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Parts of Speech
Pronouns
The word that a pronoun replaces is
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or other pronoun.
called an antecedent. For example,
Look at this example: Sylvia looked everywhere for
Sylvia is the antecedent of her.
her sandals (her replaces Sylvia). Here is a bank of pronouns: myself, herself,
itself, themselves, who, whom, whomever, whose, what, this, that, these, those,
another, anyone, each, either, neither, no one, somebody, few, all, any, most, none.
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Write a pronoun for each of these.
William: ___________________
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Callie: _______________________
lynx:
Vancouver: ________________
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Raoul and Kyle: _____________
girls:
Rewrite these sentences replacing the boldfaced words with pronouns.
(a) Jeremy called on Martin, but Martin was too busy to talk to Jeremy.
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(b) The boulder rolled down the hill and the boulder nearly hit a car.
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(c) Tracey, Joanne, and Myla decided to buy Tracey, Joanne, and Myla’s clothes at that store.
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Pronouns can show ownership or possession. Look at these possessive pronouns: his CD, her
calculator, their clothes, its engine. Rewrite these phrases using possessive pronouns.
Jake’s carton: _____________________________
the crew’s ship: _______________________________
Melanie’s party: ___________________________
the dog’s dish:________________________________
the snake’s tongue: _________________________
the family’s dinner: ____________________________
Write a sentence that uses at least one possessive pronoun.
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5.
Write a short paragraph and use at least six of the pronouns listed above.
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Try writing a poem that uses pronouns instead of nouns.
Parts of Speech
Verbs
A verb is a word that shows action or being. Look at these examples: scramble:
shows action: I scramble to the finish line; am: shows a state of being: I am fine.
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The verb tells what happens
to the noun or subject of the
sentence.
Underline the verbs in these sentences. Indicate whether each verb shows action or being.
(a) We jumped into the lake. _________________________________________________________________
(b) The car swerved along the road. ___________________________________________________________
(c) He feels better now. _____________________________________________________________________
(d) We were going to the fair. ________________________________________________________________
2.
Action verbs can be active (Joel hit the ball) or passive (The ball was hit by Joel). Indicate whether
the verb in each sentence is active or passive.
(a) The moose ran into the street. ______________________________________________________________
(b) The bus was struck by the moose. __________________________________________________________
(c) The moose stood up after a few minutes. _____________________________________________________
(d) It walked slowly away from the scene. _______________________________________________________
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Verb tense is used to show the time of the action. There are three main verb tenses:
present: The tree falls.
past: The tree fell.
future: The tree will fall.
Indicate whether the verb tense in each sentence is present, past, or future.
(a) The shipment will arrive next week. ________________________________________________________
(b) We play the game seriously. _______________________________________________________________
(c) The baby wailed all night. _________________________________________________________________
(d) Our tests will be in three days. _____________________________________________________________
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Verbs need to agree with their subjects. Circle the correct verb in parentheses for each sentence.
(a) Miguel (talk, talks) all the time on his cell phone.
(b) The tanker (fuel, fuels) the jet before take-off.
(c) Everyone (try, tries) to work very hard during the holiday season.
5.
Write a sentence that uses an action verb, then one that uses a verb of being.
(a) ______________________________________________________________________________________
(b) ______________________________________________________________________________________
Read some advertisements. What types of verbs are used most often: action? being? active? passive? Make a list
of what you discover.
Parts of Speech
Adjectives
An adjective is a word that describes a noun, pronoun, or other adjective.
For example, the following adjectives could be used to describe a tiger:
large, snarling, hungry, young.
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Adjectives can create a better mind
picture for the reader. They answer
the questions How many? Which
one? and What kind?
Write at least three adjectives that could describe each of these.
train: ____________________________________________________________________________________
mountain: ________________________________________________________________________________
star: _____________________________________________________________________________________
friend: ___________________________________________________________________________________
2.
Adjectives can be comparative (er) and superlative (est): quick, quicker, quickest.
Write comparative and superlative adjectives for these words. Be sure to check your spelling when you
add er and est.
3.
happy: ___________________________________ ,
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slow: ____________________________________ ,
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big: _____________________________________ ,
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Use at least two of your comparative or superlative adjectives in a sentence.
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4.
The following words are also adjectives: the, a, an; this, that, those. Proper adjectives are formed
from proper nouns: Canadian winter, Asian countries. Write two sentences that use at least four of
these adjectives.
(a) ______________________________________________________________________________________
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(b) ______________________________________________________________________________________
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5.
Rewrite these sentences adding adjectives to improve the descriptions.
(a) The singer recorded her first CD at a concert.
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(b) The audience listened to her singing.
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(c) People started to leave the theatre after the show.
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