Parts of Speech Notes

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Parts of Speech
Noun
Sentence! OohAah!
Verb
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Verb
Noun
MENU
Pronoun
Adverb
Adjective
Preposition
Interjection
Conjunction
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Nouns!

• Noun Pre-test
• 1. Write the definition of a noun.
• 2. Name one kind of noun.
• 3. Why is a pronoun NOT a noun?

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Nouns!
There are 4 types of nouns A noun is the
subject of a sentence. A person, place ,thing or
idea. Common- Names any noun - it is very
general. Examples Student, company,
city. Proper- Names a specific noun. Capitalized.
Examples Boise, Ms. C., Wendys.
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Nouns!

• Collective- One word for a group.
• Examples Team, class, jury, herd.
• Compound- Two or more words.
• Examples Basketball, fire fighter, baseball.

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Nouns!
JUST FYI Singular- One Examples Pencil, sky,
folder, city. Plural- More than one Examples
Trees, dogs, cities
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Nouns!
Concrete- can be touched. Examples Pencil,
sky, folder, tree. Abstract- An idea or feeling
that can not be touched. Examples Happy, love,
freedom.
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Identify these nouns desk Texas
crowd soccer paper teacher firework team Superman

Practice
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• Give a proper noun for these common nouns
• School
• Street
• Book
• City
• Football team
• Restaurant
• T.V. show

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• Nouns page 31-32
• A
• Underline nouns
• Max helped Joe with his homework.
• B
• Common or Proper
• C P
• On Wednesday we drove to Boise to see a movie.
• C dont do

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• Page 32
• A
• At Sawtooth Middle School the class that brings
  in the most box tops wins a prize.
• Proper_____________
• Collective__________
• B
• The girl traveled to the new town.
• SWEET!

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Pronouns

• Pronoun Pretest
• 1. What do pronouns take the place of in the
  sentence?
• 2. Name one example of a pronoun.

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Pronouns

• Pronoun- a word used in place of a noun. NOT A
  NOUN!
• Antecedent- the word the pronoun takes the place
  of.
• Ex Fred missed the bus so he was late.
• Ex Death Valley- it is mysterious.

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Pronoun and antecedent

• Jennifer went to her locker.
• Chad didnt fall in the hallway, he kept his
  balance.
• The school keeps its campus clean.
• Soryn does his awesome dance moves in the hall.

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Pronouns

• Personal pronouns- a regular pronoun.
• Examples I, he, it, they

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Pronouns

• Possessive pronouns- used to show ownership.
• Ex Their clothes, Your coat, MINE, hers
• NOTyoure

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Pronouns

• Interrogative- used to start a question.
• Ex who, what, when
• Ex Who knows the answer?

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Pronouns

• Demonstrative- points out a person, place, thing,
  or idea.
• Ex This is our game. That book
• Plural- these, those

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Pronouns Review

• Name what KIND of pronoun the following are
• You Personal
• This
• Hers
• They
• I
• It
• We
• Our

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Pronoun Review

• Their
• He
• She
• What
• Mine
• Youre
• Where
• Who

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Language Book

• Page 59
• A 1-10
• Write sentence! Always! Underline pronouns.
• Page 60
• B
• Write paragraph, change nouns to pronouns. EX.
  Idaho to _________.
• SWEET!

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Pronouns Worksheet

• Page 47-48
• A
• Underline pronouns
• Have you ever been to California?
• B
• Replace nouns with pronouns
• The Pilgrims were grateful.

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Pronouns Worksheet

• Page 48
• A
• Write paragraph, replace nouns with pronouns.
• B
• Write a diary entry, use many pronouns.
• AWESOME!

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Verb Sub-Menu
Linking Verbs
Action Verbs
Helping Verbs
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Identify these as mental or visible action
verbs hop typed hope lift touched laughed think w
orry
Practice
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Verb Pre-Test

• 1. Write the definition of an action verb.
• 2. List all three kinds of verbs.
• 3. The word was is what kind of verb?
• 4. The word sing is what kind of verb?

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Verbs are Awesome

• Action Verbs show action. You can actually do
  it.
• Ex Jumped, run, think, lift, laugh, walked,
  write, carry.

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Verbs

• Mental action verbs show action, but you can
  not see them.
• Ex Wonder, remember, expect, think

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Verbs

• Visible Action Verbs show action and you can see
  them.
• Ex run, jump, write

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Auxillary Verbs can be linking or
helpingMEMORIZE!

• Basic 5- is, am, are, was, were
• Bs- be, being, been
• Ds- do, does, did
• Hs- has, have, had

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Auxillary Verbs

• Ms- may, might, must
• -oulds- could, should, would
• Misc.- can, shall, will

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• Linking Verbs
• Connect a noun/ pronoun to a word that describes
  it (in the predicate). Always alone or with
  another linking verb. NEVER WITH ACTION VERBS!

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HINT!

• Find linking verb (s) look after them to see if
  there is an action verb.
• No action verb linking
• Yes action verb changes name to helping
• They are buddies!

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Linking Verbs

• Ms. C. is happy.
• We were joyful after we won our game.
• Max was happy after the good news.

