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    Gibb MSCHOLASTIC m0 oRmNe PRACTICE, PANRUS OF SPEEGH Reproducible Practice Pages PLUS Easy-to-Score Quizzes That Reinforce the Correct Use of Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, and More | | by Harold Jarnicki New York © Toronto * London * Auckland * Sydney New Delhi * Mexico City * Hong Kong © Buenos Aires Teaching CAOM1NCER Introduction |............. 4 What Is a Noun? .............- 6 May | Introduce Proper Nouns? .. 7 What Is a Pronoun? ........... 9 Our Possessive Pronouns ...... 10 We're Pronouns Too! .......... 11 Verbs in Action .............. 12 Linking Verbs.............4.. 13 Helping Verbs ............... 14 More Helping Verbs ........... 15 Get Tense With Verbs ......... 16 Déja Vu! X-Word Review ....... 17 Let’s Get Retro! Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs .......... 18 Quickie Quiz: Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs .... 19 Much Ado About Adjectives .... 21 Outrageous Adjectives ........ Adverb Adventure ............ Fun With Adverbs ............ Dare to Compare ............. 25 Déja Vu! X-Word Review ....... 26 Let’s Get Retro! Adjectives and Adverbs ........ 27 Quickie Quiz: Adjectives and Adverbs ........ 29 Major Wacky Tale! ............ | Presenting Prepositions ....... 32 Prepositional Phrases ......... 34 The...A...An...Article ...... 35 The Conjunction’s Function ....36 Conjunctions Continued ....... 37 Wow! Interjections ........... 38 Déja Vu! X-Word Review ....... 39 Let's Get Retro! Prepositions, Articles, and More ............ 40 Quickie Quiz: Prepositions, Articles, and More ............ 42 Name —What Is a Noun? uM Did you know that words belong to different groups? These groups are called parts of speech. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs (to name a few) are all parts of speech. Wondering If a word is a noun? Just place # or 24e in front of the word. If i¢ makes sense, it's a noun! Let's start with the noun. A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. 244) \; aN a cat (noun) the eat (not a noun) the experience (noun) sh o Most of the words in the Word Showcase are nouns. Write ° s ’ 7 each one in the correct column of the Groovy Noun Chart. 2K Groovy Noun Chart PERSON | PLACE —|:s THING or IDEA | NOT A NOUN kindly rn A AOE Atlantic Ocean v kindly speedy farm Showcase Nod playground player computer apple happiness Africa Rosa Parks harder ¥ Johnny is freedom boy Wendy school teacher swimming elevator town candy girl Disneyland green oxygen serious bear Sweden mayor sneaky Warning: Not all words are nouns. 6 ) No Boring Practice, Piease! Parts of Speech A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, or thing. People’s names Jack Frost Tinker Bell If nm 7 Suoh, — Peru A. People @ Name three people in your class. Write their first and last names: ® Write your teacher's name: ® Name three famous people: Countries, states and provinces, cities and towns, schools, restaurants, stadiums, stores Oswego Free Academy California ee ee | ee always begins with a capital letter, even when it doesn't Pardon me, but did you know that a proper noun begin a sentence? Days and months, holidays, religions, titles, teams and clubs Saturday July San Francisco Giants AE Proper Noun Awesome Treasure Hunt fe B. Places @ Unscramble the names of these countries. Remember to capitalize them properly! ® Write your address: ® Name two cities or towns you would like to visit: €@ Write the name of your school: Nin Honing Practice Pirase! Parts of Speech —May I Introduce Proper Nouns? continued @. Things @ Fill in this chart with particular names of your favorite things. Then compare it with a friend's chart. A Few of My Favorite Things My favorite song My favorite book My favorite TV show My favorite movie My favorite video game My favorite sports team ee eevesesccccsccccsessereree® oo > ee eee Fill in each blank with the correct type of noun to complete this wacky fairy tale Once upon a in a land called there lived a common noun proper noun . Her name was . Unfortunately, she was very sad common noun proper noun because she did not have a Remember: A common noun doesn't need to be capitalized. | dep A proper noun always needs to be capitalized. common noun One day a came to visit her. His name was common noun proper noun "I