Download Common Nouns

There can be more than one in a sentence.
Person
Place
Thing
Idea
The girl is hugging her brother.
I was born in Green Bay.
That doughnut looks good.
Freedom and love are wonderful.
-title of person, place, thing or idea (capitalized)
I think that New York City is in Texas.
Katie stole from Joey.
Ms. Davidson loves June.
-all other nouns
The dog chased the cat into the bushes and through the yard.
Ms. Davidson told the students that Emily and Brittany went shopping at
Southdale Mall last Friday.
How to locate adjectives:
1. Find nouns
2. Ask:
(A nice boy…)
(Those kids…)
(Five students…)
Any word that answers one of these
questions will be an adjective!
I met a weary and unhappy old man who was hobbling down
the narrow, winding street.
Wow, the blue, puffy dog was ugly.
Those shoes go with that outfit.
Every student has read those books.
Three cheaters were sent to the office today.
Many detentions were given to the five students.
Life without pronouns:
Jack went to Jack’s closet and took out Jack’s new suit because Jack
was going to a dance given by Jack’s company.
Life with pronouns:
Jack went to his closet and took out his new suit because he was
going to a dance given by his company.
Some pronouns have an antecedent, which is the word
being replaced. For example, “his” and “he” refers to the
antecedent “Jack.”
-replace people and things (she, him, her,
you, us, it, my, our, himself, them), can function as subject in
sentence
Cathy said she hated me.
Steve forgot his books.
Ms. Davidson hit him but he said it didn’t hurt.
You should give them a call later.
how)
-introduce questions (what, which, who,
Who was the last president?
What did you do last night?
Which way is New Prague?
Types of Pronouns
those, that, there)
-indicate distance from speaker (this,
This is my father and those are his favorite shoes.
Hand me that.
This is fun!
-introduce clauses that tell us more about a
particular noun (who, what, where, whose, which), can function
as the subject
The man, who wears suspenders, is talking.
Miss Davidson, who is my favorite teacher, loves pronouns.
I’ll call you at 2:45, which is the end of the school day.
-express action, someone or something is
“doing/thinking”
The hunter shot the deer as it ran away.
I tripped and fell down the stairs.
-state of “being” verbs
-include forms of “be”-am, is, are, was, were
-can be replaced with the verb “appear”- become, seem, look,
feel, get, etc.
-LV’s are often followed by adjectives
Billy is sick. He looks green.
The homework is tough.
- “help” action and linking verbs to make a verb phrase
(group of verbs)
-HV’s NEVER are alone
-common helping verbs include: may/might/must, should/shall,
can/could, will/would
Johnny is listening. (helping, action)
Becky may have been lying. (helping, helping, helping, action)
Joe had been sick. (careful with adjectives)
Betsey’s brother must have been annoying.
-often end in –ly
-Answers How? or When? or Where? the action was performed
-also modify adjective and other adverbs (To What extent?)
How?
When?
Where?
To What Extent?
(Intensifiers)
Slowly
Patiently
Willingly
Always
Never
Then
Here
There
Too, really, very,
quite, somewhat
She carefully cheated.
Matt demonstrated the ballet routine gracefully.
Joe always does his homework.
Jimmy never lies.
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To What extent?
-look for “really”, “very”, “quite”, “somewhat”, “too”, etc.
Adverbs can modify other adverbs.
Carrie ran very quickly. (Adverb, adverb)
-How did she run? Quickly. How quickly? Very.
Adverbs can modify adjectives.
The pillow was too soft. (adverb, adjective)
-How soft was it? Too.
The class was quite noisy.
The 9th graders were somewhat irresponsible.
Joe spoke to the teacher very rudely.
Most common joining conjunctions (Coordinating Conjunctions):
And, or, but, so , yet, nor
-can join two parts of speech
Ice cream and pickles make a great combination.
Jim and Molly went to the grocery store and the mall.
-can join two phrases
The pickles flew out of the bowl and into my mouth.
Mom dusted the furniture and vacuumed the floor.
-can join two clauses
I wanted to study, but I just didn’t have the time.
-Some conjunctions travel in pairs (Correlative Conjunctions):
either/or, neither/nor, both/and, not only/but also,
whether/or
Either you do your assignment or you take an F.
Both Ms. Davidson and Ms. Weller get on my nerves.
-Others (Subordinating Conjunctions): because, since, although,
unless, while
Julie didn’t learn because she slept through class.
You will fail the test unless you study.
A, An, The
-usually one word (yikes, eek, wow, hey)
Whoa, that was a big rat.
Yes, I did study for the test.
Hey, that’s my sandwich!
-Can tell about location (anything you can do in or around two cars)
Across, on, at, by, in, against, between, to, over, through, off,
behind, around
The ice cream is in the freezer.
The bird flew above the trees and between the power lines to his
nest.
-Usually come in a prepositional phrase:
Preposition + [article] + [adjective] + Noun/Pronoun
Over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house
-Can tell about time relationships: before, during, after, until
I slept during English class.
I decided that after my nap I would study until dinner.
-Others: except, of, for, like
We only had one week left of class.
The crowd cheered during the game.