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DGP – Sentence 2. Parts of Speech. Sentence / Word Bank. Joel had a weak sensation in his stomach; his mother’s words roused his gravest fears. Word Bank: action verb (2), adjective (2), article (1), noun (4), possessive noun (1), possessive pronoun (3), preposition (1), proper noun (1 ).
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DGP – Sentence 2 Parts of Speech
Sentence / Word Bank • Joel had a weak sensation in his stomach; his mother’s words roused his gravest fears. • Word Bank: action verb (2), adjective (2), article (1), noun (4), possessive noun (1), possessive pronoun (3), preposition (1), proper noun (1)
Compare • Compare your answers to your neighbor’s answers to see if you identified the same adjectives. • “I labeled ________ as an adjectivebecause __________.”
Correct Answer • Joel had a weak sensation in his stomach; his mother’s words roused his gravest fears. • Joel = proper noun (names a specific noun) • had, roused = action verb (shows action) • a = article (a, an, the) • weak, gravest = adjectives (modifies nouns and pronouns) • sensation, stomach, words, fears = nouns (person, place, thing, idea)
Correct Answer • Joel had a weak sensation in his stomach; his mother’s words roused his gravest fears. • in = preposition (shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence) • his, his, his = possessive pronouns (takes the place of a noun and shows possession) • mother’s = possessive noun(shows ownership/possession)