Nouns
Define a noun
person, place, thing or idea
Define a verb
An action or doing word/part of the sentence
Define a preposition
Describes the relation or position to the NOUN
An adverb modifies ________
the verb
An article or adjective modifies the ______
noun
Write all nouns:
My cat is ridiculously hungry.
My, cat, hungry
Identify the verb:
He is so intelligent!
is
ID the preposition
Below the students' feet was carpet and near their teacher's desk was a huge stain.
below, near
List all adverbs:
We slowly creeped out of the classroom when the teacher wasn't looking.
slowly
Name all three articles
a, an, the
Write all nouns:
Personal freedom should be of great importance to him.
Freedom, importance, him
Write all verbs:
You can lie down on the bed after you wash the sheets.
can, lie, wash
This sentence has no prepositions- T or F
What is your book about?
False- about
True or False:
Every word that ends in "ly" is an adverb
FALSE-
ex: That's a lovely blouse
True or False
"the" is a definite article
FALSE-
a/an
What type of nouns are things you can touch/feel?
Concrete Nouns
True or False:
All the following words are verbs-
running
fling
ringing
shoveling
False- Fling can be an event
This sentence has no prepositions T/F
I stayed at the Ritz hotel in New York!
False- at, in
Add two adverbs into the following sentence:
We walked to the park and found some candy!
(Responses will vary)
Add three adjectives to the following sentence:
The dog's paws are wet.
(Answers may vary)
Identify the nouns AND state which of the two types (Concrete or Abstract):
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Beauty (A)
eye (C)
beholder (C)
Give the present AND past tense of the verbs in the following sentence:
Today I lead the lesson on mathematics while I zoom in on the computer.
Lead- led
Zoom- zoomed
List ten examples of prepositions
(Answers will vary)
List all adverbs:
Suddenly we were all very tired after a long day running too fast.
suddenly, very, too (fast)
List all adjectives:
She threw the ball farther than the skinny, uncoordinated boy.
skinny, uncoordinated and farther