Transcript Commas - Mr. Weldon

Grammar Class 1
Parts of a sentence
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Aims of this lesson
• By the end of this lesson you will:
• Know how to identify the words in a
sentence
• Have revised what a noun is
• Have revised what a verb and adverb
are
• Have revised what an adjective is
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Quick Test
• A sentence is a group of words
starting with a __________ and
ending with a ___________, a
_________ or a ___________.
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Nouns
• Find the nouns in these sentences
• An old man came out of the house
brandishing a stick.
• He was scowling and looked furious.
• Inside the shop we saw rows and
rows of sweets, bars and fruit.
• I went to Dublin yesterday
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What is a noun?
• A person, place, object or thing!
• These are called common nouns
• Eg – window, street, flag, jumper,
dog, mother
• They are not specific
• Could be any street or any dog or any
mother!
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Proper Noun
• Is still a noun!
• But is a specific noun
• It is the actual name of a person,
place, object or thing!
• Eg Mr John Smith, Dr. Thompson,
Irish Wheelchair Association, Dublin,
Rover [the name of your dog!]
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Pronoun
• This is a word that replaces a noun
• It is still a noun!
• But it takes the place of a name or a
common noun
• Ie she, he, i, we they
• These are subject pronouns
• Ie his, her, their
• These are possessive pronouns
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Adjective
• a word that describes a noun
• Ie strong, interesting, blue, talented
• They are almost always situated
[put] beside the noun they describe
in a sentence
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Find the adjectives
• 1. Explorers came to America from foreign
lands.
• 2. Her mother is an amazing cook!
• 3. The furry dog made the girl sneeze.
• 4. The hungry man lived on the streets.
• 5. He was afraid to talk to the beautiful
woman.
• 6. The perfume in the glass container is
fragrant.
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Find the adjectives
• 7. The shiny car caught his attention in the otherwise
dark parking lot.
• 8. The homework in science was very difficult.
• 9. I didn’t really want to sit lightly on the wet, mucky
ground.
• 10. My elderly uncle who lives in Detroit is tall.
• 11. The new professor taught a fascinating class.
• 14. The second textbook for the class was heavy.
• 15. My boss invited me to a fancy dinner.
• 16. The three girls sat down on the rickety old seat.
• 17. Many explorers came to America from distant
lands.
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Verbs
• A ‘doing’ word
• A verb describes an action
• It tells you what is happening to the
subject of the sentence
• Ie ran; walked; read; eat; ate; sang
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Find the verb
• Every sentence has to include a subject (someone or
something) and a verb (what that person or thing does or
is).
• Circle the subject and underline the verb in each sentence:
• 1. Harriet wrote an essay about her vacation to France.
• 2. The new teacher was a young man from England.
• 3. The energetic student dropped his pencil on the floor.
• 4. Bobby forgot his trumpet at home.
• 5. The children were sad.
• 6. Mrs. Anderson gave the students a reward.
• 7. Peter and Steven ran on the field during recess.
• 8. On the way to lunch, the students stopped at the
bathrooms
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Harder Verbs – Linking Verbs
• The main verb in a sentence shows action or a
state of being.
• Those that show action are called action verbs,
and those that show state of being are called
linking verbs.
• The dog ran back home. In this sentence, ran
shows an action.
• My pet is a dog. In this sentence, is shows a
state of being.
• The linking verb doesn’t seem to do anything
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What is a linking verb?
• Instead they join subjects and
adjectives
• Or they join two nouns together!
• Ie 1. You are a beautiful person.
• 7. They became friends.
• 8. The kitchen floor seems dirty.
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Parts of a sentence
• The large boy ran slowly across the
green lawn.
• Find the nouns, the verb, the adverb,
the adjective, the preposition.
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Parts of a sentence [2]
• Identify as many types of words as
you can!
• Mr Smith, my history teacher, left
school early and ran towards the
three dogs that were sitting on the
highest wall in the school.
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