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Linking Verbs

• Linking verbs are also called auxillary verbs
  because they can be linking or helping.
• -Ex New York is a city.
• Fred was thrilled.
• The food tasted good.

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The Linking Verb Test

• Tina felt weak.
• Substitute is, am, are, for the underlined verb.

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Linking Verb Test

• Tina (is) weak?
• If it makes sense then it is a linking verb.
• Zelda felt the cloth.
• Zelda (is) the cloth? Ha, ha.

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FIND and IDENTIFY VERBS

• I wrote that story.
• I am hungry.
• I was running away.
• He was fast!
• I can be strong!
• Down the street he walked.
• We are awesome!

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Linking Verbs!

• Linking Verbs link one word to a description.
• The room was cold.
• A movie is a difficult project.

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• The student was being respectful.
• The food tasted good.
• We are happy.

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• The office sends call slips for students.
• We have been watching a great movie.

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• Zelda was joyful.
• We could have been the winners.
• The tree is beautiful.

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Helping Verbs

• Added before or after an action verb to make a
  verb phrase ( a group of verbs ).
• a linking verb with an action verb changes
  its name to helping.

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Helping Verbs

• Is running
• Was swimming
• Could be skipping
• Should have been writing
• Vs. She is happy.

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Identify these as linking or helping verbs Zelda
has a cold. Max was playing basketball. We were
being zany. The students are writing their
essays.
Practice
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Helping or linking?

• Ex The plant is growing very fast.
• The plant is green.
• The dog is cute.
• The dog is _________ after the car.
• The boy was happy.
• The boy was _________ because he was happy.

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TIME TO PLAY

• Ms. C.s awesome Verb GAME!

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Class Copy

• Judy sang a song for the talent show.
• We should leave soon.
• Zelda ran to the football field.
• I am hungry by lunchtime.
• Ms. C. was happy.
• Ms. C. was teaching an awesome lesson.
• We could have won the game!

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VerbsAwesome Review

• 1. A word that expresses an action is called a/an
  
• 2. We talked on the phone.
• Name the verb and what kind of verb it is.
• 3. The teacher corrects all of the late
  assignments.
• What is the verb?
• A corrects all C teachers
• B of D corrects

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VerbsAwesome Review

• 4. Adverbs end in .
• 5. Adverbs describe or modify , , or .
• 6. We walked down the dark street quickly because
  it was spooky.
• Name the adverb.
• 7. Adjectives describe .

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VerbsAwesome Review!

• 8. Ms. C. happily held up her bright, new pen.
• List the adjectives.
• 9. List all of the auxillary verbs.
• GO!

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VerbsAwesome Review

• Ms. C is happy.
• The word is links what two words?Choose the
  group of words that contains only the basic 5
  auxillary verbs
• Is that was were she
• Was were can shall will
• Is am are was were

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• SURVIVOR REVIEW!
• Dun, dun, duh!

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Adjective and Adverb Pre- Test

• 1. Adjectives describe what part of speech?
• 2. Adverbs usually end in what two letters?
• 3. Adverbs describe what part of speech?

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Adjective

• An adjective is a word that modifies (describes)
  a noun or pronoun.
• Examples cold room, stormy weather, golden sun,
  bright light, soft sweater, wonderful job, happy
  dude.

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Adjective

• Questions to ask
• What kind? Fast riders.
• Which one? First lap.
• How many? Five teams.
• How much? More applause.
• Nouns can be adjectives Examples dirt road,
  glass window.

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Identify these pink this soft delicious love fa
ntastic spooky mine is
Practice
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• Adverbs
• An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a
  verb, adjective, or other adverb.
• Ex
• Sang loudly
• Quickly ran

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• Intensifiers
• Adverbs that modify adjectives and other adverbs.
• We very quietly finished our awesome assignment.
• The student wore an extremely bright shirt.

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• Examples
• I strongly believe that students should show
  respect.
• Ancient Chinese warriors fired very powerful
  rockets.
• She almost always turns her work in on time.

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• Questions to ask
• How? Jimmy sings loudly.
• When? Zelda sometimes walks.
• Where? She spilled everywhere.
• To what extent? We are extremely fortunate.

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• Write about two characters in rain
• Cold prickly
• Soggy sharply
• Hearty steadily
• Soothing gently
• Cool quietly
• Clean briefly
• Clear softly

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Pre-test

1. Write a word that is a conjunction.
2. Write the definition of a preposition.
3. What do interjections show?

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Prepositions

• Shows position in time or place/space.
• Ex Under, after, in, during, through

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Practice

• We very quickly walked in the cafeteria.
• Ms. C. gave directions before the awesome quiz.
• During break amazing girls chat with their
  friends.

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Interjections

• Shows emotion
• Ex- Hey! Wow! No, ugh, well,

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Coordinating Conjunctions

• Used to join words or sentences
• And, but, for, nor, or, yet, so

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Articles

• Only the words
• A, an, the
• They name a thing
• A ball
• An idea

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Practice

• Denton was keeping score during class.
• Ms. C. is happy.
• Wow, Ms. C. very quickly ran to the store.

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Practice

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Parts of Speech Review