can help you get what you want,” he said to her. “That would be wonderful!” she exclaimed. “If you can do that, | will give you all the a" in common noun Proper noun So off he went, climbing and fighting . He even common noun common noun visited the dangerous land of , where he was swallowed up by a slimy, proper noun fire-breathing common noun Unfortunately, things just don’t always work out. The End &) No Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech With a pronoun, you don't have to keep repeating the same noun over and over again. i oe ; A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing. searmrnne Ht eraioialnin sneainssneinsmininiermtnintninteiwrseninerninteretere trie eerie ey ‘ ‘ , Personal pronouns: |, you, he, she, it, we, you, they } Tisteseniie SOC L ESSELTE LASSE SEES RE Ree ener en EE a she a Example: Her name is Gina and Gina is happy. \Z Aare Read each sentence. Replace the repeated GK noun with a personal pronoun. 1. The door is squeaky when the door opens. 2. Sally is a good dancer because Sally practices a lot. 3. Dana, Khan, and Jack sang a song that Dana, Khan, and Jack all liked. 4. My family is going on a vacation because my family could use a break. More Personal Pronouns Just like nouns, some personal pronouns do an action and some receive the action. Om nn fam talking to her. i \7 The pronoun | is doing the action, while her is receiving the action. - 4 aa ™~ “ser aa ee; She is talking to me. Here, the pronoun she is doing the action, and me is receiving the action. 8 eee Owe NOOSE ESSE SEE ET SENS TEESE C CREF ETOP SO SEE O TET CS TCR TSS OORT TESTES SC eeE ¢ * Personal pronouns that receive the action include: me, him, her, us, them. ; OPCS OSE ESE EHTS E EERE OETA E ESSERE SESS ECHO SO CO SETHE SSD SES OSes eserseHsseteseseeneed \-) Correct the pronouns in these sentences. \ Oar ? ~ 1. Jorge put he in the crib. ; , ’ pid 2. This book is for she. & oq \o ———— three amigos some shirts lk Fas 5\ many hours fewapples [A P| - | iY 4 yy Circle the adjective in each sentence. Then check whether the adjective tells what kind, which one, or how many. OR What Kind Which One How Many - The yellow sunflowers sway in the wind. . Many leaves have fallen from the tree. . Those kids will surely win the contest. - Mom loves green apples. . That pencil belongs to Luis. . | need to oil my squeaky bike. - Norma owns three dogs . The TV is broken. No Boring Practice. Please! Parts of Sneech (27 Name —Outrageous Adjectives Underline the nouns and circle the adjectives. Then replace each ordinary adjective with an incredible adjective. Beware: There may be more than one adjective in each sentence. bashful delightful ie 1. The éfiipboy sang a dic@song. 7 The bashful boy sang a delightful song. 2. The mean dog was actually a gentle being. ey € ow 3. The shiny car glistened in the hot sun. 4. | couldn't resist that sweet dessert. 5. Dad won't go in that busy store. 6. The odd lady was green yet beautiful. 7. The bad storm caused bad damage. 8. Brave pioneers lived through cold winters. 9. Junior was a lucky child to avoid the awful accident. 10. My old truck almost sank in the soft mud. 22) No Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech Name Adverb Adventure Modify means to change something, usually only slightly. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or even other adverbs. Adverbs usually answer one of these questions. How? How much? When? Where? 1. Jack jumped merrily. How did Jack jump? 2. Jack jumped frequently. How much did Jack jump? 3. Jack jumped early. How cold? Very cold! . a ° a v Ss It was a very cold day. The noun is day. The adjective tells us it was a cold day. The adverb tells us it was a very cold day. The puppy ate very hungrily. Two adverbs: Very tells us how hungrily the puppy ate. Underline the verbs and circle the adverbs. Draw an arrow from the adverb to the verb it modifies, Identify what question the adverb answers: How? How much? Where? or When? A Hint: There may be more than one adverb. Adverbs are not always next to the verbs. Example: Billy @yfullp tan into the giant cream pie. ? How 1, Katharine rode carefully through the busy streets. ? 2. The clown cried wildly. ? 3. | slowly read the recipe for fruitcake. ? 4. The alarm rang loudly when the fire began. ? 5. The fish leaped high out of the water. ? 