Types of Nouns Collective Nouns A word or word group that is used to name a person place thing or idea Examples Persons teacher chef Nathan Places Grand Canyon city kitchen Things lamp Nobel Prize ID: 709119
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Parts of Speech ReviewSlide2
Noun
Types of Nouns
Collective Nouns
A word or word group that is used to name a person, place, thing or idea.
Examples:
Persons: teacher, chef, Nathan,
Places: Grand Canyon, city, kitchen
Things: lamp, Nobel Prize,
iphone
Ideas: happiness, self-control, liberty, bravery
Common and proper
Abstract and concrete
Collective
A noun that names a group
Examples:
Audience committee herd quartet
Batch crew family teamSlide3
Practice
The Houston Texans will go to the Super Bowl this year.
David visited an interesting museum in Colorado last month.
Izzy
went to live at my sister-in-law’s house until we return.
People should always tell the truth.
We joined the committee.Slide4
Pronoun
Antecedent
A word that is used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns.
Examples
:
Ask Dan if Dan has done Dan’s homework.
Ask Dan if
he
has done
his
homework.
Both of Tori’s friends said both would help Tori find Tori’s missing books.
Both of Tori’s friends said
they
would help
her
find
her
missing books.
The word or word group that a pronoun stands for
Examples:
(ant.) (pro) (pro)
Frederick
, have
you
turned in
your
report?
(ant.) (pro)
Walking the dog
is fun, and
it
is good exercise.Slide5
Personal Pronouns
Reflexive Pronouns
Intensive Pronouns
Refers to the one speaking (first person), the one spoken to (second person), or the one spoken about (third person).
Examples:
Singular Plura
l
First Person
I, me, my, mine we, us, our, ours
Second Person
you, your, yours you, your, yours
Third Person
he, him, his, she they, them, their,
her, hers, it, its
theirs
Refers to the subject and is necessary to the meaning of the sentence
Examples:
Myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, itself…
Emphasizes a noun or another pronoun and is unnecessary to the meaning of the sentenceSlide6
Demonstrative pronoun
Interrogative pronouns
Indefinite pronouns
Points out a person place, thing or idea
Examples:
This That These Those
Introduces a question
Examples:
What Which Who Whom Whose
Refers to a person, place, thing or idea that may not be specifically named.
Examples:
All each many nobody other
Any either more none severalSlide7
Practice
The drama teacher said she would postpone the rehearsal
Does Michelle, who is traveling to Thailand, have her passport and ticket?
“I want you to study,” Mrs. Yee says to the class.
The students made lunch for themselves.
Of all United States Olympic victories, perhaps
n
one
were more satisfying than Jesse Owens’s 1936 triumphs in the 200-meter dash and broad jump. Slide8
Adjectives
Articles
A word that is used to modify a noun or pronoun
Modify means to describe the word or to make its meaning more definite
Tells what kind
which one/ones
how much/many
Examples:
Seventh grade
Several days
No marbles
Italian children
The most commonly used adjectives
a
,
an
, and
theSlide9
Practice
On winter afternoons, I sometimes walk home after band practice rather than ride on a crowded, noisy bus.
I hardly even notice the heavy traffic that streams past me on the street.
The wet sidewalk glistens in the bright lights from the windows of stores.
The stoplights throw green, yellow, and red splashes on the pavement.
After I turn the corner away from the busy avenue, I am on a quiet street, where a jolly snowman often stands next to one of the neighborhood houses.Slide10
Verb
Action Verb
A word that expresses action or a state of being
Examples:We
celebrated
the Chinese New Year yesterday.
The holiday
is
usually in February.
A verb that expresses either physical or mental activity
Examples:
Owls
hooted
all night.
Mrs. Byler
plays
volleyball.
She
thought
about the problem
I
believe
you.Slide11
Linking Verbs
Be Verbs
Other linking verbs
A verb that expresses a state of being. It connects, or links, the subject to a word or word group that identifies or describes the subject.
Examples:
Channing Tatum
is
an actor.
The children
remained
quiet.
Am is was were are
To be being been
Appear grow seem stay become
Look smell taste feel remain
Sound turn
Some can be both action and linking:
Amy looked through the telescope.
