August/September Bell Work Grammar

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What are nouns?

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Nouns are words for people, places, or ideas. Examples include Canada, boy, happiness, trees, gravity.

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What are verbs?

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Verbs are words that describe an action or state of being, or they are used to link words together.

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What are adjectives?

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Adjectives are words that describe or modify a noun or pronoun. They can describe all kinds of qualities.

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What are adverbs?

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Adverbs describe verbs or how an action is being done. Some adverbs have an ‘-ly’ ending, though not all do.

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What are pronouns?

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Pronouns are words that can replace nouns in sentences to make writing less repetitive. Examples: he, she, they, it.

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What is a proper noun?

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A proper noun is a name for a particular person, place, organization, or thing and should be capitalized. Examples: America, Ms. Shorter, English, Oreo.

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What are prepositions?

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Prepositions are words that help give detail to where something is happening or where something is.

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What is the subject of a sentence?

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The subject of a sentence is what the sentence is about, often coming before an action word. It is always a form of a noun.

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What is a simple subject?

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A simple subject is just the noun the sentence is about. Example: The dog ran.

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What is a complete subject?

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A complete subject includes any modifiers or adjectives that describe the subject. Example: The crazy dog ran.