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 Nouns  Adjectives  Verbs  Adverbs  Nouns  Adjectives  Verbs  Adverbs  Prepositions  Pronouns  Articles  Conjunctions

 Nouns are people, places, things, ideas.  There are 2 types of nouns:  Proper  Common  Nouns are people, places, things, ideas.  There are 2 types of nouns:  Proper  Common

Examples: McDonalds Disneyland The United States Harry Potter California Susan Africa names  Proper nouns are ALWAYS capitalized because they are the names of people, places, and things.

Examples: table dog backpack class person boy breakfast book  Common Nouns are all other nouns that aren’t proper. They are the every day, common nouns.

Common or Proper?  Patricia  Harry Potter  Harvard Law School  McDonalds  Dairy Queen  Florida  The Mississippi River  boy  school  book  paper  house  breakfast  river

Common or Proper? PROPER  Patricia  Harry Potter  Harvard Law School  McDonalds  Dairy Queen  Florida  The Mississippi River COMMON  boy  school  book  paper  house  breakfast  river

Find the nouns  We wrote a very short story.

Find the noun  We wrote a very short story.

Find the nouns  My family is from California.

Find the nouns  My family is from California.

 Gerunds are a type of noun. They are –ing verbs that are acting like nouns Examples:  Gerunds are a type of noun. They are –ing verbs that are acting like nouns Examples: swimming dancing walking writing talking bouncing eating reading

 I like pizza.

 I like reading.

Find the gerund  Reading is fun.

Find the gerund  Reading is fun.

 Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. Examples:  Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. Examples: tall purple terrific magical beautiful funny young

Find the adjective  We wrote a very short story.

Find the adjective  We wrote a very short story.

Find the adjectives  My large family is from sunny California.

Find the adjectives  My large family is from sunny California.

 Verbs describe action or what is happening in the sentence. Examples:  Verbs describe action or what is happening in the sentence. Examples: walk think sing write talk breathe take read

TO BE verbs  These verbs are trickier to find, but they are still verbs! Try memorizing them:

Find the verbs  My large family is from sunny California.

Find the verbs  My large family is from sunny California.

Find the verbs  We wrote a very short story.

Find the verbs  We wrote a very short story.

 Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They describe how and when things are done. Examples:  Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They describe how and when things are done. Examples: happily slowly loudly Quickly beautifully suddenly very

Find the adverb  We wrote a story quickly.

Find the adverb  We wrote a story quickly.

Find the adverb  We wrote a very short story.

Find the adverb  We wrote a very short story.

 Prepositions are words that often tell us location. They show relationships between nouns/pronouns and another part of the sentence. Examples:  Prepositions are words that often tell us location. They show relationships between nouns/pronouns and another part of the sentence. Examples: to of for under over in on

 Where can the smiley face be in relation to the box?

behind under over on Next to

Find the prepositions  We wrote a very short story at our desks.

Find the prepositions  We wrote a very short story at our desks.

Behind the box Under the box Next to the box  A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun (or pronoun).

Find the prepositions  We wrote a very short story at our desks.

Find the prepositions  We wrote a very short story at our desks.

 Pronouns replace nouns. Examples:  Pronouns replace nouns. Examples: they I me we us them you

Find the pronoun  We wrote a very short story for the school.

Find the pronoun  We wrote a very short story for the school.

 There are only 3 articles in English. They are basically adjectives! They describe nouns. AN THE A

Find the articles  We wrote a very short story for the school.

Find the articles  We wrote a very short story for the school.

 Conjunctions join parts of a sentence together (FANBOYS) SoSo But OrOr Nor And For Yet

Find the conjunction  We wrote a very short story and some poems.

Find the conjunction  We wrote a very short story and some poems.

Adjectives : Describe Nouns and Pronouns Conjunctions : Connect Parts of the Sentence Prepositions : Show Location, Relationship, etc. Verbs : Show Action Articles : Only 3! A, AN, & THE Nouns : Person, Place, Thing, Idea Pronouns : Replace Nouns

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