Grammar Concepts

Grammar Concepts

Nouns

• names a person, place, thing, animal, or idea

Nouns

• Nouns answer

  • who?

  • what?

  • where?

  • when?

Multiple Choice

What kind of noun is

king

• person

• place

• thing

• idea

Multiple Choice

What kind of noun is

kitchen

• person

• place

• thing

• idea

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What kind of noun is

mother

• person

• place

• thing

• idea

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What kind of noun is

trust

• person

• place

• thing

• idea

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What kind of noun is

sadness

• person

• place

• thing

• idea

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What kind of noun is

wisdom

• person

• place

• thing

• idea

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What kind of noun is

sock

• person

• place

• thing

• idea

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What kind of noun is

attic

• person

• place

• thing

• idea

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What kind of noun is

backpack

• person

• place

• thing

• idea

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What kind of noun is

Mexico

• person

• place

• thing

• idea

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What kind of noun is

teacher

• person

• place

• thing

• idea

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What kind of noun is

grape

• person

• place

• thing

• idea

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What kind of noun is

tiger

• person

• place

• animal

• idea

​What does a noun say about a sentence?

It helps tells us who or what the sentence is about.

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun in the sentence.

Birds sing.

• Robins

• sing

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun in the sentence.

Freedom rings.

• Freedom

• rings

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun in the sentence.

Thomas stretches.

• stretches

• Thomas

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun in the sentence.

London is lovely.

• is

• lovely

• London

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun in the sentence.

Insects crawl.

• Insects

• crawl

Multiple Choice

Identify the noun in the sentence.

Albert Einstein was very smart.

• Albert Einstein

• was

• very

Verbs

• shows an action, occurrence, or links words

• every sentence must have a verb

Verbs

• Verbs as actions:

  • ticks

  • climb

  • snorkeled

  • floats

  • stands

  • runs

  • jumps

Verbs

• You can determine if a word is an action verb if you can put to in front of it!

  • to swim

  • to jump

  • to sing

Verbs

• Verbs of being

• These words connect the noun to information about that noun.

  • is

  • were

  • are

  • be

  • am

  • being

  • was

  • has

Verbs

• Linking Verbs

• link the noun to its description

  • (description means saying what the noun is like or what happened)

Verbs

• Linking Verbs

  • appear

  • taste

  • smell

  • feel

  • look

  • sound

  • grow

  • seem

  • remain

  • become

Verbs

• Verbs answer:

  • What’s happening?

  • What is? (or, What word is a “giant equal sign”?)

• If you get an answer to the first question, you have an action verb. If you get an answer to the second question, you have a verb of being.

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in the sentence?

Sam was happy.

• happy

• was

• Sam

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in the sentence?

The raft floated.

• The

• raft

• floated

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in the sentence?

Duane feels sick.

• Duane

• sick

• feels

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in the sentence?

Suzanne thinks a lot.

• thinks

• a lot

• Suzanne

Multiple Choice

What verb makes sense in both sentences?

1.) The black cat ______.

2.) A long rope ______.

• stretches

• naps

Multiple Choice

What verb makes sense in both sentences?

1.) The traffic_______.

2.) The band ______.

• jams

• drums

Multiple Choice

What verb makes sense in both sentences?

1.) A mad snake_____.

2.) The steam pipe_____.

• hisses

• chomps

Multiple Choice

What verb makes sense in both sentences?

1.) A glass______.

2.) The eggshell_____

• hatches

• cracks

Multiple Choice

What verb makes sense in both sentences?

1.)The white jacket ________.

2.) A quick fox_______.

• zips

• dashes

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct verb of being.

Gianna _________ still an excellent chef.

• is

• seem

• were

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct verb of being.

_______ the brash fans at the last tennis match?

• Is

• Seem

• Were

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct verb of being.

The napkins _____ damp to me.

• is

• seem

• am

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct verb of being.

She ______absent nine times last year.

• is

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct verb of being.

_______ the muffins still fresh at this time?

• Are

• Seem

• Am

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct verb of being.

I _______ so glad that you are here.

• is

• were

• am

Adjective

• ​describes a noun

• tells what something looks like, the condition, personality, amount, sense, size, shape, and time.

Adjective

• Adjectives answer:

  • What kind?

