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THEY NAME
PERSONS, PLACES, THINGS AND IDEAS
HOW MANY KINDS OF NOUNS ARE THERE? common, proper,
compound, abstract, concrete, collective.
EXPLAIN THE GENDER OF NAMES: Tells whether a noun is
referring to a male, female, or a things.
EXPLAIN THE NUMBER OF NAMES: tells how many persons or
things are. Singular-one item, plural, more than one.
HOW DO YOU FORM THE PLURAL OF MOST NAMES: JUST ADD
s
S,CH,SH,X,Z: add es porches
Y if vowel before add s if
a consonant before ies
WRITE A SENTENCE WITH A NOUN USED AS SUBJECT: The
dog is black
FOR A SINGULAR NOUN HOW DO YOU FORM ITS POSSESSIVE
FORM: add an apostrophe plus s
VERB: perform by makin other words movie. you need verbs
to tell what nouns or pronouns can do, be, and feel.
KINDS OF VERBS: there are 3 types of verbs, action and
linking verbs works whit nouns and pronouns. helping verbs
work whitn other verbs.
WHAT PART OF A SENTENCE DETERMINES THE NUMBER OF
a: tells what someone or sometihng does an action isnt
A VERB: the form of a verb depends on the person of is
always physical, can be mental too
subject, first,second, third person
l: links or jion a noun or pronoun to another word that tells
WRITE A SENTENCE WHIT COMPOUN SUBJECT JOINEN WHIT
something about the noun or pronoun .
AND: she and i like swimming, she or they go out, they or
h: helps another verb the main verb do its job.
she goes out
which are the principal parts of verbs: present, present
WHAT DO PRONOUNS REPLACE IN SENTENCES: REPLACE OR
participle, past, participle
STAND IN FOR NOUNS OR OTHER PRONOUNS WE-OUR, THEY.
+THEIR
ANTECEDENT: is the word that the pronoun stands for. it can
be a noun or a pronoun. it usually comes before the pronoun
that refers to it.
WRITE ALL THE SUBJECT PRONOUNS: subject: 1,we,
you,you,he she is. they. objects: 1 me,us 2you 3 him,her,it,
singular them
POSSESIVE PRONOUNS USED WHIT A NOUN AND WHITOUT
NOUN: my, our, your, their, his, her,its,
mine,yours,hers,theirs,ours,yours (is that your bag in the
THERE THREE PLACES WHERE AN ADJECTIVE CAN BE
room?, is that yours?
PLACED: before a noun (my playful dog runs much) after a
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS: These are the pronouns that end in noun (mi dog, USED A WHEN: before a word beginning with a
self o selves. they never stand alone. they always have
consonant sound AN: before a word beginning with a vowel
antecedents in the same sentence.
sound
ADJECTIVES: describe.they tell what the things named by
ARTICLES A,AN, THE: an refers to any one a certain
nouns and pronouns are like. can show which or what kind of group(indefinite) . THE: points out one of a certain
thing you are talking about. sentence: The child is very
group(definite) playful as a child, runs much) after a linking
strong
verb: (mi dog is playful and runs much)
TYPES OF ADJECTIVES: Limiting, compound, descriptive,
WHAT PART OF SENTENCES DO ADVERBS MODIFY: advers
proper, articles
describe, or modify merbs, adjectives and another adverbs.
TYPES: adverbs that tell how ( badly, easily), that tell where
(here, inside,up), tell when (sometimes, later) tell how much
(more, very, harly)
MODIFIES VERBS: Good driver turn that corner slowly,
ADJETIVE: really good drivers turn that corner slowly
ADVERB: good drivers turn that corner very slowly.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS:
ADVERBS: modify actions verbs, adjectives, or other
adverbs, they tell how, where, or to what extent
ADJECTIVES: modify nouns or pronouns, or follow linking
verbs, tell what kind, which one, how much or how many.