6. Gently, Dr. Eaton removed the bandage. ? 7. The jockey rode his horse there. ? 8. Earlier, Nikita ate the orange. ? 9. She finished her homework yesterday. ? 10. | spoke softly so the baby would sleep. ? Name —Fun With Adverbs P_ OY SW WL SPL BL R__Y__ CY SL__ CL HO PL LU W__LD__ F__S__ SALT [fuse the adjectives and adverbs from the pool to complete sae the sentences. Make sure your sentences make sense! 1. This is an day. | adverb adjective 2. Alec is wearing a costume. adverb adjective 3. Austin is totally slow adverb adjective 4. In this bus, we'll be late. slowly wicke: adverb adjective ar. 5. Tuesday was for spring. truly beautif adverb adjective _ 6. Jack jumped over the candlestick. ' brightly clever adverb adjective 7. The sea was amazingly viciou: adverb adjective 8. That dog is frightening. incredibly storm) adverb adjective 9. The princess held roses. horribly warm adverb adjective 10. The witch cackled with nastiness. unusually burnin: adverb adjective 2) No Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech Name Adjectives and adverbs are also used to compare things. The most common way t Dare to Co Mmpare serene soa eto Positive Degree ® comparative Degree © Superlative Degree Describing ONE thing ® comparing TWO things ® Comparing THREE or e @ MORE things ‘ot is tithe biggest planet. ¢, Dig, @SiasS lx Mars is big. rae 5 bigger Adjectives with two or more syllables sometimes use more or most to compare things. So do adverbs that end in -ly. Comparative Degree: She is more cheerful than Susan. Superlative Degree: She is the most cheerful person in our class. gee esol Complete the Degrees of Comparison Chart using -er, -est, more, or most, air “ Check out the examples before you begin. ad q POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE 3 + small smaller smallest aq - intelligent more intelligent most intelligent Oo iful 3 . beautifu AG] 2. bright a . young 5 . handsome & . worried as . quietly ® . rapidly 2 . far . late De: . early Some adjectives follow their own rules. Here are some of these big-time rule breakers: good, better, best bad, worse, worst little, less, least many, more, most No Boring Practice. Please! Parte af Sneach (2S Name Across 1. You have more, so | have 4. When using an adjective to describe one thing, use the degree. 8. Most adverbs end in these two letters. 9. | was good, but she was 11. An adverb is not always right the verb. 12. They describe nouns. 13. A question that adverbs answer 15. Another question that adverbs answer 17. That was bad, but this was the of all. 26) no Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech Use your brain power to complete this adjective and adverb puzzle. Down 2. When using an adjective to compare three or more things, use the degre: . When using an adjective to compare two thin use the degree. “It is a very hot day.” In this sentence, the adv is modifying an . Adverbs can modify other 7 10. 14. 16. Modify can mean In grammar, another word for describe What an adjective describes The most common question answered by an adverb is ' Let’s Get Retro! Adjectives and Adverbs Degrees of Comparison: Fill in the chart with the correct adjectives. iA ee etsy palsy lal Superlative better worst tiniest earliest « eWhat Modifies What? <“2>—“ > > Underline the nouns and double underline the verbs. Circle the adjectives wie Y modifies. Draw an arrow from the adverb to the verb it modifies. Example: Thegunnp clown leaped into a Gian} marshmallow. 1. | carefully painted the white picket fence. and box the adverbs. Draw an arrow from the adjective to the noun it / Review your work and get ready for the Quickie Quiz! . Harpo almost scored the winning goal. . The big, old wooden sign fell down. 4. Carefully chew the slippery. snails. 