Transcript ELA THE 12 STEVEN AND TOMMY

Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb,
Preposition, Predicate Nominative,
Predicate Adjective, Conjunctions,
Pronoun, Direct Object, Indirect
Object, interjection
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A common noun is a person, place,
thing, or idea.
A proper noun is a noun that names a
particular person, place, thing, or idea.
Some common nouns would be:
A football, a bat, a baseball, and a stick.
Some proper nouns would be:
The X60 hockey stick, the Reebok
Ostick, the New England Patriots.
• A verb is a word used to express action or
a state of being.
• There are two types of verbs, action and
linking verbs.
• Action - May express physical or mental
action. Some action verbs are: run, swim,
jump, and dangle.
• Linking – Links or connects the subject
with a noun, pronoun, or an adjective in
the predicate. Some linking verbs are: is,
was, am be, and been.
• An adjective is a word used to modify a
noun or a pronoun.
• Some sentence examples of adjectives
are:
The huge lineman wrecked the
quarterback.
The fast runner stole second base.
The lazy player did not hurry to get back
on defense.
• An adverb is a word used to modify a verb,
an adjective, or another adverb.
• Some examples of adverbs used in
sentences are:
• The running back quickly ran in to the end
zone for a touchdown.
• Scalabrine totally missed the basket by a
couple of feet.
• A preposition is a word used to show a
relationship of a noun or a pronoun to
another word in the sentence.
• Examples of prepositions:
• Doug Flutie threw the hail mary pass
down the field.
• The attack player ripped the behind the
back shot into the net.
• A predicate nominative follows a linking
verb and explains or identifies the subject
of the verb.
• An example is:
• Kobe Bryant is a basketball player who
balls hard.
• A predicate adjective is an adjective that
follows a linking verb and describes the
subject.
• A sentence for predicate adjective is:
• The golf ball is white and round.
• A conjunction is a word used to join words
or groups of words.
• And, but, or, for, so, and yet are all
conjunctions.
• Some examples are:
• Brian Scalabrine is in the NBA but, he is
terrible so he doesn’t start.
• A pronoun is a word used in place of a
noun or more than one noun.
• You, her she, everybody, I, who,
themselves, it, and no one are all
pronouns.
• An example of a pronoun is:
• Paul Pierce made the basket.
• He made the basket.
• A direct object is a noun or a pronoun that
receives the action of the verb or shows
the result of an action.
• An example of a direct object is:
• Steve took a spill when he tried to skate.
• Took – verb
• Spill – direct object
• An indirect object is a noun or a pronoun
that comes between the action verb and
the direct object and tell to what or to
whom or for what or for whom the action of
the verb is done.
• An example is:
• Chara ruined the small kid on the ice.
• An interjection is a word used to express
emotion.
• An example is:
• “YAAAAA”, the crowd screams as the
fighter gets a K.O.