Definitions.
Fill in the blank with the correct part of speech for each definition.
1. A descriptive word that qualifies a verb, adjective, other adverb, clause, or sentence, typically
answering the questions: When? Where? In what way? is a/an _______________________.
2. A joiner, a word that connects parts of a sentence, lists, and complex sentences is a/an ______________________________.
3. A word or words added to a sentence to convey emotion, usually followed by an exclamation point is
a/an ___________________________________.
4. A person, place or thing is a/an ___________________________________.
5. A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence is a/an___________________________.
6. A word or phrase naming an attribute, that modifies or describes a noun is
a/an _________________________________.
7. The part of speech that substitutes for nouns or noun phrases is a/an _____________________.
8. A word that links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence is a/an
____________________.
9. A specific adjective, the only words are: a/an , the_____________________________.
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A noun is a person, place or thing.
Examples: Mrs. Gomez, classroom, teacher
Spot the nouns:
Mrs. Minarchi is from New Jersey, the same town where they filmed Jersey
Shore.
Specific names of people, places and things are special types of nouns called
__________ ________.
List your own Nouns:
Person:
Place:
Thing:
1.
2. Write one sentence using all 3 nouns.
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2. Verb: A word used to describe an action, state, or
occurrence.
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There are 3 types of verbs: Action, Linking and Helping
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Examples: pitched, am, will throw
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Spot the Verbs:
It was sunny everyday in Jersey, so we went to the beach
and surfed, got a tan and built giant, towering sandcastles.
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List: an action verb, a linking verb and a helping verb
Use them to write your own sentence.
3. Pronoun: The part of speech that substitutes for
nouns or noun phrases and designates persons
or things asked for, previously specified, or
understood from the context.
Pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, you (collective)
they
Possessive pronouns: My/Mine, your/s, his, hers,
its, ours, your/s (collective), theirs/them
Demonstrative pronouns: This/that, those/these
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4. Adjective: A word or phrase which describes or modifies
a noun
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Examples: tall tree, vanilla cake, flowing river
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Spot the adjectives:
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The Sound of Thunder is a short story about a man who
likes to hunt increasingly wild species of animals
…including gigantic Tyrannosaurus Rex!
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List a color, a flavor and smell
Use these adjectives to write your own descriptive
sentence
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5. Adverb: A descriptive word that qualifies a verb, adjective, other
adverb, clause, or sentence and typically answers questions such
as how?, in what way?, when?, where?, and to what extent?.
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Examples: walking slowly, extremely happy, be here now.
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Spot the adverbs:
Eckels obnoxiously pointed his rifle at the trees. Here, Mr. Travis
stopped, slowly exhaled and growled low, “Not now!”
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Write your own adverbs: -ly, when?, where?
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Now use your adverbs in your own sentences.
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A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in
a sentence.
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The details that a preposition links
+ the preposition word=
A prepositional phrase
Examples: with liberty and justice ; for all
Spot the Prepositions:
At 2:00, all of the juniors and seniors rush to their cars in the parking
lot behind the school to get to their houses without regard for
freshmen.
Write your own sentence using three preposition words. Underline
the prepositional phrases (preposition + details).
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The most common prepositions are "about,"
"above," "across," "after," "against," "along,"
"among," "around," "at," "before," "behind,"
"below," "beneath," "beside," "between,"
"beyond," "but," "by," "despite," "down,"
"during," "except," "for," "from," "in," "inside,"
"into," "like," "near," "of," "off," "on," "onto,"
"out," "outside," "over," "past," "since,"
"through," "throughout," "till," "to," "toward,"
"under," "underneath," "until," "up," "upon,"
"with," "within," and "without."
A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connects
(conjoins) parts of a sentence.
 Conjunctions are:
 For
 And
 Nor
 But
 Or
 Yet
 So ……
 Or FANBOYS
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In a list: Mike the Situation spent his summer
going to the gym, tanning, and doing laundry.
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But statements: The cheese steaks at Geno’s
are good , but the ones at Pat’s are better.
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Two items: Snooki and J-Wow are two
characters on the cast of Jersey Shore.
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Complex sentence: New Jersey is famous for it’s
beaches, and infamous for it’s people.
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An interjection is a word or words added to a
sentence to convey emotion. It is not usually
grammatically related to any other part of the
sentence.
Examples:
Ouch, that hurt!
Oh no, I forgot that the exam was today.
Hey! Put that down!
I heard one guy say to another guy, "He has a new car,
eh?“
 I don't know about you but, goodness me, I think we
have too much homework!
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Article: a kind of adjective which is always
used with and gives some information
about a noun.
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There are only two articles:
a/an
the
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Definitions.
Fill in the blank with the correct part of speech for each definition.
1. A descriptive word that qualifies a verb, adjective, other adverb, clause, or sentence, typically
answering the questions: When? Where? In what way? is a/an _______________________.
