1. 3 RD QUARTER GRAMMAR WARM-UPS

2. JANUARY 27, 2016 INTRODUCTION THE PARTS OF SPEECH ARE THE CATEGORIES INTO WHICH EVERY WORD IN THE LANGUAGE FITS. THESE PARTS OF SPEECH ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE LANGUAGE. WHEN PEOPLE REFER TO THE PARTS OF SPEECH, THEY MEAN THESE EIGHT CATEGORIES INTO WHICH ALL WORDS CAN BE PLACED. HERE ARE THE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH 1. NOUN 2. PRONOUN 3. VERB 4. ADJECTIVE (AND ARTICLES) 5. ADVERB 6. PREPOSITION 7. CONJUNCTION 8. INTERJECTION

3. JANUARY 28, 2016 NOUNS A NOUN IS A PERSON, PLACE, THING, IDEA OR EMOTION HERE ARE SOME NOUNS ( SUN, GIRL, RELIGION, HAPPINESS, CALIFORNIA, SUSIE) UNDERLINE ALL NOUNS IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES 1. PETER GAVE HIS CAKE TO HIS YOUNGER BROTHER. 2. DO YOU KNOW WHERE THIS IDEA CAME FROM IN THE FIRST PLACE? 3. THE DEPARTMENT HAS HAD FIVE MEETINGS IN THE PAST MONTH. 4. HE WAS SAD UNTIL HE LEARNED HE HAD WON THE AWARD; THEN HE WAS FILLED WITH HAPPINESS.

4. JANUARY 29, 2016 THE FIVE TYPES OF NOUNS 1. COMMON NOUNS ARE REGULAR NOUNS THAT DO NOT START WITH CAPITAL LETTERS. (EX: BOY, GIRL & DESK) 2. PROPER NOUNS ARE NOUNS THAT START WITH CAPITAL LETTERS. THEY ARE SPECIFIC TO PEOPLE PLACES, THINGS OR IDEAS (EX: FLORIDA, JOE & THANKSGIVING) 3. CONCRETE NOUNS ARE NOUNS THAT REPRESENT THINGS YOU CAN SEE, HEAR, TASTE TOUCH OR FEEL. CONCRETE NOUNS ARE EITHER COMMON OR PROPER TOO. (EX: GRASS, PERFUME)

5. JANUARY 29, 2016 THE FIVE TYPES OF NOUNS 4.ABSTRACT NOUNS ARE THE NOUNS THAT REPRESENT IDEAS OR EMOTIONS; YOU CANNOT PERCEIVE THEM WITH YOUR SENSES. (EX: RELIGION, HAPPINESS, ANGER) 5. COLLECTIVE NOUNS ARE NOUNS THAT REPRESENT A GROUP OF THINGS OR PEOPLE WITHOUT BEING MADE PLURAL (ALTHOUGH THEY CAN BE MADE PLURAL (EX: FAMILY, GROUP, ORCHESTRA, FLOCK)

6. FEBRUARY 1, 2016 RECOGNIZING TYPES OF NOUNS 1. Find the proper noun: We went to New York City on our vacation last summer. 2. Find the concrete noun: You need to add more soil before you finish. 3. Find the abstract noun: You seem to know all the rules of this game! 4. Find the collective noun: The band played all day in the gymnasium.

7. FEBRUARY 2, 2016 PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS Pronouns take the place of nouns, For example, compare the two sentences: Mary baked Mary’s famous lasagna for dinner. Mary baked her famous lasagna for dinner. Her is a pronoun. It is used in the second sentence to take place of Mary so we do not have to repeat Mary.

8. FEBRUARY 2, 2016 PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS AN ANTECEDENT IS THE WORD THE PRONOUN IS STANDING IN FOR. IN THE SENTENCE ABOVE MARY IS THE ANTECEDENT OF HER. AN ANTECEDENT CAN ALSO BE A PRONOUN. PRONOUNS CAN STAND IN FOR OTHER PROGRAMS. HE SHOWED THE MANAGER HIS REPORT. (HIS AND HE ARE THE SAME PERSON. HE IS THE ANTECEDENT.)