A quick review for your interactive grammar notebook Grammar time! A quick review for your interactive grammar notebook

Nouns – a person, place, thing, or idea There are different kinds of nouns: Type of Noun Definition Examples Common A generic person, place, thing, or idea. board, teacher, car Proper A specific person, place, thing, or idea. Smart Board, Mrs. Penniston, Dodge Durango Concrete A physical and usually touchable object or substance. board, desk, floor, book, stove Abstract Nouns that identify concepts, ideas, qualities, experiences, feelings silence, love, strength, courage, faith Singular A form of noun meaning one of something. pencil, paper, desk Plural Noun meaning more than one of something. pencils, papers, desks Collective A noun that means a group of individuals. assembly, family, crew

Compound nouns – two nouns joined to make one. Type of Compound Noun Definition Examples Open The adjective is used with it’s noun to create a new noun. living room dinner table full moon Closed Two nouns look like one word notebook bookstore fireman Hyphenated Have hyphens between words. Some may be written as closed nouns. daughter-in-law factory-made ten-year-old

Noun functions in a sentence - how are nouns used in sentences? Definition Example Subject Tells “who” or “what” about the verb. Jonathan ran to school. Predicate noun A noun that renames the subject. Mr. Thomas is the teacher of my class. Direct Object Answers “who” or “what” after an action verb. David threw the ball to John. Indirect Object Tells “to whom” or “for whom” the action is done. Dad gave Brad money to buy the car. Object of preposition The last word in a prepositional phrase. The boy was hurt in the accident. Appositive Explains a noun or pronoun that comes just before it. Rebecca’s sister, Rachel, was an intelligent student.

Verbs - there are different types Definition Example Action A verb that expresses something that a person, animal, object or process in nature can do. Cheri went shopping after work. Linking Verbs that do not express action. They connect the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject. Janice is a shopaholic. Helping (auxiliary) A verb that comes before the main verb in a sentence. Always stands in front of the main verb. There can be more than one helping verb in a sentence. Jane can ride her bike.