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Types of Nouns: Collective- one word/noun to represent a group ex. Team, company, flock Compound- 2 nouns put together to make one ex. Football, cupcake, bookmark Common- person, place, thing, idea, or concept Proper- specific name of a noun ex. Ms. Cox, Pacific Ocean, Georgia

 James Patterson is easily one of my favorite authors. ◦ proper  A company of dancers will entertain us first. ◦ collective  The library at Carrollton Junior High will close at 4:00 p.m. ◦ common  To do well at our game, we will need a lot of teamwork. ◦ compound

 Antecedent – word the pronoun takes the place of in the sentence  Personal- my, ours, mine, yours, his, hers  Kinds of Pronouns ◦ Demonstrative  This, that, these, those ◦ Relative  That, which, who, whom, whose ◦ Interrogative  What, which, who, whom, whose ◦ Indefinite – not specific

 Mr. Phillips accepted his award with dignity. ◦ 3 rd person personal possessive  That is the last piece of cake! ◦ Demonstrative  No one really knows that Mrs. Ogles has magic powers. ◦ Indefinite  Mrs. Allen is the person who is in charge today. ◦ Relative  Who knows how old Dr. Simpson is? ◦ Interrogative

 Action Verbs ◦ Visible or mental  Linking Verbs- connects a noun or pronoun  Helping Verbs- added before another verb ◦ Help create a verb phrase

 She felt sick after she ate rotten bananas. ◦ linking  Her mother felt her head to see if she had a temperature. ◦ action  They had felt for splinters in the stray cat’s foot. ◦ helping

 Types of adjectives: ◦ Articles – definite & indefinite ◦ Common ◦ Proper ◦ Compound ◦ Possessive ◦ Demonstrative ◦ Interrogative ◦ Indefinite

 I am not an only child. ◦ Indefinite article  For my birthday, my brother bought me a new desk lamp. ◦ Common  Did you speak to your mother last night? ◦ Possessive  What kind of shoes did you buy? ◦ Interrogative  Mrs. Raburn cancelled our Wednesday meeting. ◦ Proper  This candy is sour – I love it! ◦ Demonstrative  Each student was given a chance to study. ◦ Indefinite  Our football team is undefeated. ◦ Compound

 Answers 1 of 4 questions: ◦ Where? ◦ When? ◦ In what manner? ◦ To what extent?

 She tearfully accepted the award. ◦ tearfully  He has never asked for much help. ◦ never  My science teacher is a very friendly person. ◦ very  I jog weekly. ◦ weekly  Last Saturday, I thoroughly cleaned our bathrooms. ◦ thoroughly  We live close to the school. ◦ close

 A preposition will always have an object of the preposition after it.  A Prepositional Phrase BEGINS with a preposition and ENDS with an Object of Preposition.

 We found the keys in the car. ◦ preposition  They came in and dinner began. ◦ adverb  The dog would not come near. ◦ adverb  The flowers were blooming near the fence. ◦ preposition  The package was left by the back door. ◦ preposition  I cannot believe he just walked by! ◦ adverb  The puppy wriggled and slipped through. ◦ adverb  Magically, they walked through the mirror. ◦ preposition

 3 Types... ◦ Coordinating  F A N B O Y S  May look for comma before in some cases ◦ Correlative ◦ Subordinating  Begins a subordinate clause (has subject and verb, but is dependent)  May look for comma before in some cases

 She not only won first prize, but she also went on to the regional competition. ◦ correlative  Please go to the store and then straight home. ◦ coordinating  Will Zeke or Kendall be going with us? ◦ coordinating  Whether you like it or not, you will clean your room! ◦ correlative  Neither Grandma nor Grandpa can drive anymore. ◦ correlative

 Expresses emotion ◦ Some types of emotion that might be shown...  Surprise  Joy  Pain  Impatience  Hesitation  Anger  Functions separately from the rest of the sentence

 Ouch! I caught my finger in the door. ◦ pain  Wow! I am so excited you are here. ◦ joy  Hey! I have told you not to do that! ◦ anger  Yuck! I don’t like that at all. ◦ dislike  Whew! I am so glad that meeting is over. ◦ relief