unripe bananas, and shredded cheese; I hesitantly asked why because that combination is disgusting.
Adjective: several (times), four (eggs), three, unripe (bananas), shredded (cheese), disgusting (combination).
Adverb: hesitantly (asked)
What are the FANBOYS?
For But
And Or
Nor Yet
So