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Parts of Speech Nouns and Verbs

Parts of Speech Nouns and Verbs. English 10 . Nouns. General Nouns. person, place, thing, idea (concept ) Examples: g irl city shoe love. Proper Nouns. specific nouns (usually give the noun a proper name) (almost always starts with a capital letter) Examples: Kelly Clarkson

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Parts of Speech Nouns and Verbs

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  1. Parts of SpeechNouns and Verbs English 10

  2. Nouns

  3. General Nouns • person, place, thing, idea (concept) • Examples: • girl • city • shoe • love

  4. Proper Nouns • specific nouns (usually give the noun a proper name) • (almost always starts with a capital letter) • Examples: • Kelly Clarkson • Chicago • Nike running shoe

  5. Pronouns • can replace a noun or another pronoun = less repetitive sentences • Examples: • heshe • meit • theythem • we us • I

  6. Example Writing with Nouns • Susieis my best friend. Susie and I go everywhere together. Susie likes the same things I like. I really like hanging out with Susie.

  7. Example Writing with Pronouns • Susieis my best friend. We go everywhere together. She likes the same things as me. I really like hanging out with her.

  8. REMEMBER: WRITERS ARE PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!!! PAINT A PICTURE WITH YOUR WORDS!!!

  9. Proper Noun Practice • Change the following sentences by making the nouns more specific: • Late last year, our neighbors bought a dog. • The team beat their rival. • My mom works downtown. • The purse is trendy.

  10. Verbs

  11. Verbs • Verbs show the action of the sentence • Active verbs tell HOW

  12. Class Activity Come up with different choices for the following underlined words (next three slides). • These choices are called synonyms. • A synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word. • A few have been completed for you.

  13. Synonyms • Walk • creep • stroll • strut • saunter • run, sprint, jog • crawl • stride • stumble

  14. Synonyms • Talk • scream • yell • sing • stammer • whisper • stutter • sign • stumble

  15. Synonyms • Move • fidget • tap • jiggle • dance • tremble • fall • shake • quake • convulse

  16. REMEMBER: The thesaurus is your friend!! BE SPECIFIC!!!

  17. BE VERBS Forms of “to be”

  18. Be verbs • NOT active = they do NOT show the actions of the sentence (be verbs are passive verbs). • is • am • are • was • were • be • being • been

  19. Activity Change the following sentences by eliminating all be verbs. Also, make the sentences more specific. • The sun set while we were at the beach. • It’s okay; things will get better. • I told my parents I was staying at a friend’s house.

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