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A noun is a…A noun is a…

person,person,

place, place,

thing, thing,

or idea or idea

Sample Noun Sentences:

The choir sings.

The homework is hard.

Baseball is exciting.

The boy goes to school.

She screamed when she saw the mouse in the trap.

Identifying Nouns

Noun PracticeWhich of the following is a noun?

I AM TALKING

The dog barked.

She was always talking.

No! (This is a

verb.)

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No! (This is an adverb.)

They lived happily ever after.

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Nouns can fit into the following categories. See examples below:

Person:Ryan

Ms. Benoitman

Place:schooltown

Grill House

Thing:bananamoneycouch

Idea:lovefear

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TricksA way of recognizing a noun is by its: Ending, Position, Function

Noun Ending•There are certain word endings that show that a word is a noun, for example:

-ity > nationality-ment > disappointment-ness > cheerfulness-ation > population-hood > manhood

Position in SentenceWe can often recognize a noun by its position in the sentence.-a pain-an evening-the psychic-this word-my dog

Nouns often come after adjectives:-a great pain-a peaceful evening-this difficult word-my brown and white dog

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Function Nouns have certain functions (jobs) in a sentence, for example:subject of verb: Engineers work often.

object of verb: She watches television.

subject and object of verb: Teachers teach students.

Verbsconveys an action,

an occurrence,

or a state of being.

Verb PracticeWhich of the following is a verb?

I AM TALKI.She talks always .

The dog barked.

No! (This is a noun.)

Yes!

CLICK ON THE CORRECT ANSWER.

No! (This is an adverb.)

They lived happily ever after.

Three Types of Verbs: Action, Three Types of Verbs: Action, Linking, and HelpingLinking, and Helping

Action Verbs: An action verb is the word in

the sentence that shows what is being done, what is happening.

jump, ski, talk, have, love

Helping Verbs:A helping verb is a word that

comes with another verb.

He IS GOING to class. She WILL DO her homework.

Mary HAS GONE to the movies.

Linking Verbs: A linking verb is the word in

the sentence that ties the subject of the sentence to the noun or pronoun or the adjective.

My name IS Melissa.The dinner SMELLS

delicious.The flowers LOOK beautiful.Chocolate TASTES good.

The linking verb gives the state of being of the subject. The dinner is not smelling; it is delicious. The flowers do not go looking; they are beautiful. The chocolate does not have a tongue to taste chocolate; it itself is good.

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Verb Verb ReviewReviewAction Verbs

Caleb runs five miles.

Sarah jumps over the tree branch.

Ms. Benoit yells at the class.

Linking Verbs

Silk feels soft.

Milk tastes sour.

Music sounds good.

Helping Verbs

He is going to make the football team.

Simon will answer the question.

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AdjectivesAdjectives

An adjective is the part of speech that modifies

a noun or a pronoun.

A “describing word”

Adjective Examples

I wrote a long letter.

My mom is busy in the kitchen.

The Smiths have a beautiful picture in their home.

She is happy to see her friend.

Adjective PracticeWhich of the following is an adjective?

I AM TALKING

The small dog barked.

She ran the race.

No! (This is a

verb.)

Yes!

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No! (This is an adverb.) They lived happily

ever after.

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Adjective ReviewAdjective Review

Examples:

Young is an adjective describing the noun, woman.Young answers the question “which woman” or

“what kind of woman?”

Simple is an adjective describing the noun, question.Simple answers the question “which solution” or

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Young woman

Simple solution

An adjective describes a noun or pronoun.

Hint:Adjectives may follow a verb of being, or a linking verb, thus completing the noun subject:

The students feel tired.

The are tired.

The word “tired” describes how the students feel.

AdverbsAdverbsAn adverb is a word

that gives more information about a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Adverbs of time tell when something happens and adverbs of frequency tell

how often something happens.

Hint: One way to check if a word is an adverb is that it will end in –ly. This is not always true, but it’s a good place to start!

Adverb Examples

Sue runs fast.

She rarely eats a big breakfast.

He usually gets good grades.

I had a very good time at that party.

They told me yesterday.

Adverb PracticeWhich of the following is an adverb?

I AM TALKINGThey lived happily ever after.

She ran the race.

No! (This is a

verb.)

Yes!

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No! (This is a noun.) The parents

grounded their son.

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Adverb ReviewAdverb Review

Examples:

Quickly is an adverb describing the verb, ran.Quickly answers the question “how did she

run”

Now is an adverb describing the verb, do.Now answers the question “when to do it”

Quite is an adverb describing the adjective, right.Quite answers the question “how right”

Rachel quickly ran home, so she wouldn’t miss curfew.

Do it now.

An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb.

Hint:Adverbs answer any of the following questions about what they are describing:How? When? Where? Why?

Sharon easily lifted the box.How did she lift the box? (Easily is an adverb)

We’ll use the new textbooks tomorrow.When will we use it?(Tomorrow is an adverb).

You are quite right.

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Let’s see how you’re doing!

Try identifying nouns, verbs,

adjectives, and adverbs!

But, be careful because, if you get one wrong,

you’ve got to start back at the beginning!

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dictionary below to take a quiz on just adjectives and adverbs.

Which sentence identifies a noun?

Her brother was angry.

Today I bought a new car.

Students often try getting out of doing homework.

Which sentence identifies a verb?

The best things happen when you least expect

them.

The overly verbose patient left quickly.

My birthday party every year is always a success.

Which sentence identifies an adjective.

Reading books is good for student

learning.

I would love to learn to play the drums.

The blue donut was not a hit at the bakery.

Which sentence identifies an adverb?I was very

upset when my

sister stole my shirt.

While I was playing

Nintendo, I heard, “It’s me, Mario”.

I love taking candid

photos of people; they always turn

out the best..

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