C.O.W. #1 Concept Of the Week

Noun  Our family is planning a vacation in the Rockies.  Person, place, thing, or idea

Pronoun  She was willing to testify.  A word used to take the place of a noun  Antecedent  The noun the pronoun substitutes  When Paul arrived, he was happy.  Paul is the antecedent for he

Adjective  After a brief intermission, the puppet show resumed.  A word used to describe a noun or pronoun  Answers these questions:  What kinds?  How many?  Which one?  How much?

Verb  The breeze became very chilly.  A word that expresses action

Adverb  Judy Blume is a very popular author of teenage fiction.  A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb  Answers the questions:  Where?  When?  In what manner?  To what extent?

Preposition  All of the students except seniors must register for classes.  A word that relates a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence  Any word that can fit on the blank is a preposition  The squirrel ran______the tree.  Anything you can do to a box or cloud…(most of the time)

Conjunction  Our town has no shopping mall, nor is it about to build one.  A word used to connect other words or groups of words

Interjection  Hurrah! The lost kitten has been found.  A word that expresses strong emotion

Sentences  Every sentence must have a subject and a predicate  Subjects will always be a noun, pronoun, or proper noun  Cat  Dog

 Predicates will always be a verb and say what the subject is or does.  The cat runs.  Runs  The dog eats.  Eats

Do not write this:  Shots in the arm  People in the waiting room  The surgery was successful  I feel wonderful  Then the doctor  And then the cake  We went to the party

Types of Sentences  Declarative  Imperative  Exclamatory  Interrogative

Declarative  This is a statement  The frog is slimy.

Imperative  This is a command that ends with a. or an !  Get your shots before you go to school.

Exclamatory  This is a statement with strong emotion and always ends with an !  The boy is sick from eating a frog!

Interrogative  This is a question and always ends with a ?  Is the boy sick from eating a frog?

COW #1 First name last name Week of: 9/15-9/19 Palpable/adj. Definition: to describe something invisible that is so intense it feels as though is has substance Concept: a declarative sentence with an adverb, adjective, common noun, & proper noun; circle the adverb & adjective, & underline all nouns Sample: The fear of Knott’s Scary Farm was so great; it was almost palpable.

Don’t forget… 1. Declarative sentence 2. Palpable 3. Common noun(s) 4. Proper noun(s) 5. Adverb 6. Adjective 7. Circle adverb 8. Circle adjective 9. Underline all nouns