Nouns and Verbs
Name the two nouns in the following sentence:
Please pick up the pitcher and pour me a cup of milk.
Pitcher
Cup (of milk)
mr. frog and Mr. Toad enjoy tee together in the afternoons.
Mr. Frog and Mr. Toad / tea
What is a subject of a sentence?
The noun that the sentence is about.
What is an adverb?
Something that describes the verb.
What is an inference?
Reading between the lines to answer a question.
How many nouns and verbs are in the following sentence:
Joey and Monica love walking down to the Central Perk to get a cup of coffee.
Nouns: 4
Verbs: 2
Mariella enjoys goin' to the mall and shoping for shoes
going / shopping / shoes.
What is a predicate?
Starts with a verb and describes what the subject is doing.
Name the adverb in this sentence:
Rick quickly hid while playing Hide-and-Seek with his friends.
quickly
What can you infer about the narrator from this quote?
"I smiled, for what had I to fear?"- Tell Tale Heart
He is happy about what he did.
Identify the following words as nouns or verbs:
1. flower
2. Niagara Falls
3. Exclaimed
4. Yo-yo
1. Noun
2. Noun
3. Verb
4. Verb or Noun
Joey, and Kate really want to pass their math class but they do not understand the current assignment
Joey and Kate / class, but / assignment.
Identify the subject in this sentence:
The cat is sleeping in the sun.
The cat
Identify the adverb:
Justin's mother complained loudly when he did not come home from school on time.
loudly
What can you infer about the old man?
"He had the eye of a vulture—a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees—very gradually—I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever."- Tell Tale Heart
The old man is constantly watching the narrator and won't leave him be. He is controlling.
Identify the verbs and nouns in the following sentence:
Due to the incoming frost, I am afraid my magnificent garden will not survive.
Nouns: frost, I, garden
Verb: survive
The dog went to his bowl sniffed and walked away not wanting to eat what was in it.
bowl, sniffed, and walked away, not wanting
Identify the predicate in this sentence:
Roger took the day off and went to the amusement park.
... took the day off and went to the amusement park.
Kevin hates eating his vegetables.
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What can you infer about what will happen to Billy Weaver based on this quote?
"Holding her teacup high in one hand, inclining her head slightly to the left, she looked up at him out of the corners of her eyes and gave him another gentle little smile.
“No, my dear,” she said. “Only you.'"
Give me a sentence that contains 2 nouns, and 3 verbs.
Example:
Andrew and Kate went to the park, ate snow cones, and jumped in the lake.
julia spoke loudly Please stop eating my ice cream! I bought it with my own money!
Julia spoke loudly, "Please stop eating my ice cream! I bought it with my own money!"
Identify the subject and predicate:
Mark and Lisa saved their money and went on an elaborate vacation.
Subject: Mark and Lisa
Predicate: ...saved their money and went on an elaborate vacation.
Give me a sentence using at least 2 adverbs.
Julia sang loudly and beautifully at her chorus concert on Friday.
What can you infer about what will happen to Hazel and George at the end of "Harrison Bergeron?"
They will go on as normal and not remember Harrison due to their handicaps.