Transcript File - Reynolds English 9

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A verb tells of an action or a state of being.
• State of being.
Action Verbs:
• Explode! Scream! Sneeze! Text! Kick! What
are these words doing? They are expressing
action, something that a person, animal, force
of nature, or thing can do. As a result, we call
these words action verbs.
Action verb examples:
• Ex. Carlos watched pretty women in skimpy
bikinis parading on the beach.
• Watching is something that Carlos can do.
• Ex. The alarm clock buzzed like an angry
bumblebee.
• Buzzing is something that the alarm clock can
do.
Linking Verbs
• Linking verbs do not express action. Instead, they
connect the subject of the verb (predicate) to
additional information about the subject.
Linking verbs tell of a state of being.
• The most common linking verb is “To be” (and all
of its forms). Other linking verbs include appear,
feel, grow, look, prove, remain, smell, sound,
taste. (Sometimes these verbs are linking verbs;
sometimes they are action verbs.) WHAT!?
(Before you freak out, see the next slide!)
Huh? How do you tell when they are action
verbs and when they are linking verbs?
• appear, feel, grow, look, prove, remain,
smell, sound, taste. (Sometimes these verbs
are linking verbs; sometimes they are action
verbs.)
• If you can substitute am, is, or are and the
sentence still sounds logical, you have a
linking verb on your hands.
– The rose smells beautiful. (The rose is beautiful.) Because “is” can
replace “smells”, “smells” is a linking verb
– She smells the pizza. (She is the pizza.) Huh…doesn’t make sense, so
in this case “smells” is an action verb.
Schoolhouse Rock- Verbs
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGrIJpI5y
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Do the Verbs practice sheet yo.
Adjectives
Adjectives:
• Tell you about, or describe, a NOUN or
PRONOUN.
Adjectives tell you about:
• What kind:
– Ex. Big, blue, round, short, spectacular
• How many:
– Ex. A, ten, lots, some, several, one
• Which ones:
– Ex. That, those, his, hers, their, your, its, the
• One, big, robust pig ate those rotten beets.
Please note:
• Articles (a, an, the) are considered adjectives.
• To help you find adjectives…
– Find the noun(s) and pronoun(s) in a sentence and ask
yourself if there are any words describing them.
• Ex. Your dog ate my baseball hat.
– “Your” is telling us about which specific dog is being
discussed.
– At first glance, you might be tempted to say baseball
is a noun, but upon closer inspection, we see that, in
this case, the word baseball actually describes the
noun hat. Therefore, baseball is an adjective in this
sentence.
Schoolhouse Rock- Adjectives
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkuuZEey
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Do the adjectives practice sheet
yo.
Adverbs
Adverbs
• Describe, or modify, VERBS, ADJECTIVES, or
other ADVERBS.
• Adverbs tell you:
– How- secretly, quickly, carefully
– When- then, later, finally
– Where- nearby, underground, here
– To what extent- often, deep, never
Examples
• An adverb modifying a verb:
• “Chefs plan their meals carefully.” (carefully modifies the
verb plan.)
• An adverb modifying an adjective
– “Vegetables provide very important nutrients.”
(very modifies the adjective important.)
• An adverb modifying another adverb
– “She sang more beautifully tonight than last
night.” (“more” modifies the adverb beautifully,
beautifully modifies the verb sang.)
FYI
• Many, but not all, adverbs end in “ly”.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHZ56XhS
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Do the adverbs practice sheet yo.
Conjunctions
Conjunctions:
• Conjunctions, as their name implies, are
joining words, they are the ties, that bind
together day AND night, calm BUT cold, dull
YET bright.
• A conjunction joins together words, phrases,
or clauses.
• (co-ordinating conjunctions= FANBOYS!)
– for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Examples:
• Conjunction joining words:
– Many children like cookies and milk. (“and” joins together
“cookies” and “milk”)
• Conjunction joining phrases:
– The boys were going to the lake or to the park. (“or” joins
the phrases “to the lake” and “to the park”)
• Conjunction joining clauses:
– What you say and what you do are different. (“and” joins
together the clauses “what you say” and “what you do”)
Conjunction Junction!
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRRcymG
rSaE&feature=fvst
Prepositions
Prepositions
• Prepositions are the words that indicate
location. Usually, prepositions show this
location in the physical world.
– The puppy is on the floor.
– The puppy is in the trash can.
– The puppy is beside the phone
• Prepositions can also show location in time.
– At midnight, Jill craved mashed potatoes with grape jelly.
– In the spring, I always plant tomatoes.
– Iggy's legs complained with sharp pains shooting up his
thighs during the marathon.
Examples of prepositions:
about
above
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according to
across
after
against
along
along with
among
apart from
around
as
as for
at
because of
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
but*
by
by means of
concerning
despite
down
during
except
for
from
round
since
through
throughout
till
to
toward
under
underneath
unlike
until
up
upon
up to
with
within
without
Sweet Preposition Song
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byszemY8
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