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What are frequent endings of proper adjectives?

-n, -ian, -an, -ese, and -ish

Noun

A person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action

What do adverbs frequently end in? It's a nice little 'red flag' in the sentence possibly indicating an adverb.

-ly

Adjective

Describes a noun. It tells you something about the noun.(what kind, how many, which one)

Verb

Describes an action (doing something) or a state (being something).

which words are interjections

Hey, ouch, wow, no, yes... (etc).

What questions do adverbs answer?

How?, When?, Where?, To what degree or how much?

Name the adjective(s): If I am lucky, I can read an interesting book for a few hours.

I, interesting, few

List of pronouns

I, you, he, she, it, we, they

preposition

It usually comes before a noun or a pronoun or noun phrase. It joins the noun to some other part of the sentence.

Conjunction

Joins two words, phrases or sentences together.

Name the adjective(s): McIntosh apples are usually crisp and juicy.

McIntosh, crisp, juicy

List of interjections.

Ouch!, Hello!, Hurray!, Oh no!, Ha!

interjection

a word used to attract attention, to express a mood or emotion, or to introduce a sentence

What are considered the indefinite articles?

a, an

Which articles are considered adjectives?

a, an, the

Decide whether the adverb capitalized modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb: The sound of your voice is BARELY audible in this loud room.

adjective

Decide whether the adverb capitalized modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb: The stadium was VIRTUALLY silent after our heartbreaking loss.

adjective

Identify the capitalized word as an adjective, noun, or pronoun: BOTH sweaters are made of cotton.

adjective

Identify the capitalized word as an adjective, noun, or pronoun: Here are SOME tokens for the subway.

adjective

Identify the capitalized word as an adjective, noun, or pronoun: The DOLPHIN trainer passed out fish as a reward.

adjective

Identify the capitalized word as an adjective, noun, or pronoun: We have planned a ski trip during WINTER recess.

adjective

Decide whether the adverb capitalized modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb: This speaker choose her words QUITE carefully.

adverb

Decide whether the adverb capitalized modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb: We were VERY definitely told to come to this door.

adverb

subordinating conjunctions a-b (examples)

after, although, as, as...as, as if, as though, because, before (Ex: AFTER it rained, the sun came out." "BECAUSE you left early, you avoided most of the traffic." "We hoped you'd call BEFORE you drove over."

What are some adverbs that don't end in -ly?

afterward, already, also, back, even, far, fast, forth, hard, instead, late, long, low, more, near, next, not, now, often, slow, sometimes, still, straight, then, today, tomorrow, too, yet

What modifies or describes a noun or pronoun?

an adjective

What is considered a definite article?

the

Name the adjective(s): I would watch gentle sunrises and spectacular sunsets every day.

gentle, spectacular

Search for the adverb(s): The children tried hard to please their mother on her birthday.

hard

Search for the adverb(s): It rained heavily for most of the night.

heavily

Name the adjective(s): The hot sand burned my feet.

hot

Which type of adverbs introduce questions? (How?, When?, How often?, and Where?)

interrogative adverbs

conjunctions are words which...

join words, phrases , or clauses

The capitalized word is the adverb. Find the word it modifies: The alarm seemed UNUSUALLY loud.

loud

The capitalized word is the adverb. Find the word it modifies: The moon was ALMOST never visible because of the clouds.

never

Search for the adverb(s): One is never too old for a day at the zoo.

never, too

Identify the capitalized word as an adjective, noun, or pronoun: Do you wear sweaters during the WINTER?

noun

Identify the capitalized word as an adjective, noun, or pronoun: My grandfather worked as a COWBOY in Montana.

noun

List of prepositions

on, in, by, with, under, through, at

correlative conjunctions are conjunctions used in _ to join _ types of items

pairs, similar

The capitalized word is the adverb. Find the word it modifies: The SURPRISINGLY pale bather sat under an umbrella.

pale

Identify the capitalized word as an adjective, noun, or pronoun: BOTH of the twins look like their mother.

pronoun

Identify the capitalized word as an adjective, noun, or pronoun: Martha picked daisies and arranged SEVERAL in a vase.

pronoun

Identify the capitalized word as an adjective, noun, or pronoun: SOME of these snakes are poisonous.

pronoun

Identify the capitalized word as an adjective, noun, or pronoun: Sandy paid very little for THIS.

pronoun

What are formed from proper nouns?

proper adjectives

Search for the adverb(s): On a really quiet night, you can hear a train whistle far in the distance.

really, far

Name the adjective(s): Listening to the regular sound of waves hitting the beach can soothe jangled nerves.

