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Using Grammar to Illustrate the
Water Cycle
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Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections
The Water Cycle
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NOUNS
refer to any place, person, thing, or idea.
The sun heats up water in rivers lakes or
ocean and turns it into vapor or steam.
The water vapor or steam leaves the river,
lake or ocean and goes into the air.
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PRONOUNS
Take the place of a noun
As Water Vapor in
the air gets cold,
it changes back
into liquid forming
clouds.
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VERBS
Show action or state of being, and the time of that action or state.
This occurs when so
much water has
condensed that
the air cannot hold
it anymore. The
clouds get heavy
and water falls back
to the earth in the
form of rain, hail or
snow.
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ADJECTIVES
Describe nouns and specify size, color, number, and so on.
This is called modifying.
When water falls back
to earth as precipitation,
it is then collected back
in the oceans, lakes or
rivers or it may end up
on the land as
groundwater. Then the
cycle start all over
again.
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ADVERBS
Describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, and specify in what
manner, when, where, and how much.
Now, Let’s review the four stages of
the Water Cycle.
Evaporation is when the sun heats up
water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and
turns it into vapor or steam. The water
vapor or steam leaves the river, lake or
ocean and goes into the air.
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PREPOSITIONS
Show how a noun or pronoun is related to another word in
a sentence.
Water vapor in the air gets cold and
changes back into liquid, forming
clouds. This is called condensation.
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CONJUNCTIONS
Join words, phrases, or clauses.
Precipitation occurs when so much water has
condensed that the air cannot hold it
anymore. The clouds get heavy and water
falls back to the earth in the form of rain,
hail, sleet or snow.
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INTERJECTIONS
Are sudden, interrupting words or phrases that are also
know as exclamations. They are often signaled by an
exclamation mark.
Collection is when water falls back to earth as
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precipitation. It may fall back in the oceans, lakes or
rivers or it may end up on land. When it ends up on
land, it will either soak into the earth and become
part of the “ground water” that plants and animals
use to drink or it may run over the soil and collect in
the oceans, lakes or rivers where, guess what, the
cycle starts all over again.
References
ACWA
Water Education Foundation
West Valley Water District
California State Board of Education
Content Standards met:
Grade Three
English-language Arts Content Standards
Grammar
1.2 Identify subjects and verbs that are in
agreement and identify and use pronouns,
adjectives, compound words, and articles
correctly in writing and speaking.
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