  • How many?

  • Which one?

Multiple Choice

What adjective in the sentence answers "how many"?

Nine thin dogs run.

• nine

• thin

• run

Multiple Choice

What adjective in the sentence answers "how many"?

Many strong chimps swing.

• many

• strong

• swing

Multiple Choice

What adjective in the sentence answers "what kind"?

Many strong chimps swing.

• many

• strong

• swing

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the following sentence?

Kim uses a brown pencil to write.

• brown

• uses

• write

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the following sentence?

Velvet blankets drape over the bed.

• the

• over

• velvet

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the following sentence?

The brass trumpets blast music.

• The

• brass

• music

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the following sentence?

Tim bought the green shoes.

• shoes

• bought

• green

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the following sentence?

Patrick's music was loud.

• loud

• music

• was

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the following sentence?

That dog jumped over the stream.

• jumped

• stream

• that

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the following sentence?

The fruit tasted bitter.

• the

• tasted

• bitter

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the following sentence?

She sat in the circular chair.

• she

• circular

• sat

Pronoun

• ​takes the place of a noun

Pronoun

• I

• Me

• We

• Us

• You

• Your

Pronoun

• He

• She

• It

• Him

• Her

• They

• Them

• Their

Multiple Choice

Identify the pronoun in the following sentence:

She bought two donuts.

• she

• bought

• two

• donuts

Multiple Choice

Identify the pronoun in the following sentence:

After going to the store, he went to the movies.

• store

• going

• he

• movies

Multiple Choice

Identify the pronoun in the following sentence:

It was over on the sofa.

• over

• sofa

• was

• it

Multiple Choice

Identify the pronoun in the following sentence:

I went over to Kara's house.

• I

• went

• Kara's

• house

Multiple Choice

Identify the pronoun in the following sentence:

Melissa asked if they could come over today.

• Melissa

• asked

• they

• over

Adverb

• tells where, when, or how the action happens

Adverb

• An adverb can describe how an action happens.

  • Jason quickly read the book.

  • How did Jason read? Quickly.

Adverb

• An adverb can describe when an action happens.

  • Emma left early.

  • When did Emma leave? Early.

Adverb

• An adverb can describe where an action happens.

  • Lily and Ben played here.

  • Where did Lily and Ben play? Here.

Adverb

• Adverbs answer the following questions about the verb or adjective they are describing.

  • How?

  • When?

  • Where?

  • To what extent?

  • Why?

Multiple Choice

What is the adverb that describes the underlined verb?

My grandpa snored loudly.

• My

• grandpa

• loudly

Multiple Choice

What is the adverb that describes the underlined verb?

Chloe played on the beach yesterday.

• yesterday

• Chloe

• beach

• on

Multiple Choice

What is the adverb that describes the underlined verb?

I will visit my friend tomorrow.

• I

• will

• tomorrow

• friend

Multiple Choice

What is the adverb that describes the underlined verb?

George, will you come here?

• George

• here

• will

Prepositions

• Prepositions are usually short words that show a relationship between two nearby words.

Prepositions

• Prepositions precede words to tell us where things occurred

  • The rat is in the corner.

  • The bird is on the tree.

Prepositions

• Prepositions precede words to tell us when things occurred:

  • The bell will ring at 7 o'clock.

  • The meeting is on Saturday.

Prepositions

• Prepositions precede words to show us possession or purpose.

  • These are the wishes of the people. (shows possession)

  • It is a device for opening jars. (shows purpose)

Prepositions

• Common Prepositions:

  • above, about, across, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, since, to, toward, through, under, until, up, upon, with, within

Preposition

Multiple Choice

Which word is a preposition?

• home

• win

• to

Multiple Choice

Which word is a preposition?

• about

• dog

• said

Multiple Choice

Which word is a preposition?

• hat

• seen

• on

Multiple Choice

Which word is a preposition?

• tomorrow

• between

• rabbit

Multiple Choice

Which word is a preposition?

• of

• swim

• green

Prepositional Phrases

• It starts with a preposition and tells where or when

• Prepositional phrases have an object of the preposition

• Example: It is a message from Mark.

  • From is the preposition

  • Mark is the object

Prepositional Phrases

• The object of a preposition is the noun or pronoun that works with a preposition.