-Grammar (LA2)
There are 4 types of sentences:
- Interrogative- asks a question (?)
(For example: Where do you live?)
- Declarative- makes a statement
(For example: Her name is Clara Stone.)
- Imperative- gives a command (! or .)
(For example: Please answer the phone for me.)
- Exclamatory- shows emotion (!)
(For example: I saw Matt Damon!)
The 8 main parts of speech:
- noun- person, place, thing, or idea
-Proper Noun: specific noun; always capitalized
-common noun: general noun; not capitalized
-abstract noun: something you can’t perceive
-concrete noun: you can perceive it
-collective noun: a group of items seen as one entity
-compound noun: two nouns together to form one
thing
- verb- shows action or state of being
-3 main tenses: past, present, future
-3 types: action, being helping
-Being Verbs: Am, Is, Are
Was, Were
Be, Being, Been
-Helping Verbs: Can Could,
SHall SHould,
Will Would,
Have Has Had,
Do Does Did,
May Might Must
-Verb Phrase: a helping verb/being verb + action verb; see: http://www.vickimartinez.com/Verb%20phrase.ppt#256,1,Slide 1
-Compound Verb: two action verbs put together with AND.
- pronoun- takes the place of a noun
-Sigular Personal Pronouns (SPPs): I, me,
he, she, it,
him, her,
you
-Plural Personal Pronouns (PPPs): we, us,
you ,
they, them
-Demonstrative Pronouns (identify things):
THis, THat, THese, THose
-Indefinite Pronouns (think candy): some, few, all, tons,
- preposition- creates relationships between words
-Think Doghouse: in, around, under, near, beside, etc
- adjective- describes a noun or pronoun
- adverb- describes a verb, adjective, or adverb
- conjunction- joins words, phrases, or sentences
- interjection- blurts of excitement in a sentence
SENTENCES:
Characteristics of a complete sentence:
-Subject
-Verb
-Complete Thought
-Capitalization
-Organization
-Punctuation
-Spelling
Subject: who or what the sentence is about
Compound subjects are when you have two subjects.
Example: Ben and Scott ate the pizza. (Ben, Scott)
Subject and Verbs:
Carla went to the movies. (Subj: Carla; verb: went)
Close the window. (Subj: “you”; verb: close)
I had seen her at the mall. (Subj: I; verb phrase: had seen)
Did you go to Miamitown Elementary? (Subj: you; verb phrase: did go)
Ken should go to the hospital. (Subj: Ken; verb phrase: should go)
Irregular Verbs: (present, past, past participle)
do did have done
eat ate have eaten
fly flew have flown
give gave have given
know knew have known
ride rode have ridden
see saw have seen
throw threw have thrown
write wrote have written
run ran have run
Try some verb games:
