Download Grammar Review

Grammar Review
Includes basic definitions of parts of
speech, Schoolhouse Rock video
links, and Sentence Types
Noun 9/11
http://www.schooltube.com/video/21001073474c19344891/
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A noun is a person, place or thing.
Examples: Mrs. Gomez, classroom, teacher
Spot the nouns:
Mrs. Minarchi is from New Jersey, the same town where they filmed Jersey Shore.
Specific names of people, places and things are special types of nouns called __________
________.
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List your own Nouns:
Person:
Place:
Thing:
2. Write one sentence using all 3 nouns.
Verb 9/12
http://www.schooltube.com/video/2f64b89f85db90e07260/
• 2. Verb: A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence.
• There are 3 types of verbs: Action, Linking and Helping
• Examples: pitched, am, will throw
• Spot the Verbs:
• It was sunny everyday in Jersey, so we went to the beach and
surfed, got a tan and built giant, towering sandcastles.
• List: an action verb, a linking verb and a helping verb
• Use them to write your own sentence.
Pronouns 9/13
http://www.schooltube.com/video/4096ecea7a363a6cd9f1/Grammar%20Rock%20Pronoun
3. Pronoun: The part of speech that substitutes for nouns
or noun phrases and designates persons or things
asked for, previously specified, or understood from the
context.
Pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, you (collective) they
Possessive pronouns: My/Mine, your/s, his, hers, its,
ours, your/s (collective), theirs/them
Demonstrative pronouns: This/that, those/these
Adjectives 9/14
http://www.schooltube.com/video/964198d6a8d99911f4dc/
• 4. Adjective: A word or phrase which describes or modifies a noun
• Examples: tall tree, vanilla cake, flowing river
• Spot the adjectives:
• The Sound of Thunder is a short story about a man who likes to hunt
increasingly wild species of animals …including gigantic
Tyrannosaurus Rex!
• List a color, a flavor and smell
• Use these adjectives to write your own descriptive sentence
Adverb 9/17
http://www.schooltube.com/video/054c4aca89b412d90612/
http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/POS/pos5.htm
• 5. Adverb: A descriptive word that qualifies a verb, adjective, other
adverb, clause, or sentence and typically answers questions such as
how?, in what way?, when?, where?, and to what extent?.
• Examples: walking slowly, extremely happy, be here now.
• Spot the adverbs:
• Eckels obnoxiously pointed his rifle at the trees. Here, Mr. Travis
stopped, slowly exhaled and growled low, “Not now!”
• Write your own adverbs: -ly, when?, where?
• Now use your adverbs in your own sentences.
Preposition 9/18
• A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a
sentence.
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The details that a preposition links
+ the preposition word=
A prepositional phrase
Examples: with liberty and justice ; for all
Spot the Prepositions:
At 2:00, all of the juniors and seniors rush to their cars in the parking lot
behind the school to get to their houses without regard for freshmen.
Write your own sentence using three preposition words. Underline the
prepositional phrases (preposition + details).
Most Common Prepositions
• The most common prepositions are "about,"
"above," "across," "after," "against," "along,"
"among," "around," "at," "before," "behind,"
"below," "beneath," "beside," "between,"
"beyond," "but," "by," "despite," "down,"
"during," "except," "for," "from," "in," "inside,"
"into," "like," "near," "of," "off," "on," "onto,"
"out," "outside," "over," "past," "since,"
"through," "throughout," "till," "to," "toward,"
"under," "underneath," "until," "up," "upon,"
"with," "within," and "without."
Conjunctions
9/19
http://www.schooltube.com/video/9d37200dbcb55fe20cfc/
• A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connects
(conjoins) parts of a sentence.
• Conjunctions are:
• For
• And
• Nor
• But
• Or
• Yet
• So ……
• Or FANBOYS
Interjection! 9/20
http://www.schooltube.com/video/5eb2d59975159f0343b7/School-House-Rock-Interjections
• An interjection is a word or words added to a sentence to
convey emotion. It is not usually grammatically related to
any other part of the sentence.
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Examples:
Ouch, that hurt!
Oh no, I forgot that the exam was today.
Hey! Put that down!
I heard one guy say to another guy, "He has a new car, eh?“
I don't know about you but, goodness me, I think we have
too much homework!
Article 9/21
• Article: a kind of adjective which is always
used with and gives some information about
a noun.
• There are only two articles:
• a/an
• the