Bell Ringer 9_12_14.notebook September 12, 2014

Bell Ringer Pair the following words with their correct Noun: part of speech: Person, place, thing, or ideas. Noun Adjective Adverb Verb There are many different types of nouns. Here are a few: proper nouns, common nouns, eagerly articulate collective nouns, possessive nouns, and vague bold tumble warmly compound nouns. dismal deeply movie success hurt student is Examples: exam finally angelic Common Nouns: man, mountain, state, ocean, airline Proper Nouns: Walt Disney, Mount Kilimanjaro, Minnesota Abstract Nouns: love, wealth, happiness, pride

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Verb: Adjectives: A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being. There Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. are two kinds of verbs, action verbs and state of being verbs (also know as linking verbs). Examples: Examples: bright yellow sun He swims. (action) funky monkey He is president. (state of being) Bart's football There is also a third category of verbs. They are the helping Adjectives answers at least one of these adjective questions. verbs. Helping verbs help main verbs and cannot stand alone. 1. Which one? (yellow, the, that) I will play the piano. (will = helping verb, play = action verb) 2. What kind? (furry, plastic, special) I will be your best friend. (will = helping verb, be = linking verb) 3. How many? (sixteen, several, many) 4. Whose? (Caroline's, his, its, John's)

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Adverbs: Adverbs modify (or "describe") verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Most of the time an adverb will end in ­ly, but not always. Examples: Person in the room (male) ______­Your face is extremely red. A place ______Extremely is an adverb describing the adjective red. Adverb ______­We will eat there. Plural noun ______There is an adverb describing the verb will eat. Verb ______­The baby crawled very slowly. Verb ending in "ing" ______Very is an adverb describing the adverb slowly. Adjective ______Adverbs answer one of these adverb questions. Adjective ______1. How? (happily, really, quite, peacefully) Adjective ______2. When? (tomorrow, now, yesterday, never) Adjective ______3. Where? (here, there, everywhere) Person in the room (female) ______4. To what extent? (very, so, too, quite, rather) Noun ______5. Why? (because he wanted soup) Adverbs that answer this question Noun ______are typically adverbs that are made up of more than one word, such as an adverb clause. Adverb ______Person in the room ______

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Exit Ticket! Give an example of: Two Nouns ______Two Verbs ______Two Adjectives ______Two Adverbs ______

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