Correll Notes: Grammar Review
Key words/ Ideas/ Terms
Definitions/ Examples/ Practice
Parts of Speech
Determined by _______ in the sentence.
Example: “Love is powerful.” versus “_______________.”
Nouns
Person, _________, thing, or ______
Example: dog, Romeo
PRACTICE (circle the nouns in the following sentence)
It is very important to take good notes in English class.
Subject
The __________ in the sentence, or what the sentence is about.
Why is it important to identify subjects in writing?
PRACTCE (underline the subject in the following sentence)
Jim did poorly on the English test because he did not study.
Pronouns
A word ___________________.
Example: Replace James with _____
List other pronouns you can think of:
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Adjectives
Word, phrases, or clauses that ____________________ or
______________.
What questions about noun do adjectives answer?
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Verbs
Verbs show ______________ or ___________________. Start with verbs
when ________________.
List the being verbs: ____________________________________________
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Adverbs
Adverbs are a _______, _______ or ________ that ________________ or
___________________. Adverbs tell us ______, _______, _________ or
_________ about an event.
Prepositions
Prepositions link ______________________ showing ________________.
Describe where the ants are in relationship
to the basket:
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Conjunctions
Conjunctions _______ words, ___________ and _________ together.
F___
A___
N___
B___
O___
Y___
S____
Diction
Diction refers to an author’s ____________. An author selects specific words
to _______________ in the _________.
What is the difference in the words “passionate” versus “obsessed”?
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Phrases
Phrases are a group of words missing either __________________________.
Types of phrases include:
Prepositional - ______________
Infinitive - _________________
Appositive
Participle
Clauses
Clauses contain both a _________ and a _______. There are two types of
clauses: _____________ and ____________. A ________________ clause
cannot stand alone. It will have a __________________ conjunction in front
of it.
List some examples of subordinating conjunctions here:
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Syntax
Parts of speech, phrases, and clauses work together to create syntax. Syntax
means _____________________. Syntax is used to manipulate the pace of
the _____________________, the reader’s ___________, and the flow of
the author’s __________________.