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NOUN
A person, place, thing, or idea
Can be common or proper
In the Olympic Peninsula of northwest Washington State, a
small town named Forks existed under a near-constant
cover of clouds.
I sneaked a swift look out the window to see that Charlie was
already gone.
One girl sat next to me in both Trig and Spanish, and she
walked with me to the cafeteria for lunch.
Underline the nouns
While wandering around the store, the child lost his mother and
began to cry.
The Bichon Frise is known to jump high enough to grab food off
the counter.
Students at Becker Middle School are some of the best writers
in the district.
After building a snow fort in the backyard, my brother decided to
bury me in the snow.
White chocolate mocha with whipped cream is one of my
favorite drinks from Starbucks.
Write five sentences. Include at least three
proper nouns and at least ten common nouns.
Underline them.
Pronoun
Replaces a noun. Can be definite (specific) or
indefinite. Antecedents are the nouns they replace.
Personal pronouns = I, me, my, we, us, our, ours, she,
her, hers, he, him, his, it, its, you, your
“My name is Edward Cullen,” he continued. “I didn’t
have a chance to introduce myself last week. You
must be Bella Swan.”
Underline the pronouns. Draw
an arrow to the antecedent.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith were celebrating their twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary.
Joe decided to take them to their favorite Italian
restaurant.
The meal would be fairly expensive, but he had been
saving for it for a couple of months.
“May I come, too?” Megan asked her brother as she
sat down.
“Since I can’t afford more than three dinners,” Joe
responded, patting his sister on the arm, “you will
have to pay for your meal yourself.”
Write five sentences using at least five pronouns.
Underline the pronouns. Draw arrows to the antecedents.
Verb
Action verbs show mental or physical
action. Linking verbs link the subject
with another word that renames it or
describes it. Helping verbs help action
and linking verbs to express tense,
mood and voice.
Linking Verbs
Be, am, is, are, was, were, appear, become, feel,
look, seem, smell
Example:
Dinner smells wonderful.
You seem tired today.
Mrs. Bandhauer is a teacher at Becker Middle
School.
Helping Verbs
Do, does, did
Have, has, had
May, might, must
Should, would, could
Is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been
Helping Verb
Examples:
Cassie was helping Katie open her stuck locker.
Brenna had walked into school only to realize she
forgot her lunch.
Emre should have brought a white chocolate mocha
to his teacher, so he could earn an “A.”
Verb
Action verbs show mental or physical action. Linking verbs link the
subject with another word that renames it or describes it. Helping
verbs help action and linking verbs to express tense, mood and
voice.
The rain had drifted away, but the wind was strong, and colder.
Edward Cullen’s back stiffened, and he turned slowly to glare at
me – his face was absurdly handsome – with piercing, hatefilled eyes.
Verb (cont.)
I made my way to English in a daze. (action verb
only)
My positive opinion of his looks was damaged by the
first words out of his mouth. (action verb plus a
helping verb)
The Danag was a Filipino vampire supposedly
responsible for planting taro on the island. (linking
verb connecting the predicate nominative –
vampire to the subject – Danag)
Underline the verbs. Label
the verbs correctly.
Danni was running down the street chasing her dog.
I am going to give you a 200 point test tomorrow.
After the potatoes were mashed, and I was asleep on
the couch.
The turkey smelled so good that my mouth kept
watering.
You’re never alone if you’re reading a book. (This one
is tricky.)
Transitive verbs are action verbs that express an action directed
toward a person or thing (direct object).
Intransitive verbs are action verbs that express an action without
passing the action to a receiver.
Example:
Transitive
Steve helped his brother.
Please carry the boxes.
Intransitive
The bus skidded on the wet pavement.
The woman spoke softly to the children.
Copy the sentences. Tell whether the action verb is
transitive (T) or intransitive (INT). If the verb is transitive,
draw an arrow to the direct object.
A blanket of warm air pulled at their anchor lines.
Thunderstorms rumbled along the edge of the storm front.
The wind nudged the smaller boats against the floating docks.
The harbor master checked the lines of the rowboats.
She climbed into one of the dinghies and started the motor.
Copy the sentences. Tell whether the action verb is
transitive (T) or intransitive (INT). If the verb is transitive,
draw an arrow to the direct object. (One sentence has both
a transitive and an intransitive verb. )
Brynn walked her dog down the street to her friend’s house.
Parker played on the computer after school.
Gabie stole Kaitie’s pencil from her desk.
Mr. Larson coached our basketball team last year.
Mrs. Schutze ran a marathon two years ago and set a new record.
The decorations at Disneyland surprised me.
Stephanie wrote in her journal.
Bailey tripped and fell in the mud.
Jake locked his bicycle in the rack in front of school.
While riding his bike to school, Andres was chased by a dog.
Adjective
Describes a noun or pronoun. Answer one of four
questions: what kind, how many, how much, which one
As I waited, trying to pretend that the earsplitting rumble was
coming from someone else’s car, I saw the two Cullens and
the Hale twins getting into their car.
Mr. Banner backed into the room then – what superb timing the
man had – pulling a tall, metal frame on wheels that held a
heavy-looking, outdated TV and VCR.
Adverb
Describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Answers one of four questions: how, when, where, to
what extent

How?
 cautiously approached, walk quietly

When?
 report later, will leave soon, arrive tomorrow

Where?
 drove down, is here, jump away

To what extent?
 nearly won, hardly counted, had almost left
Conjunction
Connects two or more items including clauses,
phrases, or lists of ideas

Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)
 for, and, nor, but, or, your, so
 My cousin and his wife left yesterday.
(connecting nouns)
They printed out directions but forgot to bring
them.
(connecting verbs)
Conjunctions continued.
Correlative Conjunctions
both…and
neither…nor
whether…or
either…or
not only…but also
Ex. The attack on Pearl Harbor was not
only unexpected but also devastating.
Preposition
Used with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to show a
relationship between the phrase and another word or
words in the sentence. Often used as adjective or
adverb phrases
The girls said to the students.
 The boys played basketball at noon.


Compound prepositionsex. The girls played in view of the gym.
The girls played in back of the gym.
Interjection
A word used to express emotion within a sentence.
Often onomatopoeic in nature

An interjection expresses feeling or
emotion and functions independently
from the rest of a sentence.
 Wow! I won a million dollars. (joy)
 Oh, I didn’t expect to hear from you.
(surprise)
 Ouch! That hurts. (pain)
 Tsk! How long do they expect me to wait?
(impatience)
 I, uh, think we should leave now. (hesitation)