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Action verbs/ physical actions: ◦ You can see these happening To walk, to jump, the run, to punch, to teach, to push, to bite Mental/emotional/sensory actions or conditions: ◦ You cannot necessarily see these actions but they are still the action of the sentence. to be, to have, to seem, to mean, to think, to learn, to understand, to love, to hate, to envy, to decide, to wish, to feel, to see, to taste Others: ◦ To cost, to contain, to weigh, to appear See Wiki (Resources) for website about this
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* The sweet, creamy mixture of peanut butter adj adj adj noun prep adj noun and chocolate was quickly devoured. conj noun h.verb adv verb
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The delicious Snickers is so good and the Adj adj noun verb adv adj conj adj chocolate melts in my mouth. noun verb prep pro noun
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My Snickers is a delicious, caramelly delight. Pro noun verb adj adj adj noun
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I see one person in the crowd and it is a pro v adj noun prep adj noun conj pro v adj person I greatly hate. noun pro adv verb The judge has said that the crime was adj n h.v. Verb conj adj noun verb exceedingly heinous. adv adj
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“The judge has said that the crime was exceedingly heinous.” Sometimes you can try substitution if you are unsure of the word you are trying to figure out. ◦ “Well, I don’t know what ‘heinous’ means, but I know a crime is not a good thing and you can say “the crime was exceedingly bad” and bad would be an adjective here, since it’s describing the crime so I think heinous would be too.”
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Argh! My computer crashed last night. int pron verb adjn He arrived last at the party. pro verb adv prep adj noun Adverbs modify what parts of speech? Adjectives modify what parts of speech?
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Adjectives & Adverbs: ◦ Ask yourself what part of speech is being modified/described by this word Verbs: ◦ Ask yourself what subject does this very belong to? Is it the only verb belonging to this subject? Nouns: ◦ “The, a, an” all signal that a noun will follow. However, it may not follow immediately. Ex: The hyper, rambunctious students were so excited for Jeopardy.
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Don’t have to say “what is” before responses First person to get fly swatter on “buzzer” gets to answer first One “phone a friend” lifeline per group; cannot be used for final Jeopardy If you get an answer wrong, you lose that number of points One double jeopardy Final Jeopardy: If you are negative or have 0, you can bet up to what the other team has
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Vocabulary (1)Parts of Speech Definition (2) Parts of Speech Practice (3) 200 400 600 800 1000 FINAL JEOPARDY
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Tiny, small, insignificant a)Imminent b)infinitesimal c) Placid d)Impunity e)zealous Back
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Calm, peaceful a) Placid b) Impunity c) Repose d) Doggedness e) uncanny Back
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Annihilate a)To forgive or overlook b)To create a relationship between two things c)To destroy completely d)To lie dead or at rest e)To be about to occur Back
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Infallibility: a)Crooked; to one side b)Persistence or stubbornness c)Continuously or without interruption d) Filled with shock or horror e) An inability to make errors Back
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Define “condone” Back
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What part of speech takes the place of a noun? Back
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What part of speech answers: What kind? How many? Which one? Whose? Back Back
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Expresses an emotion; has no relationship to the rest of the sentence Back
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What part of speech “goes anywhere a cat can go?” Back
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A noun names what 6 things? Back
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“A, an, the” are all what part of speech?
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“The girls talked too quickly for me to understand.” ◦ What part of speech is “quickly”?
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“I will receive a good grade on the test tomorrow.” ◦ What is the helping verb in this sentence? Back
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“This candy bar tastes very good.” ◦ What is the adverb in this sentence AND what is it modifying? ◦ Back Back
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“My dog likes to hide under my bed.” ◦ Under is what part of speech?
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Label every part of speech in this sentence: The deliciously sweet Snickers melted slowly on my tongue. Back
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