CHOICE BOARD By: Sarah DeProspero Grayce Ledford Briana Newman

ADJECTIVE PHRASES Adjective Phrase- Something that describes a noun or pronoun in a sentence. It can be replaced before or after the noun or pronoun in the sentence. If the first word in a sentence is an adverb or preposition, there could be an adjective phrase. EX: Tony lost his dark brown briefcase. EX: Kiera opened a young, sweet coconut. The words in red are modifying the circled words, or they are describing them. coconut briefcase

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES prepositional phrases- A modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object. At the minimum, a prepositional phrase will begin with a preposition and end with a noun, pronoun, or clause, the "object" of the preposition.nounpronounclause The object of the preposition will often have one or more modifiers to describe it.object of the preposition modifiers EX: At home. (This is a prepositional phrase) AT= PREPOSITION HOME= NOUN

ADVERB PHRASES Adverb Phrases- Two or more words that act as a adverb. It can modify a verb, adverb, or adjective and can tell "How", "Where", "When", Or "Why". EX: Bob nodded as if he understood. As if he understood is the adverb phrase. EX: She went online for more information. For more information is the adverb phrase. As if he understood and for more information is the adverb phrase because they both act as an adverb.

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COMPOUND AND COMPLEX SENTENCES Compound: com·pound sen·tence NOUN a sentence with more than one subject or predicate. Powered by Oxford Dictionaries · © Oxford University PressOxford Dictionaries Complex: com·plex sen·tence NOUN a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses. Powered by Oxford Dictionaries · © Oxford University Press *Sarah'sOxford Dictionaries

1.WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? A compound sentence is a sentence that has two clauses (also know as two complete thoughts) that have been put together. a compound sentence only has one clause and just a supporting detail with it. To find the difference look at the first complete thought, once you find that look at the other thought and decide if it is complete or not if it isn't it is a compound sentence if it is not it is a complex. example: Sally and Joe are best friends, They always play soccer together. A compound sentence is a sentence that has a independent clause and at least one dependent clause (also know as two complete thoughts) that have been put together. a complex sentence only has one clause and just a supporting detail with it. To find the difference look at the first complete thought, once you find that look at the other thought and decide if it is complete or not if it isn't it is a compound sentence if it is not it is a complex. example: Sally and Joe are best friends, they always play soccer together. Sally and Joe are best friends is one complete thought and so is they always play soccer together. This makes it a COMPOUND sentence.

EXAMPLES FOR COMPOUND AND COMPLEX I went to the pool, me and Grayce swam a lot. this sentence is a sentence I got pepperoni pizza, and a large coke. this is a sentence. Although he ate a really big dinner, now he wants to eat cake for dessert. this sentence is a sentence I shall call him Squishy, and he shall be mine, and he shall be my Squishy." (Dory in Finding Nemo, 2003) this sentence is a sentence COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND

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NOUNS Nouns- often described as referring to a person, place, thing, or idea. There are two different kinds of nouns: common and proper nouns. common noun- a noun that may be preceded by an article or other limiting modifier and that denotes any or all of a class of entities and not an individual, as man, city, horse, music. examples: Car, city, teacher Proper noun- a noun that is used to denote a particular person, place, thing, or idea as Lincoln, Sarah, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Hall. Example: Abel, Sarah, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Hall, Grayce, White House Persons: John Hunter audience Places: theater Minnesota park Things: car television hat Ideas: inspiration joy freedom

CONCRETE AND ABSTRACT NOUNS A concrete noun names a person, place, or thing that can be seen, heard, smelled touched, or tasted. Concrete: bell skunk sand apple An abstract noun names an idea, quality or state. Abstract: pride sadness uncertainty independence

COLLECTIVE AND COMPOUND NOUNS A collective noun names a group of people or things. Example: herd media pack A compound noun is a single noun that is formed by combining two or more words Example: footprint doghouse backpack

PRONOUNS Pronouns- Is a word that takes place of a noun Example: I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone, everybody Example: Rob loves to play football, but he has to work harder in school to be able to play. The pronoun in this sentence is " he", but if you were to put Rob in replace of he it would sound repetitive, so you have to replace Rob with he to keep it from sounding repetitive.

IT'S EASY... JUST THINK ABOUT IT What pronoun(s) could Janet be replace with? Janet has to study in order for Janet to get the job Janet wants. Her She

ADJECTIVES Adjectives-any member of a class of words that modify nouns and pronouns. Example: Manny is extremely handsome Erin got a perfect score on her reading test Handsome is describing Manny Perfect is describing Erin's score

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VERBS verb-a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen. example: Let's run to the corner and back. She recognized me from across the room This is a example of a action verb. It is showing a action. This is a mental verb. It is showing a mental action I am a student. States of being verbs. A state of being verb are stating something.

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ADVERBS Adverbs-a class of words that describe a verb, adjectives, another adverb, a phrase, or a clause. They answer now questions like "how?" "when" and "to what extent?" Example: I am going to quickly run to the store Quickly modifies the verb run.

HINTS TO FINDING ADVERBS IN SENTENCES Adverbs can be confused with adjectives, which also modify things. Many, but not all adverbs, end in the letters “ly” Luckily, this little trick makes it relatively easy to identify adverbs in sentences. This is not always the case, as some frequency adverbs, such as always, often, sometimes, and never, do not follow this rule.

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