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Some more grammar 

Miss Michel. Some more grammar . A Review of Verbs and Adverbs. Use your Language Handbook. Recognizing and Labeling Verbs. George Washington Carver was a great agricultural chemist. He made discoveries that improved the agriculture of the South.

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Some more grammar 

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  1. Miss Michel Some more grammar 

  2. A Review of Verbs and Adverbs Use your Language Handbook

  3. Recognizing and Labeling Verbs • George Washington Carver was a great agricultural chemist. • He made discoveries that improved the agriculture of the South. • As a boy, he often rambled about the countryside, where he would study the ways of plants and animals. • Carver fought against poverty and prejudice and finally attained his education. • He worked his way through school and college.

  4. Continued… • Carver’s laboratory was in Booker T. Washington’s Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. • When the boll weevil threatened the cotton crop, Carver suggested that farmers plant peanuts. • Farmers followed his advice and were soon producing more peanuts than they could sell. • When he responded to this new problem, Carver discovered over three hundred commercial uses for the peanut. • He also performed wonders with the sweet potato, from which flour, rubber, ink, and molasses can now be produced.

  5. Identifying and Using Adverbs • I have never had a more exciting vacation. • San Francisco is surely the most attractive American city. • A modern city seldom has such old-fashioned charm. • I frequently went to the theater there. • The productions were alwaysvery professional.

  6. Some other parts of speech. Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections

  7. Prepositions

  8. Conjunctions • CONJUNCTIONS link words, phrases, and clauses.

  9. Coordinating Conjunctions • COORIDINATING CONJUNCTIONS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) join individual words, phrases, and independent clauses.

  10. Subordinating Conjunctions • SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS introduce a dependent clause. The most common subordinating conjunctions are "after," "although," "as," "because," "before," "how," "if," "once," "since," "than," "that," "though," "till," "until," "when," "where," "whether," and "while."

  11. Correlative Conjunctions CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONSalways appear in pairs -- you use them to link equivalent sentence elements. The most common correlative conjunctions are "both...and," "either...or," "neither...nor,", "not only...but also," "so...as," and "whether...or."

  12. Interjections They can stand alone.

  13. Interjections • INTERJECTIONS are words that convey emotion. • They are not grammatically linked to any other part of the sentence. • These are the words that can stand all alone. • Examples: Oh! Hey! Wow! Aw! Yay! Horray! Shoot! Darn! Shucks! Poo! Ow! Oy! Ahhh!

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