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Grammar Boot Camp

Lesson One: Nouns & Verbs. Grammar Boot Camp. Nouns . Definition: A person, place, thing, or an idea Function: Subject or Object in a sentence. Verbs. Words that tell what the noun (subject or object) is doing or being. To be ( Anaiya is.) To do ( Rontrez ran.) Forms of “to be”

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Grammar Boot Camp

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  1. Lesson One: Nouns & Verbs Grammar Boot Camp

  2. Nouns • Definition: • A person, place, thing, or an idea • Function: Subject or Object in a sentence

  3. Verbs • Words that tell what the noun (subject or object) is doing or being. • To be (Anaiya is.) • To do (Rontrez ran.) • Forms of “to be” • Am, is, are, was, were, be, being, have/has been

  4. Complete Sentence • You must have a noun and a verb- • With 2 exceptions: • Pronoun- substitutes for a noun. • “I am.” • Understood “you.” • “Run!”

  5. Lesson Two: Adjectives & Adverbs Grammar Boot Camp

  6. Adjectives • DESCRIBE nouns and pronouns (subjects or objects). • That is ALL they do!!! • The girl is pretty. • That is a nice dog.

  7. Adjectives • Answer the questions: • Which one? • What kind? • How many? • How much? • Articles are adjectives. They tell “which one.” • A • An • The

  8. Adverbs • DESCRIBE verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. • That is ALL they do!!! • He ran fast. (describing a verb) • She finished the test very quickly. (one describing a verb and another describing an adverb.) • Maria is extravagantly beautiful. (describing an adjective) • They often end in –ly.

  9. Adverbs • Answer the questions: • How? • When? • Where? • To what extent?

  10. Lesson Three: Phrases Grammar Boot Camp

  11. Phrases • A group of words that contains either a noun or a verb- but not both. • Prepositional phrases • Contain • a preposition • a noun- the object of the preposition • (optional) modifiers- adjectives or adverbs describing the object • Function • Describe the subject or the verb in the sentence • They act as adjectives and adverbs

  12. Phrases • Kinds of Phrases • Appositive Phrases • A noun phrase that renames someone or something • Michele, my best friend, is coming to dinner. • Infinitive Phrase • To + verb • To run, to scream

  13. Phrases • Participial & Gerund Phrases • Laughing wildly, she ran down the path. • The actor, pausing for a moment, looked at the crowd. • He showed us the cabinet, painted a brilliant green. • His favorite activity is sailing down the Nahanni River.

  14. Phrases

  15. Clauses • 2 Types: • Independent Clause- a complete sentence • Dependent Clause- looks like a sentence and contains a noun and verb but isn’t a complete sentence because it begins with a subordinating conjunction. • A subordinating conjunction joins a subordinate clause (dependent clause) to a main clause (an independent clause). • The following is a list of the most common subordinating conjunctions.

  16. Clauses- Subordinating Conjunctions • after • how • till ( or 'til) • although • if • unless • as • until • when • as long as • whenever • as much as • now that • where • as soon as • provided (that)   • wherever • as though • since • while • because • so that • before • than • even if • that • even though • though

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