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The Fabulous Four

The Fabulous Four. Grammar Basics. Parts of Speech. The term “Parts of Speech” refers to the building blocks of sentences includes verbs , nouns , pronouns , adjectives , adverbs , prepositions , and conjunctions . The Fabulous Four: verbs , nouns , adjectives , and adverbs.

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The Fabulous Four

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  1. The Fabulous Four Grammar Basics

  2. Parts of Speech • The term “Parts of Speech” • refers to the building blocks of sentences • includes verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives,adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions. • The Fabulous Four: verbs, nouns, adjectives, andadverbs.

  3. The Fab Four Footsteps

  4. Brainteaser: Which Part of Speech is the word ‘brand’? • This sentence: Hisbrand new computer has a virus. • This sentences: That brand of cereal is more expensive. • How about this sentence? He brandedhis sister’s doll with a permanent marker. • And finally: He likes brand names more than he likes saving money. Can you tell what Part of Speech brand takes in each sentence? Do you know how to explain and use the Fab Four parts of speech?

  5. Back to Basics • A Part of Speech is determined by the job the word, phrase, or clause is doing in a particular sentence. • A word in one sentence can do a completely different job in a different sentence. • To “Test” a word, a phrase, or a clause, see what Question it answers from your Fab Four Footsteps Chart. • **Always begin with the verb and work your way from there!

  6. Practice Footsteps Have out your chart!

  7. Step 1: Find the verb. Yesterday, Simon happily gave his dog a big treat. • a) ASK “What is happening or What happened?”

  8. Step 2: Next find the “core” nouns and their jobs. a) Ask “Who is doing the action (insert the verb you found)?” b) Ask “Subject (insert the verb you found) what?” c) Ask “Subject (insert the verb your found) what to whom?” iO Yesterday, Simon happily gave his dog a big treat. do V S

  9. Step 3: Look for your adjectives. • a) Ask “What Kind?” or “Which one?” for each noun. Adj. iO Yesterday, Simon happily gave his dog a big treat. do V S

  10. Step 4: Look for adverbs. • a) Ask “When?” “Where?” “How?” “To what extent?” and “Why?”. Adv. Adj. Adv. iO Yesterday, Simon happily gave his dog a big treat. do V S

  11. What’s left? • + Finally, we have ‘his’ and ‘a’ left. What are these? Pos. Pronoun Adv. Adj. Adv. iO Yesterday, Simon happily gave his dog a big treat. do V S Indf. Article

  12. Guided Practice One • The little and delicate girl walked without shoes. • In the winter, she wore very heavy wooden shoes. • In the middle of the village lived old Dame Shoemaker. • The Shoemaker made the little girl shoes of red cloth. • The little girl, Karen, loved the shoes. Use the footsteps to practice analyzing the sentence and understanding the Fab Four.

  13. The Criterion Collection: 1948 The Red Shoes Create and test your own sentences about the video and use the footsteps to test the words. Include: Adjectives Adverbs http://www.criterion.com/films/233-the-red-shoes

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