5. Roaring thunderously, the powerful bulldozer effortlessly moved humongous boulders. eeeeneeceeeeeeeeeeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeee No Boring Practice. Please! Parts of Sneech (27 —et’s Get Retro! Adjectives and Adverbs continued An Unexpected Mission Compiete the story using adjectives and adverbs where needed. Have fun, but make sure the story makes sense! It all began one day. | had woken up adjective adverb from a sleep when in through my bedroom window came a adjective creature. adjective “My name is Shmee!” it announced . “| come to your adverb planet to eat ice cream. | adjective adverb adverb want you to take me to the ice-cream parlor you know of.” adjective After recovering from shock, | got dressed and adjective tiptoed out the backdoor with Shmee. adverb We went to the ice-cream parlor in our town. adjective adjective | told Shmee to wait in the bushes so that no on adverb adjective would see him. We had a time. He tried many adjective adverb flavors. There was fudge. adjective adjective adjective He loved it so much he did a flip. Then when he adjective sampled , bubble gum, he adjective adjective laughed like a hundred adverb adjective monkeys. | guess his very favorite flavor had to be ' + adjective adjective adjective cream because after he tasted that, he shook adverb until he disappeared. | never did see Shmee again. 28) no Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech Name: Ct Adjectives and Adverbs peccoces €) True or False: writer for true and F for fase. 2. Ina sentence, you can have two adjectives in a row. 1. Adverbs describe nouns. ies 3. An adverb can modify another adverb. p ____ 4. An adjective can modify another adjective. ‘ _—— 5.Modify means “to change slightly.” e _____ 6. Where is the most common question answered by an adverb. ‘ ___._ 7. The superlative degree of comparison usually ends in -er. ‘ ____ 8. Adjectives describe nouns. e ___._ 9. Most adjectives end in -ly. . ______ 10. In a sentence, you can have two adverbs in a row. | eeeeeeeseseeeeeeoceeesneseoees ee - @ Identify the Part of Speech Sua ——_fop| * Identify whether the underlined word is an adjective or adverb. e 1. Larry ate a big supper. adjective adverb : 2. | will wait patiently for you. adjective adverb : 3. She is a fast runner. adjective adverb e 4. Baxter can run fast. adjective adverb : 5. | hardly bumped you. adjective adverb : 6. He wants to eat that juicy peach. adjective adverb e 7. Chew that bubble gum carefully. adjective adverb : 8. Slippery snails are easy to swallow. adjective adverb : @eeceseeseeseeeeseeseesseeeeneeenenee * © What’s the Question? 2 Write the question (how, how often, when, where) each adverb is answering. . 1, skips hurriedly e 2. eats anywhere a? ; 3. flies early one : 4. walks silently s 5. eats always cece cece es ccceseeeeseseseseeeeses Na Rinring Practicn Olasent ee 6 enamel . (2a —l Quickie Quiz: Adjectives and Adverbs continued @ Degrees of Comparison Complete the chart with the correct degree of each adjective. POSITIVE COMPARATIVE _good beautiful many far @eeeeeeeeeeeoseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ©@ More Degrees of Comparison Fill in the blanks with the correct adjective and degree of comparison. Follow the example. Example: Mike was great, but Aliwas the __ greatest __ of all. 1. | have only a little, but you have even than | do. 2. This is a bright light, but that one is 3. Prince Humperdink was handsome, but Prince Charming was 4. Bob has many cards, but | think you have 5. This kitten is still very young, but that one is even eee @ What Modifies What? Underline the nouns and double underline the verbs. Circle the adjectives and box the adverbs. Draw an arrow from the adjective to the noun it modifies. Draw an arrow from the adverb to the verb it modifies. af - ' Pe “|. Example: The €a@ child cried silently. 1. Grandpa easily painted the old car. 2. The red and white sign stands out. & , 3. In the clear blue sky, cottony clouds rambled. “a SF rt 4. The powerful bulldozer growled loudly. & € ~; fk 3O) No Boring Practice, Piease! Parts of Speech NI — Major Wacky Tale! Complete the story below. Fill in the blanks with correct part of speech. Make sure the story makes sense! A True Story My Uncle Told Me This was one crazy adventure! My Uncle tells some stories. But one adjective proper noun adjective of the _ ones he has ever told me was about the time he went for a walk one superlative adjective morning down in the swamps of adjective proper noun He always took his with him. He never adjective noun—pet proper noun—pet’s name went anywhere without adjective proper noun—pet’s name Well, as the story goes, the two of them had just over the ; verb noun across the and down to the . This was the place they loved the noun noun best, yet as soon as the two got down there, started acting adjective proper noun—pet’s name adverb adverb. First, he