2. A joiner, a word that connects parts of a sentence is a/an ______________________________.
3. A word or words added to a sentence to convey emotion, usually followed by an exclamation point is
a/an ___________________________________.
4. A person, place or thing is a/an ___________________________________.
5. A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence is a/an___________________________.
6. A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or related to a noun to modify or describe it is
a/an _________________________________.
7. The part of speech that substitutes for nouns or noun phrases is a/an _____________________.
8. A word that links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence is a/an
____________________.
9. A specific adjective, the only words are: a/an , the_____________________________.
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Copy this sentence in your notebooks:
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Stay tuned for the next exciting adventure of
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy!
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Label each word with it’s part of speech. Use
your abbreviation guide.
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Copy this sentence in your notebooks:
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I marked my calendar for October 11.
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Label each word with it’s part of speech. Use
your abbreviation guide.
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Copy this sentence in your notebooks:
 Their class is in there.
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Label as many words with their parts of
speech as you can.
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Copy this sentence in your notebooks:
 The students in that class are
reading silently.
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Label each word with it’s part of speech. Use
your abbreviation guide.
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Copy this sentence in your notebooks:
 The wild students in the class
are reading dramatically.
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Label each word with it’s part of speech. Use
your abbreviation guide.
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Copy this sentence in your notebooks:
 Ralph took the shell from Piggy
and a little water ran down his
arm (16).
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Label each word with it’s part of speech. Use
your abbreviation guide.
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Copy this sentence in your notebooks:
 There was no place for standing
on one’s head (27).
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your abbreviation guide.
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“He wants to know what you’re going to do
about the snake-thing” (35).
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Label each word with it’s part of speech. Use
your abbreviation guide.
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Copy this sentence onto your paper:
My dog, Brodie, ate an entire box of biscuits.
Label the parts of speech in the sentence on
your paper..
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Copy this sentence in your notebooks:
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The big, brown, shaggy dog chased the
frightened, hyperventilating, grey squirrel.
Label the nouns, verbs, articles and adjectives
in the sentence in the notebook.
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Copy this sentence in your notebooks:
(conj.)
Jack is tall, has red hair and starts a mountain
forest fire.
Label the nouns, verbs, articles and adjectives
in the sentence in the notebook.
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Copy this sentence into your notebooks:
(conj.)
(conj.)
Ralph and Simon built rudimentary huts and
(prep)
were frustrated with the littluns’ silliness.
Label the nouns, verbs, articles and adjectives
in the sentence in your notebook.
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(conj)
Jack and Ralph have a complicated, love/hate
relationship.
Label the nouns, verbs, articles and adjectives
in the sentence in your notebook.
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(conj)
(prep)
Simon shows patience and kindness to the
(conj)
unruly littluns, Jack and annoying Piggy.
Label the nouns, verbs, articles and adjectives
in the sentence on your paper.
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Copy this sentence into your notebooks:
Piggy was overly delighted, for Ralph
laughed, joked and spoke politely.
Label the nouns, verbs, adverbs and
conjunctions in the sentence in your
notebook.
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(prep) (art)
(adj.)
“For now the littluns were no longer silent”
(87).
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Label the nouns, verbs, adverbs and
conjunctions in the sentence in your
notebook.
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Copy this sentence into your notebooks:
“For a long time there was silence and no
apparent movement” (90).
Label the nouns, verbs, adverbs and
conjunctions in the sentence in your
notebook.
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“Numberless and inexpressible frustrations
combined to make his rage elemental and
awe-inspiring” (74).
Label the nouns, verbs, adverbs and conjunctions
in the sentence in your notebook.
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Jack finally killed a pig today, and almost
instantly, his ego massively inflated.
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conjunctions in the sentence in your
notebook.
Copy this sentence onto your paper:
(Pro.)
(art)
“They lay restlessly and noisily. Sometimes a
(art)
(prep)
littlun cried out and once a bigun spoke in
(art)
the dark” (95).
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Label the nouns, verbs, adverbs and conjunctions
in the sentence in your notebook.
You need your Lord
of the Flies book
Please start reading
Ch. 6 silently
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Copy this sentence into your notebooks, then
label the nouns, verbs, pronouns and
prepositions in the sentence:
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Jack announced that his hunters deserved
meat from the pig for their strength before
Piggy.
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Copy this sentence into your notebooks, then
label the nouns, verbs, pronouns and
prepositions in the sentence:
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You should read this to be informed about
the candidates and their opinions.
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Copy this sentence into your notebooks, then
label the nouns, verbs, pronouns and
prepositions in the sentence:
“Would you like them in a boat?”
“I would not, could not in a boat,
Not on a train, not in a tram,
I do not like green eggs and ham.”
-Dr. Seuss