INTRODUCTION TO GRAMMAR THE PARTS OF SPEECH

YOUR SECRET DECODER RING A SORBISH OF BILM AND CHURVY FILBS KRIMMED BESIDE A SNARFY DORGE. WHAT COLOR WERE THE FILBS? COPY SENTENCE AND REPLACE WITH REAL WORDS. LABEL PARTS OF SPEECH

NOUN PERSON PLACE THING IDEA

PRONOUN REPLACES A NOUN OR ANOTHER PRONOUN “SHE” INSTEAD OF MS. CHRISTIANSEN OR TEACHER

ADJECTIVE DESCRIBES OR TELLS MORE ABOUT A NOUN OR A PRONOUN THE “PRETTY” GIRL

VERB ACTION STATE OF BEING SHE “RAN”- ACTION SHE “IS” - BEING

ADVERB DESCRIBES OR TELLS MORE ABOUT A VERB, AN ADJECTIVE, OR ANOTHER ADVERB SHE RAN “QUICKLY”.

PREPOSITION SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A NOUN OR PRONOUN AND ANOTHER WORD IN THE SENTENCE. SQUIRREL TO A TREE HE RAN “TO” THE HOUSE.

CONJUNCTION CONNECTS WORDS, PHRASES, OR CLAUSES IN A SENTENCE. “AND” “BUT” “OR” “NOR”

INTERJECTION WORD OR PHRASE USED TO EXPRESS EMOTION “HEY” “WOW”

TIME TO PRACTICE WOW, LIFE ON SAFARI OFFERS NEW PERSPECTIVE ON HUMANS AND ANIMALS. YOUR ASSIGNMENT – WITH FRIENDS LABEL THE PARTS OF SPEECH ON THE PROVIDED PAGE (CHECK PAGE 5 YELLOW GRAMMAR BOOKS WHEN FINISHED)

PARTS OF A SENTENCE TYPICAL ENGLISH SENTENCE = SUBJECT, VERB, OBJECT SUBJECT = WHO OR WHAT PERFORMS THE ACTION OF THE SENTENCE PREDICATE = WHAT THE SUBJECT DID OR WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SUBJECT SIMPLE v. COMPLETE

COMPOUND SENTENCES COMPOUND SUBJECT THE AURORA BOREALIS AND THE AURORA AUSTRALIS ARE TWO OF NATURE’S GREAT LIGHT SHOWS. COMPOUND VERB OR PREDICATE THE LIGHTS GLIMMER AND RIPPLE ACROSS THE NIGHT SKY. A MAGNETIC STORM IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE CAUSES THE LIGHTS AND CREATES THEIR EERIE, SHIFTING PATTERNS.

TYPES OF SENTENCES 4 TYPES OF SENTENCES DECLARATIVE – TO STATE A FACT, WISH, INTENT, OR FEELING INTERROGATIVE – TO ASK A QUESTION IMPERATIVE – TO GIVE A COMMAND, REQUEST, OR DIRECTION EXCLAMATORY – TO EXPRESS STRONG FEELING

SUBJECTS IN SENTENCES FIND THE VERB FIRST INVERTED SENTENCES – ITERROGATIVE “HAVE ANY BOTANISTS IN YOUR AREA ENCOUNTERED AN INSECT-EATING COBRA LILY?” WITHIN ITS LONG, SLIPPERY LEAVES LIES A DEATH TRAP FOR CARELESS BUGS.

SUBJECTS IN SENTENCES BEGINNING WITH “HERE” OR “THERE” THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER CARNIVOROUS PLANTS BESIDES THE COBRA LILY. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES: VENUS FLYTRAPS, SUNDEWS, AND BLADDERWORTS.

COMPLEMENTS DIRECT AND INDIRECT OBJECTS NOTHING CAN ESCAPE A BLACK HOLE. THE FORMULA THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE SHOWED SCIENTISTS AN ENORMOUS BLACK HOLE. THE FORMULA

COMPLEMENTS SUBJECT COMPLEMENT – FOLLOWS A LINKING VERB AND IDENTIFIES OR DESCRIBES THE SUBJECT THE AMAZON IS A VERY WIDE RIVER – OVER SIX MILES IN PLACES. PREDICATE NOMINATIVE = NOUN IN PLACES, NEITHER BANK IS VISIBLE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER. PREDICATE ADJECTIVE = ADJECTIVE

FOR TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY… IDENTIFYING THE PARTS OF THE SENTENCE VISUALIZING THE SENTENCE - DIAGRAMMING