Nouns – Verbs –– Adjectives – OH MY!

Nouns Where would we be without them!

Nouns  person, place, thing, events, substance, quality, or idea, etc.

Nouns as a Person  George Washington  Mr. Swann  George W. Bush  Barack Obama  John McCain  Spiderman  Elvis

Nouns as a place  School of Discovery  Bennettsville  Clio  South Carolina  Heaven  Starbucks  Bi-Lo

Nouns as an Event  Christmas  Halloween  Fourth of July  SOD Band Concert  Your birthday

Nouns as a substance These nouns can’t be counted.  Air – The air was full of bugs tonight.  Wind  Gold - The gold attracted thousands of prospectors.  Medicine  Rain  Music  Milk

Nouns as a Quality  Cold – He was cold to the idea.  Hot – That girl is hot.  Bright  Death  Darkness Error: I saw a hot car. Hot is an adjective in that sentence. Correct: I saw a car that was hot.

Nouns as an Idea  Love – My love for you is bigger than the moon.  Hate – Hate consumed her thoughts.  Thought – What a silly thought.  Happiness  Belief  Feelings

Verbs The part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurrence (something happened).

Existence Verbs  The pencil is on the chair. (The pencil exists on the chair.)  There is a school in Clio. (The school exists in Clio.)

Action Verbs  Run - Let’s run to the corner.  Jump – I jump for joy when I see you.  Drive – You drive me crazy.  Swim – Please swim to the shore.  Wrote – I wrote a love poem.  Danced – I danced the night away. Can be different tenses (past tense)

Occurrence Verbs  Become / Became Maria became a professional dancer.  Change John changed his shoes for gym class.  Happen Evonia happened to stop by.

Adjective

Adjectives  Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.  The Articles — a, an, and the — are adjectives. Articles Examples:  the tall professor  the lugubrious lieutenant  a solid commitment

Adjectives - Size average - Sue had very average grades. big colossal fat giant gigantic great huge immense large little long mammoth

Adjectives - Touch boiling - The boiling sun came down on my head. breezy broken bumpy chilly cold cool creepy crooked cuddly curly damaged

Adjectives - Shape broad - The broad street had a lot of traffic. chubby crooked curved deep flat high hollow low narrow round shallow

Adjectives - Time ancient - The ancient man was wise in magic. brief early fast late long modern old old-fashioned quick rapid short

Adjectives - Quantity Abundant - Tom had abundant reasons for his tardiness. empty few heavy light many numerous

Adjectives - Sound cooing - She made a cooing sound as she slept. deafening faint harsh high-pitched hissing hushed husky loud melodic moaning mute noisy