Transcript Parts of speech Practice and review

6th Grade Language Arts
A
noun names a person,
place, thing, or an idea.
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Kittens and cats make fun pets.
Terry has a beautiful garden.
Shawn plays football every Saturday.
The test over the novel is on Friday.
On Friday, the building will be torn
down.
My favorite flavor is chocolate.
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Kittens and cats make fun pets.
Terry has a beautiful garden.
Shawn plays football every Saturday.
The test over the novel is on Friday.
On Friday, the building will be torn
down.
Common and Proper Nouns
A
verb expresses action,
or a state of being.
pg.
15 in Grammar
Books
 Action
Verb – A word that expresses
physical or mental activity
 Linking
Verb – connects the subject to
a word that identifies or describes the
subject
 Helping
Verb – A verb that helps the
MAIN verb of the sentence (There will
always be another verb in the
sentence)
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The burglar disappeared with the cash.
His ability to concentrate is legendary.
The vegetarian burger tasted like
salted cardboard.
The faculty is teaching the serious
nature of disobeying the tardy policy
President Clinton pushed into the
crowd and shook her hand
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2.
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The burglar disappeared with the cash.
-Action
His ability to concentrate is legendary. –
Linking (ability to being legendary)
The vegetarian burger tasted like salted
cardboard. - Action
The faculty is teaching the serious
nature of disobeying the tardy policy. Helping
President Clinton pushed into the crowd
and shook her hand. - Action
An
adjective describes or
modifies a noun.
Which?
2. What kind?
3. How many?
4. How much?
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Millions
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2.
3.
4.
Which?
What kind?
How many?
How much?
of Jewish
people
Very little food to
eat
This concentration
camp - Buna
Gushing flames from
the chimneys
An
Article is a type of
adjective –
These
(An, A, The)
words introduce the
nouns in the sentence.
**ALWAYS
use “An”
before a word that
begins with a vowel
sound.
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2.
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5.
We kept watch for an hour.
The expensive shoes are over there.
The concert last night was fantastic.
During basketball last night, Shaq threw
a wild ball, but it went into the net!
Professor Dumbledore made a surprise
announcement: Harry would compete in
the upcoming tournament.
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We kept watch for an hour.
The expensive shoes are over there.
The concert last night was fantastic.
During basketball last night, Shaq threw
a wild ball, but it went into the net!
Professor Dumbledore made a surprise
announcement: Harry would compete in
the upcoming tournament.
Add
2 Adjectives to the following
sentence.
The
dog ran into the road.
The
snow fell on me as I trudged
up the hill toward my house. I
was cold and tired, and I could
hardly wait to change my
clothes and lie down in my bed.
*Remember,
NOUNS
adjectives modify
An
adverb modifies or
describes a verb, an
adjective or another adverb.
How?
When?
Where?
How
Much?
To What Degree?
The
bird was chirping outside.
(where)
The
bird chirped today. (when)
The bird chirped loudly. (how)
The bird never chirped. (to what
extent)
In
many cases, an
adverb ends in –ly.
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The Adverb is one of the most important parts of English
Grammar.
An adverb typically describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.
An adverb can be placed anywhere in a sentence.
Adverbs are generally grouped into five categories namely
Place, Manner, Time, Frequency and Degree.
Adding the suffix -ly to an adjective commonly turns it into
an adverb.
Using adverbs makes your sentences more precise and
interesting.
1.
The Adverb is one of the most important parts of English
Grammar.
An adverb typically describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.
An adverb can be placed anywhere in a sentence.
Adverbs are generally grouped into five categories - namely
Place, Manner, Time, Frequency and Degree.
Adding the suffix -ly to an adjective commonly turns it into
an adverb.
Using adverbs makes your sentences more precise and
interesting.
A
preposition shows the
relationship of a noun or
pronoun (called the object
of the preposition) to
another word.
Prepositions
are
Locators in
Time and Place
 It
is easy to identify a preposition by using
“The chicken test”
 The
chicken flew ( _____________ the nest.)
Preposition
“of” doesn’t
work with this
test, however, it
IS a preposition.
Prepositions
can NEVER stand
alone!! – There is ALWAYS an
object of the preposition.
It
CAN have more than one
OBJECT OF THE
PREPOSITION.
 The
object of the preposition always comes
AFTER the preposition.
Preposition
+
Object = Noun
(The heart always
needs a companion)
I
I
I
I
I
I
rode past the village.
rode through the village.
rode toward the village.
rode near the village.
rode around the village.
rode beyond the village.
In these sentences, the prepositions show the
different relationships between the verb (rode)
and the noun (village).
A
prepositions and it’s
object (noun or
pronoun) form a
prepositional phrase.
I
rode past the village.
What is the prepositional phrase?
“past the village”
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There was rejoicing throughout the
land when the government was
defeated.
The spider crawled slowly along
the banister.
The dog is hiding under the porch.
He likes to read in the afternoon.
I'm going to Paris for two weeks.
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There was rejoicing throughout the
land when the government was
defeated.
The spider crawled slowly along
the banister.
The dog is hiding under the porch.
He likes to read in the afternoon.
I'm going to Paris for two weeks.
A
pronoun takes the
place of one or more
nouns.
Ex: she, me, you,
anyone, them,
something, this
 Sarah
and Rachel went to the grocery store.
 Robert
drove Robert’s dad’s car to school on
Friday.
 The
English II class all got A’s on the English II
class’s progress reports.
 Sarah
and Rachel went to the grocery store.
They went to the grocery store.
 Robert
drove Robert’s dad’s car to school on
Friday.
He drove his dad’s car to school on Friday.
 The
English II class all got A’s on the English II
class’s progress reports.
They all got A’s on their progress reports.
A
conjunction is a word
that joins words or
groups of words
F or
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
A coordinating conjunction is
taped into a sentence to combine
two thoughts.
Pairs of conjunctions that join
words or word groups that are
used in the same way.
Example: Neither the teachers nor the
students knew there was going to be a
fire drill on Friday.
1.Either Mike or Danny will receive the free
tickets to the Panther’s game.
2.The boat sailed quickly at first, but then the
wind stopped blowing it’s sails.
3.Jessica and Megan have been best friends
since the second grade.
4.Claire is going to the beach with both
Danielle and Lauren.
5.The new movie not only stars Brad Pitt, but
also George Clooney.
Turn to
Please re-write the
sentences and underline the
coordinating and correlative
conjunctions
An interjection is
an exclamatory
word that
expresses emotion.
1.Ouch! I stubbed my toe!
2.Whew, our teacher didn’t give a pop
quiz today.
3.Hey! That was my piece of candy.
4.EEK! I just saw a mouse run across my
bedroom floor.
5.Wow! That runner won the race by 5
minutes.
 Create
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The first sentence needs to have 2 nouns, 1 verb
and an adjective
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(The teacher responded to the brilliant question.)
The second sentence needs to have 2 nouns, 1
verb and an adverb.
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5 ORIGINAL sentences…
(Sarah quickly ran to the store.)
The third sentence needs to have 2 nouns, 1
verb, 1 adjective, and 1 adverb
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(Jacob silently answered the difficult questions.)