Nouns
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a pronoun?
A word that replaces a noun
What does a verb do in a sentence?
Shows action
What do adjectives describe?
Give TWO examples of an interjection!
Hey! OMG! Dude! What the heck! Goodness gracious! Ouch! Oh no! Rats! Egad! Darn!
-- Concrete nouns can be observed with at least one of the five senses (see, hear, taste, touch, smell)
-- Abstract can NOT be observed with any of the five senses
There are 6 types of pronouns -- give me THREE.
Personal, reflexive, relative, interrogative, demonstrative, and indefinite.
A helping verb ALWAYS needs...
...an action buddy.
Which part of speech answers...
- What kind? - Which one? - How many? - Whose is it / who does it belong to?
Adjectives
What is the preposition and its object in the following sentence?
I ran to the cafeteria.Cafeteria--object
What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?
-- Common is NEVER capitalized EXCEPT at the beginning of sentence
-- Proper is ALWAYS capitalized
Reflexive pronouns end in...
...self or selves
What is the verb in the following sentence, and what kind is it?
Maxx feels happy today.
Feels -- linking
What do adverbs describe?
What is the conjunction in the following sentence, and what kind is it?
I want to sleep, but I'm at school.
But -- coordinating / CD / FANBOYS
What is the noun in this sentence, and what kind is it?
The dog barked loudly.
Dog -- common, concrete
What are the pronouns in this sentence, and what kind are they?
Who are you?
Who -- interrogative
You -- personal
What are the verbs in the following sentence, and what kind are they?
Will Alaina go to the store today?
Will -- helping verb
Go -- action verb
Adverbs often end in...
-ly
What does FANBOYS stand for? Must name at least FOUR.
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Give an example of a proper-abstract noun.
What are the pronouns in this sentence, and what kind are they?
This is what I was talking about.
This -- demonstrative
What -- relative
Name at least THREE verbs of being
What are the THREE article adjectives?
a, an, the
Name one of the types of conjunctions and how you can recognize it in a sentence.
Coordinating (CD): one underline, FANBOYS
Correlative (CR): two underlines, FANBOYS and a partner word
Subordinating (S): one underline, connects two complete sentences