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Parts of Speech
Nouns
A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns can be
common (boat, city, river) or proper (Seabreeze, Regina).
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Nouns identify. If you asked
“What’s that?” the answer is
usually a noun: a ball, a bat, a dog,
a constellation.
Write a proper noun for each of these common nouns.
avenue: ____________________
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bird: ____________________
singer:
team: ______________________
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car: _____________________
jeans:
Nouns can be compound. A compound noun is made up of two or more
words. For example, these are compound nouns: keyboard, yo-yo,
elementary school. Use these compound nouns in sentences.
Compound nouns can be joined as one
word, they can be joined by hyphens, or
they can be separate words.
(a) brother-in-law: _________________________________________________________________________
(b) goldfish: ______________________________________________________________________________
(c) Bare Naked Ladies: ______________________________________________________________________
Nouns can be singular (one) or plural (more than one). Noun plurals are formed like this:
• Most plural nouns end in s. If a singular noun ends in ch, s, sh, x, or z, add -es.
• If a noun ends in y: if a vowel comes before y, add -s; if a consonant comes before y, change the y to I
and add -es;
• If a noun ends in f or fe, change the f or fe to v and add -es (exceptions: chefs, chiefs).
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Give plurals for these singular nouns.
avenue: ___________________
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church: ___________________
baby:
calf: _______________________
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city: _______________________
fish:
Nouns can be possessive. For example: Lainie’s bike, a child’s
lunch box. Rewrite these phrases using possessive nouns.
Using possessive nouns can smooth the flow
of the words. For example, the book of John
is better said as John’s book.
the skateboard of Marla: _____________________________________________________________________
the gardens of the neighbours: ________________________________________________________________
the homework of Matt: ______________________________________________________________________
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Nouns can be collective. For example, these are collective nouns: school of
fish, herd of cattle, people, audience, family.
Use these collective nouns in sentences to show their meanings.
Collective nouns name
things, or groups of people
or animals that act together.
(a) cast: __________________________________________________________________________________
(b) colony: _______________________________________________________________________________
(c) team: _________________________________________________________________________________
Make a list of interesting nouns you find in everyday writing. Use some of these in your own writing.
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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Parts of Speech
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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Bold the verbs in these sentences. Indicate whether each verb shows action or being.
Verbs
The verb tells what happens
to the noun or subject of the
sentence.
(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. ________________________________________________________________
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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. Bold 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.
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Write a sentence that uses an action verb, then one that uses a verb of being.
(a) ______________________________________________________________________________________
(b) ______________________________________________________________________________________