Nouns + Pronouns
What is the definition of a noun?
Person, Place, Thing, Idea
verbs: was, cried
What do adjectives answer?
What kind
Which one
How many
Find the preposition.
I raised my hand over my head.
Preposition: over
Find the interjection in the sentence: "Hey! Be careful of the wire!"
Hey!
What are the proper nouns in this sentence? "Angela went to see the Great Wall in China last summer".
Great wall, China, Angela
Explain the 3 types of verbs.
Action verb - Express physical or mental activity
Linking verb - A verb that LINKS the subject with something that describes or identifies it
helping verb - Verb that works with another verb to create a verb phrase
What is an Adjective?
An adjective is a part of speech that describes, modifies, or gives more information about a noun or pronoun.
Find the prepositional(s) phrase.
Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother's house we go.
Prepositional phrase: Over the river, Through the woods, to grandmother's house
If an interjection expresses a strong or sudden emotion, it is usually followed by this punctuation mark.
!
Find the interrogative Pronoun: "Who ate all of my cookies and made a mess".
Who
adverbs answer what types of questions?
Where, When, How, How often, and To what extent.
In the sentence "The happy bikers stopped for lunch," what is the adjective?
Happy
what are the 3 types of conjunction with examples
Coordinating conjunction: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Correlative conjunction: Both.. and, Either.. or, Whether.. or, Not only.. but also, Neither.. nor
Subordinating conjunctions: Because, since, whether, although, as, whereas, unless
What is an interjection?
A word used to express emotion and has no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence.
Ex: Hey! Ouch! Wow! Aha!
What are the types of nouns? (5 types)
Common: person, place, thing, or idea, typically not capitalized
Proper: person, place, thing, or idea, always capitalized
Concrete: names a object and can be perceived by the senses
Abstract: a quality, idea, feeling, or a characteristic
Compound: two or more words used as a single noun
Find the adverbs:
Calvin almost never lifted weights there.
Identify all three descriptive adjectives in this sentence: "The big yellow school bus."
What are big, yellow, and school
Find the conjunctions. Are they coordinating, or correlative?
He must either improve his behavior or take the detention.
either, or. It is correlative.
Can onomatopoeia words like Bang! and Crunch! be used as interjections
Yes
What are the types of pronouns? (6 types)
Indefinite: does not refer to a specific person or thing
Demonstrative: points out something
Relative: relates subordinate clauses
Interrogative: asks a question
Reflexive: used when subject of sentence and object refer to the same person
intensive: used to intensify antecedent
What questions do adverbs answer?
Where, when, how, how often or how long, to what extent
Does the sentence "I like that shirt." answer Which one, How many, or what kind
Which one
Complete the sentence:
I couldn't decide ____ to eat at McDonald's __ Starbucks
whether, or
True or False: Because interjections stand alone grammatically, they must always be the first word in a sentence.
False
Ex: It's raining again, huh.