regular, jangled

Name the adjective(s): Everyone enjoys a relaxing day at the beach.

relaxing

Name the adjective(s): The agents found the secret documents in an old suitcase.

secret, old

The _ takes the place of a coordinating conjunction when independent clauses are joined

semicolon

List of adverbs

slowly, intelligently, well, yesterday, tomorrow, here, everywhere

These adjectives answer the question: How much?

some, more, less

Search for the adverb(s): I still miss the friends that I left behind at my old school.

still, behind

Search for the adverb(s): The tree trunks still smoldered long after the forest fire.

still, long

What kind of conjunction? "Come over early UNLESS you are too busy."

subordinating

What kind of conjunction? "WHILE you were away, the carpenter ants were evidently devouring that beam."

subordinating

What kind of conjunction? "We hoped you'd call BEFORE you drove over."

subordinating

Name the adjective(s): I can see about ten umbrellas from where I am standing.

ten

subordinating conjunctions t-u

than, that, though, till, unless, until

Search for the adverb(s): Put the new bookcase there, please.

there

These adjectives answer the question: Which one?

this, that, these, those

Decide whether the adverb capitalized modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb: The dictator CALLOUSLY disregarded the wishes of his people.

verb

Decide whether the adverb capitalized modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb: The speaker was SOMEWHAT annoyed that the microphone wasn't working properly.

verb

Dependent or adverbial clauses begin with subordinating conjunctions and modify...

verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

List of verbs

walk, talk, think, believe, live, like, want

subordinating conjunctions w

when, whenever, where, wherever, whether, while, why

Name the adjective(s): Those umbrellas protect sensitive skin from harmful sunlight.

those, sensitive, harmful

Search for the adverb(s): Fun, food, and football go together.

together

Decide whether the adverb capitalized modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb: Have you learned YET who won the championship?

verb

Decide whether the adverb capitalized modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb: My grandparents USUALLY go to bed at ten o'clock.

verb

Find the adverb and the word(s) it modifies: The wind was bitterly cold during the month of December.

Adverb: bitterly Modifies: cold

Find the adverb and the word(s) it modifies: I heard your question clearly, but I don't know the answer.

Adverb: clearly Modifies: heard

Find the adverb and the word(s) it modifies: The Indian rugs were incredibly expensive.

Adverb: incredibly Modifies: expensive

Find the adverb and the word(s) it modifies: The votes for mayor are still being counted.

Adverb: still Modifies: are being counted

Find the adverb and the word(s) it modifies: We cleaned the house thoroughly last week.

Adverb: thoroughly Modifies: cleaned

Demonstrative

They demonstrate (or indicate): This, that, those, these.

Interjection

Unusual word, stands alone. expresses emotion or suprise. followed by an exclamation mark.

Pronoun

Used instead of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun.

Adverb

Usually describes a verb. It tells you how something is done. (how, when, where, and why)

What modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb?

an adverb

What is the emphasis adverb?

an intensifier

Examples of conjuntions

and, but, or, so, because

coordinating conjunctions are

and, or, but, for, nor, so, yet (say it fast, as in: "andorbut, fornoryetso"

These are adjectives

big, yellow, thin, amazing, beautiful, quick, important

Name the adjective(s): I look for colorful shells and more rocks for my collection.

colorful, more

"weaker" interjections are set off by...

commas from other words in the sentence

What kind of conjunction? "Jasper AND Eleanor wore fancy clothes to the wizard ball."

coordinating

3 types of conjunctions

coordinating, subordinating, and correlative

What kind of conjunction? "Get psyched, Susie, cause EITHER you OR she will win that race today."

correlative

What kind of conjunction? "NOT ONLY were you helpful to the new student, BUT you were ALSO kind."

correlative

List of nouns

cowboy, theatre, box, thought, tree, kindness, arrival

The capitalized word is the adverb. Find the word it modifies: By suppertime the snow was QUITE deep.

deep

subordinating conjunctions join _ or _ clauses to the rest of the sentence

dependent adverbial

correlative conjunctions are (examples)

either...or, neither...nor, both...and, not only...but also

coordinating conjunctions connect or join words of _ rank

equal (Two words: "Sam AND Susie are siblings." Two phrases in brackets: "We ran [over the hill] AND [across the field]."

subordinating conjunctions e-s

even if, even though, how, if, once, provided that, since, so that

for strong interjections a/an __ will be used

exclamation point

What are some commonly used intensifiers?

extremely, just, more, most, nearly, only, quite, rather, really, so, somewhat, too, truly, very