Amy looked pale.Slide12
Helping Verbs
Verb phrase
also known as an auxiliary verb, it helps the main verb express action or a state of being
Examples:
Can
speak
has been
named
Were
sent
should have been
caught
Contains one main verb and one or more helping verbsSlide13
Practice
Have you ever visited Redwood National Park?
The giant trees there can be an awesome sight.
For centuries, these trees have been an important part of the environment of the northwest United States.
More than 85 percent of the original redwood forest has been destroyed over the years.
With better planning years ago, more of the forest might have been saved.Slide14
Adverbs
A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another verb.
It makes the meaning of a verb, adjective, or another adverb more definite.
They answer the following questions:WhereWhenHow
How often or How long
To what extent or how much
Examples:
The sprinter ran
swiftly.
I read the funny pages
early
on Sunday morning.
Jolene was comforting a
very
small child.Slide15
Adverb or Adjective?
Many adverbs end in –
ly
. These adverbs are generally formed by adding –ly to adjectives.Adjective + -
ly
= Adverb
Clear -
ly
= clearly
Quiet -
ly
quietly
Convincing -
ly
convincingly
Which is correct?
I am having a (real, really) good time.
Tim drove (safe, safely).
He spoke too (quiet, quietly).Slide16
Practice
In this story, a nameless character goes outdoors on a terribly cold day in the Yukon.
Soon both the dog’s muzzle and the man’s beard are frosted with ice.
Along the way, the man accidentally falls into a stream.
Soaked and chilled, he desperately builds a fire under a tree.
Based on what you now know about the story, what kind of ending would you write for “To Build a Fire”?Slide17
Prepositions
Practice
A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word.
Examples:
The cat walked
through
the door.
The cat walked
toward
the door.
The cat walked
past
the door.
We practiced karate ________ dinner.
She jumped up an ran _______ the park.
A boat with red sails sailed ______ the river.
The hungry dog crawled ______ the fence.
Put the speakers ______ the stage.Slide18
Prepositional Phrase
Practice
Includes the preposition, a noun, or pronoun called the
object of the preposition
, and any modifiers of that object.
Examples:
You can press those leaves
under glass
.
Fred stood
in front of us
.
The book
in my new bag
are heavy.
Robert Peary and Mathew Henson searched for the North Pole for many years.
2. Henson traveled with Peary on every expedition expedition
except for the first one.
However, for a long time, Henson received no credit for his role.
Peary had hired Henson as an assistant on a trip Peary made to Nicaragua.Slide19
Preposition or Adverb?
Some words can be used as both.
Remember that a preposition ALWAYS has an object and an adverb NEVER does!
If you can’t tell whether a word is used as an adverb or preposition, look for an object.I haven’
t seen him since.
I haven’t seen him since Thursday.
The bear walked around.
The bear walked around the forest.Slide20
Conjunction
Coordinating Conjunction
A word that joins words or word groups
Join words or word groups that are used in the same wayExamples:
And But For Nor Or
So
Yetc
Josie, Hanna, Jill,
or
Anna
Across town, over the river,
and
through the woods
Coordinating conjunctions that join independent clauses are almost always preceded by a comma. When
for
is used as a conjunction, there should always be a comma in front of it.
cSlide21
Correlative Conjunctions
Practice
Pairs of conjunctions that join words or word groups that are used in the same way.
Examples:
Both…and not only…but also
Either… or neither… nor
Whether…or
Both
Bill Russell
and
Larry Bird played for the team.
She looked
neither
to the left
nor
to the right.
I wanted to go to the beach, but it rained all weekend.
Our class is recycling not only newspapers but also glass bottles and aluminum cans.
He set the table with chopsticks and rice bowls.Slide22
Interjections
Practice
A word that expresses emotion
Examples:
Aha ouch wow
Hey oh yikes
Hurray oops well
Ouch!
That hurts
Aha!
I know the answer.
Oh
, I wish it were Friday.
Well
, what have you been doing?
_____! The heel just fell off my shoe.
There’s, ______, seven dollars in my wallet.
_____! Squirrels, stop eating my food!