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SOL 10.8, 11.8
A noun is a word or group of words that is used to
name a person, place, thing, or idea.
They bought a new car.
The horse is brown.
The black horse is ran
through the open gate.
TYPES OF NOUNS
Common nouns
Names any one
group of persons,
places, things, or
ideas
 Not capitalized
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Proper nouns
Names a particular
person, place, thing,
or idea
 Begins with a
capital letter
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TYPES OF NOUNS
Common nouns
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woman
teacher
city
country
monument
team
book
holiday
religion
language
Proper nouns
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Aunt Sara
Mr. Hardin
New Kent
Japan
The Lincoln Memorial
The Redskins
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The Scarlet Letter
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Valentine’s Day
Judaism
French
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We are reading Treasure
Island this week.
Our school is located in
West Point.
Mr. Layne coaches football.
Star Wars is Ichi’s favorite
movie.
My son likes Space Jam, and
his favorite player is Michael
Jordan.
TYPES OF NOUNS
Concrete nouns
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Names a person, place,
or thing that can be
perceived by one or
more of the senses
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photograph
music
pears
filmmaker
sandpaper
rose
Brooklyn Bridge
Abstract nouns
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Names an idea, a
feeling, a quality, or a
characteristic
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love
fun
freedom
self-esteem
beauty
honor
wisdom
Buddhism
I have great sadness for those
who live without love.
His health was excellent.
The sorority had a strong
sisterhood.
PRONOUNS
is a word that is used in
place of one or more nouns
Ex. When Cindy Davis came to the
bus stop, she was wearing a cast.
Ex. This stable is large. It has
stalls for thirty horses.
ANTECEDENT
~ is the word or word
group that a
pronoun stands for
Ex. 1:
~This stable is large.
It has stalls for
thirty horses.
Pronoun - __________
Antecedent __________________
Ex. 2:
~ When in Cindy
Davis came to the
bus stop, she was
wearing a cast.
Pronoun - ________
Antecedent _________________
PRACTICE – CIRCLE THE PRONOUN & UNDERLINE THE
ANTECEDENT
1. My aunt went to the store, and she bought bread.
2. The dog ran through the field. He ran back
to his owner with a stick.
3. My aunt sold her car.
4. Anthony, call your mother!
5. After Janet saw the movie, she talked to
Caroline.
6. The student study for his test.
7. After Kim ran the half marathon, she
started preparing for a marathon.
8. The book fell the desk and landed on its
spine.
An adjective is a word that describe or
modify another person or thing in the
sentence.
The articles – a, an, the – are adjectives.
1. The tall professor was able to reach the top of the board.
2. The loquacious student was unusually quiet during his
presentation.
3. The contract requires a solid commitment to the arduous
job.
4. A month's pay disappeared easily after paying the bills.
5. A six-year-old child should be required to make his own
bed.
6. The unhappiest, richest man can’t find happiness in money
when there’s no loving family at home.
VERBS:
- a word that expresses
action or state of being
Verbs
Action Verbs
Linking Verbs
Helping Verbs
Shows
action
Shows state of
being
~ links to an
adjective
Helps another
verb (the main
verb)
run
swim
eat
read
think
jump
fly
is
are
was
were
being
been
am
shall
will
should
would
could
must
That student came to school early.
Dr. Jackson is at the door.
The other bus was late.
The students ran to school.
We flew to Boston last April.
The dog barked all night.
ADVERBS
Definition: A word that modifies a
verb, and adjective, or another
adverb.
It’s job: An adverb answers one of
four questions in a sentence:
1. Where
3. How
2. When
4. To what extent
ADVERBS THAT MODIFY VERBS
drove
off- (where?)
stayed
ran
late - (when?)
fast
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- (how?)
missed- (to what extent?)
ADVERBS THAT MODIFY ADJECTIVES
rather
special - (to what extent?)
ADVERBS THAT MODIFY ADVERBS
 Not
really happy- (to what extent?)
1. Start labeling all the parts of speeches that you know.
2. What do you have left?
The snow melted quite rapidly last spring.
Claire has become a surprisingly good pianist.
That color suits you very well.
Mr. Whitkins seems somewhat
dissatisfied with this assignment.
We completed our chores fairly early.
The careful attention to details
ensured a truly festive party.
I almost forgot what I wanted to ask you.
Our new house is very nearly ready.
That is an exceptionally clever design.
The storm almost totally destroyed
the railroad bridge.
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between
a noun or a pronoun and another word in the sentence.
A preposition always has at least one noun or pronoun as
an object.
This noun or pronoun is called the object of the
preposition.
The preposition and its object makes up what is called
prepositional phrase.
Relationship between I and the box
1. ABOVE
2. ON
3. AROUND
4. INSIDE
7. OUT
5. IN
6. INTO
10. NEAR
8. UNDER
9. BENEATH
2. over
1. up
The Cat and the Tree
3. down
4. off
5. between
9. behind
6. beside
7. below
8. against
Commonly Used Prepositions
aboard
between
past
about
beyond
since
above
by
through
across
down
throughout
after
during
till
against
except
to
along
for
toward
among
from
under
around
in
underneath
at
into
until
before
like
up
behind
of
upon
below
off
with
beneath
on
within
beside
over
without
Some Compound Prepositions
according to
in addition to
next to
aside from
in place of
on account of
because of
in spite of
out of
A JOINING OR
“CONNECTING” WORD
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
A coordinating conjunction is a
connecting word that connects two or
more independent clauses (main clauses)
,For
,And
,Nor
,But
,Or
,Yet
,So
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
A subordinating conjunction connects a
subordinate (dependent) clause to a
main (indepedent) clause.
after
how
till ( or 'til)
although
if
unless
as
inasmuch
until
as if
in order that
when
as long as
lest
whenever
as much as
now that
where
as soon as
provided (that)
wherever
as though
since
while
because
so that
before
than
even if
that
even though
though
…is a word or phrase showing
emotion or surprise which has no
grammatical relationship to any
other words or part of a sentence.