Transcript Parts of Speech PPT

Chapter 1 ･ Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives ･ p. 3
Nouns
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A noun is a person, place, thing or idea.
 A common noun is a general person, place, or thing.
 A proper noun refers to a
particular person, place, or
thing and is usually capitalized.
lizard
Godzilla
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Chapter 1 ･ Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives ･ p. 5
Articles
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Three little words a, an, and the, are called articles
or determiners. When you see one of these words,
you know that a noun is about to pop up before your
very eyes.
A tick, an aardvark, and a wart.
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Chapter 1 ･ Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives ･ p. 12
Pronoun
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A pronoun is a word that takes the place of
one or more nouns.
Semore is an unusual child. Yesterday,
he shaved his head with his father’s
electric razor. Then he carefully braided
the hairs on his legs and arms.
On his face, he applied a rub-on
tattoo of a small warthog.
Semore’s parents hope
that he is simply going
through a phase.
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Chapter 1 ･ Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives ･ p. 16
Adjectives
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Adjectives are words that modify, describe,
or add detail to nouns and pronouns.
Adjectives help the reader visualize what the
author writes.
The rat, gigantic, crazy-eyed and straggly, bared its sharp,
pointed fangs and devoured the cheese.
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Chapter 1 ･ Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives ･ p. 16
Adjectives Answer Questions
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Adjectives answer four questions
about nouns and pronouns:
1.
2.
3.
4.
What kind?
How many?
Which one?
How much?
Can you match the adjectives to
answer each question?
The rat, gigantic, crazy-eyed and
straggly, bared its sharp, pointed fangs
and devoured the cheese.
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Chapter 2 ･ Verbs and Adverbs ･ p. 25
Action Verbs
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Action verbs show action.
Sometimes you can’t see
the action even though it’s
happening, as with to think
or to know.
What verbs can you use to tell
what she’s doing?
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Chapter 2 ･ Verbs and Adverbs ･ p. 27
Linking Verbs
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Boring linking verbs connect, or “link” the subject of a
sentence to a word that follows it and refers back to the
subject. The most common linking verbs are the forms
of to be.
Fluffy’s hairball is hefty.
“Is” links the subject, hairball,
to the adjective, hefty.
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Chapter 2 ･ Verbs and Adverbs ･ p. 31
Verb Phrase
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A verb phrase consists of
one or more helping
verbs followed by a main
verb. These verbs join
together to act as one
verb.
Bozo is making balloon marsupials for the children.
Is-helping verb, making-main verb, is making-verb phrase.
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Chapter 2 ･ Verbs and Adverbs ･ p. 35
Adverbs
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An adverb is a single word that
modifies, adds details or describes
verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
Adverbs answer where, when,
how, to what extent.
What question do these adverbs answer?
Studies convincingly demonstrate that
electric rollers greatly stimulate brain
cells and dramatically increase IQ’s.
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