began . A couple of seconds later, he was verb ending in “ing” adverb like a that had just eaten too many verb ending in "ing” adjective noun plural noun Then something incredible happened. began and proper noun—pet’s name verb ending in “ing” . Soon he was around asifona verb ending in “ing” verb ending in “ing” adjective . He didn’t stop until his fell off. Then his noun noun noun turned yellow and a was _ from his ears. noun verb ending in “ing” Uncle was . He just turned around and proper noun adjective verb He didn’t stop until he got home. When he got there, was proper noun—pet’s name verb ending in “ing” on his favorite as if nothing had happened. noun Well, that’s a true story. At least, that’s the way Uncle stellt. proper noun No Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech (BT Name A preposition shows the relation of a noun or pronoun to other words in a sentence. It's like a linking word that connects nouns (or pronouns) with other words. A preposition can indicate position «+ ++++e+e+ se} Gronk stood between Blatt and Zitt. A preposition can indicate direction « ee eee+eee se} Birdman climbed up the wall. A preposition can indicate time «eeesseseeeese sR | will make a sandwich after you. A preposition can indicate cause (reason for) **«««s*e}» Eat your mush because it is good for yor A preposition can indicate possession (ownership) «es This is a collection of mine. Pees Check out this chart of common prepositions. ___across _ above _ _ about | butimeaning-except) | for | against _ __around _ __ after except of ____ along _ _below _ at ___ since. _ behind | down |_ before. ____ beside __ _from _during _ between | in past beyond over until by _through into — _ to Some prepositions | off toward | eres aed can indicate more than one thing. | on under _ For example, ov7 can indicate position and time. For can indicate possession and time. with up B32) No Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech presenting Prepositions continued Plunk the Prepositions Seay seapey Example: Indicating time 1. Preposition indicating possession 2. Preposition indicating position 3. Preposition indicating possession 4, Preposition indicating direction 5. Preposition indicating cause 6. Preposition indicating position 7. Preposition indicating position 8. Preposition indicating time 9. Preposition indicating direction 10. (1) Preposition indicating time; (2) Preposition indicating position Find 11 prepositions b in the word grid. The first letter of each a preposition is provided at right. f oO @ Choose a preposition from the Preposition Pool column indicated. @ In the blank, place a preposition that makes sense. Beano played __ after school. Marcel will wait you. Please put that the wall. That is one Mom's best dishes. Get from there now! You can eat it, I cant. | would love to travel our solar system to another galaxy. Let's all dive the swimming pool. You can go | do. Gretel ran the gingerbread house and out the door. the game, | fell my seat. () (2) oe er era TOS 3 On the back of this paper, write a sentence for each preposition you find. oom an * Teeeewreseoeowana® No Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech (3B aos Two kinds of 2 prepositional phrases: 1. adjective phrase 2. adverb phrase A phrase is a group of words. A prepositional phrase is a phrase that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. The Adjective Phrase An adjective modifies a noun, so an adjective phrase does the same thing! Ajax was in shape. In shape is what Ajax (proper noun) is, and in is the preposition that begins the phrase. Use a prepositional phrase from the Adjective Phrase Pool to complete each sentence. Circle the preposition that begins the phrase. Adjective Phrase Pool 1. That money is in here. to the king 2. Carla will eat a frog on her head 3. The dog can fly. for you for lunch with brown fur 4. Jody can stand for 10 seconds. 5. Those colorful chickens belong The Adverb Phrase You know that an adverb can modify a verb. An adverb phrase can do the same thing! Bob ran into the bag. Into the bag tells where Bob ran (verb), and into is the preposition that begins the phrase. Get This! An adverb answers the question how, where, or when about a verb. How can also mean how much or how many. On this page, the adverb phrases modify only verbs. ES) Use a prepositional phrase from the Adverb Phrase Poo! to +) complete each sentence. Circle the preposition that begins Adverb Phrase Pool how? where? when? 1. Zip is _through the hole how? where? when? how? where? when? how? where? when? 2. Norton wrote _ until the cows come home 3. Let's dance _ to the flagpole 4. Climb in the morning how? where? 