Transcript Sentences and Parts of Speech

Sentences and
Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech
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Noun-
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Pronoun-
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Adjective-
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Verb-
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Adverb-
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Preposition-
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Conjunction-
Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives
Nouns
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Person, place, things, (or idea)
◦ Common nouns- any person, place, or thing
(does not begin with a capital letter)
 Ex. Poem, country, newspaper, day, school
◦ Proper nouns- a specific person, place, or
thing (begins with a capital letter)
 Ex, “The Road Not Taken”, Italy, The Charlotte
Observer, Friday, Jay M. Robinson
Pronouns
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Pronoun- a word used in place of one or
more nouns
◦ Personal pronouns
 First Person: refers to the one speaking
 I, me, my, we, us, our, mine, ours
 Second Person: refers to the one spoken to
 you, yours, your
 Third Person: refers to the person spoken
about
 he, him, his, she, hers, her, it, its, they, them, their, theirs
Other types of pronouns
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Reflexive- refers to the subject
◦ Myself, ourselves, yourself, itself, themselves
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Demonstrative- points out a noun
◦ This, that, these, those
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Interrogative- introduces a question
◦ What, which, who, whom, whose
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Relative- introduces an adjective clause
◦ That, which, who, whom, whose
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Indefinite- refers to a noun that may or may not
be specifically named
◦ All, both, each, either, several, some, few, anyone, none
Adjective
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Adjective: a word used to
modify(describe) a noun or pronoun
◦ What kind?
 Quiet girl, hot coffee, tired dog
◦ Which one?
 Next class, first day, that student
◦ How much?
 Seven dollars, some homework, four hours
◦ How many?
 Several people, many books, thirty students
Let’s practice…
Find the nouns in the following sentences. Also, capitalize any proper nouns.
1.
Chinua achebe is a writer from nigeria.
2.
The nobel peace prize went to mother teresa for that year.
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On tuesday, margaret left for a new job in japan.
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The team won a gold medal in hockey at the olympics.
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The dark-haired girl is a student visiting from colombia.
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To play baseball, ellen needs a mitt and some spiked shoes.
7.
Our family visited the empire state building in new york city.
Let’s practice…
Find the pronouns.
1. My friend Connie is proud of her cocker spaniel, which she herself
found at an animal shelter.
2. Usually cocker spaniels grow to about thirteen inches tall, but this is
actually a somewhat smaller dog.
3. Which would adapt itself better to city living, a small dog or a big
one?
4. Estrella has a malamute that everyone admires.
5. Who gave it to her?
Let’s practice…
Find the adjectives.
Washington Irving was one of the first American writers who won an
international reputation. Even as a young man, he had a whimsical spirit. In
his humorous book The Sketch Book, he says he “made many tours of
discovery into foreign parts and unknown regions” of his native city. A
History of New York, his first book, was popular and successful. His quaint
tales of life in the rural valleys near the Hudson River are delightful even
today. Most students have heard of “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow.” These stories contain supernatural events. Irving spent
many pleasant years in England and Spain. In Spain he wrote about
Moorish legends. When he returned to this country, he built a comfortable
house that he called “Sunnyside,” near Tarrytown, New York. He spent the
rest of his long life there, devoting himself to literary matters.
Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, and
Conjunctions
Verbs
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Verb- a word used to express action or state
of being
◦ Infinitive- the most basic form of the verb
 to + verb = inifinitive
◦ Action verbs- express physical or mental activity
 Ex. Laugh, play, walk, paint
◦ Helping Verbs- works with the main verb to
express action or state of being
 Ex. Be, do, have, can, may, will, should
◦ Linking Verbs- connects subject to a word or
group of words that identify or describe the
subject
 Ex. Be, appear, seem, remain
Adverb
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Adverb- modifies (describes) a verb,
adjective, or another adverb
◦ Where?
 Here, nearby
◦ When?
 Then, immediately
◦ How?
 Carefully, slowly
◦ To what extent? (how much? or how long?)
 Extremely, excessively
Preposition
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Preposition- shows the relationship of a
noun or pronoun, to another word
◦ Ex. About, among, aside, below, into, from, for,
up, under, through, in front of, in addition to,
before, between, by
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Prepositional Phrase- preposition +noun
or pronoun+ any modifiers
◦ To the store, through the big cloud, for the
mean teacher, in addition to the math
homework, by the sea
Conjunction…
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Conjunction- a word used to join words
◦ Coordinating and Correlating
 And, but, or, nor, so, so, yet,
 both…and, not only… but also, either… or
Let’s practice…
Identify the verbs.
1. Atlanta is the capital of Georgia.
2. It has become an important center for trade and manufacturing.
3. The state’s forests are a major source of wealth.
4. Lumbering has been an important industry since the early days.
5. Cotton remains one of the most valuable farm products in Georgia.
6. Macon is considered a beautiful old city.
7. This city is the birthplace of Sidney Lanier.
8. Lanier became a well-known poet.
9. Carson McCullers was another native of Georgia.
10. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is one of her most popular novels.
Let’s practice…
Identify the adverbs.
1. The temperature of the water at the fish hatchery seldom varies.
2. The water never freezes.
3. It comes from unusually large springs.
4. It is very clear water.
5.Vapor sometimes rises from warm water.
6.Yesterday I read an article on the literature of India.
7. Ancient Indian writers first produced hymns called Vedas in about
1500 B.C.
8. Indian literature then entered its classical period.
9. Writers of this period commonly wrote Sanskrit.
10. Writers still use the classical version of Sanskrit.
Let’s practice…
Identify the prepositions.
1. Humans’ original source of fire was probably lightning.
2. A fire started when a tree was struck by lightning.
3. Early people probably took coals from this fire and preserved them
in a shelter.
4. The shelter was often deep within a cave.
5. An attendant may have stayed beside the coals.
6. All fires that the tribe needed probably were started by these coals.
7. If the tribe moved, the keeper of the fire may have carried the coals.
8. Sometimes a small fire was kept burning continuously in the shelter.
9. The attendant probably stayed near the fire and kept it going.
10. Humans first learned how to make their own fire during the Stone
Age.
Parts of a sentence
Subject
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Subject- tells who or what the sentence is
about
◦ Simple subject- main word that tells what the
sentence is about
 Team, color, stop, line
◦ Complex subject- all the words that tell what
the sentence is about
 Favorite team, ugly color, bus stop, finish line
Predicate
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Predicate- tells something about the
subject
◦ Simple and complex
 is reading = is reading a novel
 will eat = will eat lunch together
 am = am a happy person
Let’s Practice…
Identify the subject and the predicate.
1. Maritza’s favorite things to draw are imaginary creatures.
2. She and her friends spend hours inventing beasts.
3. Then they vote for the most imaginative creature among the group.
4. Can you guess Maritza’s favorite fabulous creature?
5. It is the legendary monster called the griffin.
6. The griffin is a combination of species.
7. Having the head, beak, and wings of an eagle and the body and legs
of a lion, the griffin represents strength and vigilance.
8. The griffin originated in the Middle East