1. 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.

2. 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?

3. Pronouns my I
this
We can classify these three pronouns as personal, possessive, or demonstrative. Which is which?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. Adverbs There aren’t any!
Did you think there were? Which words did you write down?

7. 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.

8. 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?

9. 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