5. My tongue is frozen BF) no Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech when? between Chip and Skip See here: a fish, a letter, a pie. The...A...An Article An article is a word that goes in front of a noun. Articles answer the question o “which one.” A, an, and the are articles. There are two kinds of articles: 7. indefinite (not specific): A is an indefinite article. Use A before a singular word that begins with a consonant. Aniis also an indefinite article. Use AN before a singular word that begins with a vowel or silent consonant. See here: an apple, an insect, an hour 9. definite (specific): The is a definite article. Use THe when you know which thing you're talking about. See here: I will go to the school. You would say this if the person you were talking to knows which school you meant. Always use a definite article with plurals. See here: We sing the songs. ATS AEG tee Place the correct article in the blank. In some cases, @ Mrs. Jumpstarter is only head coach. you'll have to use your . . judgment. @ Mary is painter. ® Al would like to be animal trainer. @ Bill is American, but | am Canadian. @ This is only way to Grandma's house. @ Dad listensto__——_srradio. @ Please turn off lights. @ The apples are $2.00 pound. © ___ police are checking speeders. @ school has playground. No Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech (3S —The Conjunction’s Function .., ¢ These coordinating conjunctions connect words to words or phrases to phrases. AND: used to add information together. It is the most common conjunction. Example: My bike is gold and blue. | like to eat cookies and mil BUT: used to note a difference Example: Wendy lost the game, but she is still happy. YET: often used to replace but, but not always Example: Wendy lost the game, yet she played well. OR: used to suggest a choice. It is sometimes used with either. Example: Do you want chocolate or vanilla? Either come in or stay outside. NOR: used in place of or when it is used with neither (Neither actually means “not either.") Example: The weather was neither hot nor sunny. SO: used to give a reason for doing what has just been mentioned Example: Hold on tightly so you don't fall. FOR: used primarily as a preposition, but can be used in place of because For is not commonly used as a conjunction. Example: Juliet is sad, for she wants Romeo. It's okay to begin a sentence with 4D or BUT. Just make sure it really is the Conjunetion Junstion Grossweore! Test your knowledge of coordinating conjunctions with this crossword. : Across 3. The most common Down conjunction 5. Paired with neither 6. Can replace but 7. A conjunction 9, Used to suggest a choice 11, Can be partnered with or BE) no Boring practice, Please! Parts of Speech words or groups of words. 2. 4. 8. 10. . It's okay to begin this. with and or but Can replace the word because Not either Can be used to give a reason for something Usually used to note a difference Name Complete each sentence with a word from the Conjunction Pool. Use each conjunction only once. @ Should | stay should | go? @ Neither Ricky Ulysses will get a chance. @® To get to the beach, we will take a car, a train, a plane. @ Dodo is shy, he still likes to perform on stage. @ My computer is broken don't bother sending me @ Please put olives anchovies on my pizza. @ Mom will help, she really needs to rest first. @ Either we start our project today tomorrow. @ Please clean up we can go out and play. @ Watch out Caesar, the Cyclops is hungry! Ay SHAIID GUTS es ee eeeeet ee enon. Complete the sentences using the correct parts of speech. Have you seen the movie called ” —Conjunctions Continued Tits tte) ool email. article adverb "9 adjective noun You must read ” preposition article adverb 1" adjective noun My favorite country-and-western song is ” Can noun verb Can't conjunction pronoun verb Tonight.” preposition article noun e @eeeeoeenve0ee0ee00 No Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech (37 Name _ —_— Wow! Interjections