BELLWORK List as many of the functions of nouns you can think of with an example of each. Did you think of subject? Direct Object? Indirect Object? Object of a prepostion? Predicate noun?

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What about these functions of nouns? Subject The who or what the sentence is about. Ex. Donatello is my favorite Ninja Turtle. Every sentence must have a subject, even if it’s an understood subject. Ex. Take out the trash. As this is a command, the subject is understood to be you.

Direct Object The who or what that receives the action of the verb. Ex. I hit my brother. Direct Objects must be in a sentence with an action verb. Ex. My brother told my mom.

Indirect Object The who or what that receives the direct object. Ex. I threw my cousin a frisbee. (Notice that I didn’t throw my cousin) Indirect Objects must be in a sentence with a direct object. Ex. I sold my sister a gift card. (Notice that I didn’t sell my sister)

Object of a preposition The who or what that is tied to the prepositional phrase. Ex. I bought the gift card at Target. Objects of the preposition can only be objects of the preposition. It cannot also be a subject, direct object, indirect object, etc. Ex. At Target I met the girl of my dreams. (Notice that Target is not the subject)

Predicate Noun The who or what that renames or describes the subject. Ex. My brother is a veterinarian. Predicate Nouns must be in a sentence with an linking verb. Ex. The Vaulx family is a family with eight cats.

Individual Practice Compose 2 creative sentence that includes each of the following: -Subject -Direct Object -Indirect Object -2 prepositional phrases Compose 2 creative sentences that includes each of the following: -Subject -Predicate Noun -2 prepositional phrases

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What are the functions of adjectives? Adjectives Describe nouns only. They answer these questions: What kind? Which one? How many/much? Examples: statuesque building, jovial boy, remote village, a billion cats, fuchsia leaves, plentiful berries, etc.

What are the functions of adverbs? Adverbs Describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. They answer these questions: How? When? Where? How often? To what degree? Examples: easily lifted, cried later, come here, very tall, extremely carefully stepped, bathed regularly, fell yesterday, etc.

Identify each of the underlined words as an adjective or adverb. 1.The lanky, surly man very reluctantly gave his money to the haggard gypsy. 2.A chilling wind rapidly pushed seven giant eagles down the slowly sloping hillside today. 3.A cheaply tattooed waitress from sunny California sourly stared out the speckled glass doorway at a barrage of incoming customers early that morning.

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