10 Minutes of Book Love

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Upcoming Grammar Quiz: Vocabulary Using your notes sheet, copy down the definitions and examples that follow By next Tuesday, write an example of your own for each word

Adjective A word, such as heavy, red, or sweet, that is used to describe (or modify) a noun

Adverb A word, such as very, really or slowly, that is used to give more information about an adjective, verb, or other adverb.

Conjunction A word that is used to link other words or parts of a sentence, such as and, but, or if.

Interjection A sound, word, or phrase expressing an emotion or feeling such as anger, surprise, pleasure, or pain (e.g. Ow!; That’s great!).

Preposition A word that is used in front of a noun or pronoun to show place, time, direction, or method. For example: She ran across the street. The restaurant is not open during the day. We went by train.

Verb A word that describes what a person or thing does, or what happens, for example run, sing, grow, occur, seem.

Pronoun A word such as I, he, she, it, we, hers, us, your, or they that is used instead of a noun to indicate someone or something that has already been mentioned, especially to avoid repeating the noun. For example: Kate was tired so she went to bed. Print out the leaflet and pass it round.

Noun A word that refers to a person, place, or thing, for example book, John, country, London, or friendship.

Clause A group of words that contains a verb and either forms part of a sentence or is a complete sentence in itself. For example: I went to the bank and drew out some money. [clause] [clause]

Phrase A small group of words that forms a meaningful unit within a clause, for example the red dress; in the city

Modifier A word or phrase that changes, restricts, or adds to the meaning of another word, often a noun or adjective used before another noun. Adverbs can also act as modifiers, for example, in the following sentence, very [adverb], large [adjective], and family [noun] are all being used as modifiers to give more information about the noun home: Example: It was a very large family home.

Predicate The predicate is the part of a sentence (or clause) which tells us what the subject does or is. To put it another way, the predicate is everything that is not the subject. The boy down the street is a bully He stole my lunch money last week

Subject The subject of a sentence is generally the person or thing that the sentence is about, often the person or thing that performs the action of a verb. For example: The restaurant was packed. He was eating a sandwich.

Object The person or thing affected by a verb, for example: He was eating a sandwich. She loves animals.

Verbals Verbals are a verb form which functions as a noun or an adjective Fruit and vegetables are an important part of a balanced diet

Find your 8 o’clock partner Bring your notes sheet with you! In your writer’s notebooks, come up with example sentences that feature the five terms you are both least familiar with

Homework: Review for your required reading assessment tomorrow Review these terms for a vocab quiz on Tuesday Independent reading assessment next Monday