Parts of Speech:

The

Building

Blocksof Language

Simple reality:

nouns +

verbs

Descriptive reality:

adjectives +

adverbs

Connective reality:

conjunctions +

prepositions

Simple reality

Nouns:

concrete nouns

abstract nouns

proper nouns

pronouns

-ideas & emotions

-things you can touch or see

-names of people, places, things-in place of the noun

Test:

Nouns

jellohappiness Saddamtheyglassregretkeyalaska

imaginationShaqitantclockmusicIGlendale

Simple reality

Verbs: action verbs

linking verbs

helping verbs

-verbs that show action

-verbs that link to description

-verbs that ‘help’ other verbs

Action Verbs :

Congress The clown Melissa We The movie

voted. laughs. smokes. stopped. ended.

Linking verbs:

Congress The clown Melissa We The movie

is divided.was angry.seems sad.become old.looks good.

. .

.

Helping verbs:

Congress The clown Melissa We The movie

may vote.might sing.can try.would forget.could start.

. .

.

angry. lazy.

Verbs

Test:

I might change my mind.

Hurricane Sue seemed strong. The fireman rescued the kitten.

Verbs

Test:

1. Diana seems happier since she broke up with Dan.2. After the earthquake, the bridge collapsed.3. During the dog show, the poodle appeared confident.4. I might skip class today if I still have a headache.5. Barry broke his ankle when he slid into second base.6. With $5,000 dollars in the bank, we can afford a trip.7. During Nancy’s speech, the class became restless.8. Unfortunately, my grandmother did forget her medicine.9. The cruise ship sank in the waters off Puerto Rico.10. When I graduate from college, I will party for two days.

happier

confident.skip

affordrestless.

forget

party

Descriptive reality

Adjectives:

Add to the noun

carmandream

red tall scary

Descriptive reality

Adverbs:

Add to the verb

runthinksleep

quicklycarefullycomfortably

Adjectives & Adverbs

My sister took the sick dog to the vet.

I ran backwards at football practice.

The nurse put a new bandage on my leg.

The tower in Pisa leans more each year.

Adjectives & Adverbs

Test:

1. For years, the picture hung crooked on the wall.2. My cousin laughed out loud when I tripped.3. The man was arrested for using a stolen credit card.4. The purple stain ruined my favorite shirt.5. The doctor asked me to cough again. 6. Hector spoke softly on his cell phone.7. Bad weather prevented us from going to the beach.8. The hiker encountered a wild pig in the woods.9. My dog barks aggressively at strangers.10. The cheerleaders ordered new uniforms.

hunglaughed

credit card.stain

coughspoke

weather

barksuniforms.

pig

Connective reality

Conjunctions:

to join with

and / orbut / yetfor / sonor

Conjunctions:

food right poor defeated neither love rejected bleeding

and wateror wrongbut happyyet optimisticnor moneyso angry (=therefore)

for wounded (=because)

Prepositions:

in, on, at, to, of, by, for, with, from

above, across, after, against, along,around, among

below, beside, behind, beneath, between, beyond

inside, outside, into, onto, under,over, through, until

Prepositions:

Your wallet is in.

My car is parked beside.

I will meet you at.

beside the house.

at six o’clock.

in my pocket.

Connective reality

Prepositions:

in under beside around at after

the gardenthe umbrellasthe parking spacesix o’clock in the morningdaybreakthe bell rings

Prepositions

Test:

1. I took my dog on a walk.

2. The fire truck stopped behind the burning car.

3. Ana left her homework in her backpack.

4. The company must pay its debt before noon.

5. My father got a job at the L.A. zoo.