GRAMMAR REVIEW: Parts of Speech Using the “My Summer Vacation” bulletin board, list all of the nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions. Then label the nouns common or proper.
Nouns summer: common Montreaux: proper vacation: common Chillon Castle: proper Europe: proper Eiffel Tower: proper London: proper Paris: proper spot: common mustard: common Parliament: proper Big Ben: proper Dijon: proper Scotland: proper canal: common Edinburgh Castle: proper Annecy: proper Kiwanis International Convention: proper Glasgow: proper Geneva: proper trip: common water jet: common lifetime: common flower clock: common What common themes do you see among these nouns? Some of these nouns have other classifications. What are they?
Pronouns my I this We can classify these three pronouns as personal, possessive, or demonstrative. Which is which?
Verbs visited saw tasted walked attended toured was amazed We can classify these verbs as action, linking, or helping. Which are which? We can also classify the action verbs as transitive or intransitive. Which are which?
Adjectives What words are these adjectives describing? magnificent famous favorite What words are these adjectives describing? Pronouns can act as adjectives. What about the pronouns we already identified? Which are acting as adjectives? Why didn’t I list water and flower as adjectives?
Adverbs There aren’t any! Did you think there were? Which words did you write down?
Prepositions in along by of A prepositional phrase begins with the preposition and ends with the object of the preposition, which is a noun or pronoun. What are the prepositional phrases that go with the prepositions above? Hint: There are multiple phrases for in.
Conjunctions and This was the only conjunction I used, and it made the style of writing on the bulletin board very simple. How could I have used other conjunctions rather than and? There are also transitions that would have been useful. Can you identify a few of them?
Your Assignment: Due tomorrow. Worth 50 points. For homework, write a brief essay (3 paragraphs, 5 sentences each) about your summer vacation. This doesn’t mean that you had to actually go away somewhere. You may write about the things you did around the area or at home. can label each part of speech ABOVE the word. You may abbreviate as follows: Noun: n Pronoun: pn Verb: v Adjective: adj Adverb: adv Preposition: prep Spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization count! Conjunction: c Underline the prepositional phrases. You must write on every other line so that you