Interjections are short expressions found at the beginning of a sentence. They express excitement or emotion. Awesome! | love my new bike. Oh, we're having pizza again. Interjections that show extreme excitement or emotion are followed by an exclamation point. Cool! We're going to Costa Rica. Ouch! That hurts. Wow! This is great. A comma follows interjections that don't show extreme feelings or excitement. Ah, that feels good. Hey, where are you going? Interjections Pool Radical! Whoa! Oh boy! Cool! Well! Far out! Sweet! Help! Uh-oh! Awesome! On! Yahoo! Totally! Yuck! Excellent! Stop! Boom! » Yippee! Eek! No way! Wow! Yikes! Darn! Hooray! Rats! Bravo! Super! Hey! Ouch! Groovy! Yes! Complete each sentence using an interjection from the box. | must have slipped. You did a great job. I'm not going. It's too dangerous. _ We won! Complete these sentences. Decide if you need a comma or an exclamation point. Awesome Yahoo Eek Oh boy = =— = Excellent a ——— EE BS) no Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech Name Déja Vu f Hint: If you can’t answer a question, 1. The most common conjunction 3. More than one 6. A group of words 9. A part of speech that joins a group of words 10. A conjunction that helps explain a difference 11. A short emotional expression usually found at the beginning of a sentence 12. Kind of article used before a singular word that begins with a vowel or consonant OS 14. A conjunction used to suggest that you have a choice aos é 15. An interjection can end with this punctuation Let's take a trip down Memory Lane! Down 1. Kind of prepositional phrase that modifies a noun 2. Kind of article always used with plurals 3. These link nouns with other words in a sentence .) 4. Kind of prepositional phrase that modifies a verb 5. Prepositions for and of indicate this 7. The, a, or an 8. This preposition can indicate position 3. Conjunction used instead of because 16. Article used before a word that begins with a vowel << No Boring Practice. Please! Parts of Speech (39 Name — Let’s Get Retro! } Prepositions, Articles, and More Inject an . Complete the sentences with your own interjections. interjection 'We won. , I'm not going. , before it’s too late. , that’s amazing. 'I love that song. , I'm sorry | did that. , we missed the bus. 'It's a monster! '! won the lottery. ' That is so cool! Take Your Pick! Circle the correct part of speech for each underlined word. @ Wow, that icicle is so cool! a. conjunction b. preposition c. article d. interjection * @ A moose jumped in the window. a. conjunction b. preposition ce. article dL. interjection ® | got a present from Uncle Shlitzie. a. conjunction b. preposition ¢. article dd. interjection + @ Stand between the squirrels. a. conjunction b. preposition ¢. article d. interjection f @ Bill and Dave will perform tricks. a. conjunction b, preposition ¢. article d. interjection ; @ | was really hungry so | ate the TV. a. conjunction b. preposition ec. article d. interjection : @ The little girl chased the gorilla. a. conjunction b. preposition e. article d. interjection * @ Yuck, here comes a hairball! a. conjunction b. preposition ce. article d. interjection Placing Prepositions: Choose the correct preposition from the Prep Box to complete each sentence. Example: Do you want to jump £0 that pit of vile glop? (Indicating' position) 1. | have one million dollars you. (Indicating possession) 2. There is a monkey your head. (Indicating direction) ~ since 3.1 could eat two dump trucks lam very hungry. (/ndicating cause) by 4. Junior, stay in your room you finish your push-ups. (indicating time) above until 5. Can you fit the hole in that donut? (indicating direction) off 6. | will wait ___ the purple ice-cream truck. (Indicating position) through 7. Who knocked Humpty the wall? (Indicating position) for 4) wo Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech tet’s Get Retro! Prepositions, Articles, and More continued Conjunction 1. Two conjunctions that function as prepositions are Functions ang 2. A conjunction is a word that words or groups of words together. EOE lees eeeEeesS Scrambled! Unscramble the conjunctions then use them to complete the sentences below, tub: ro: os: tye: fro: dan: ron: 1. Do you want snails beetles in your soup? 2. It is summer, it is snowing! 3. Neither Wilma Betty can find a dinosaur. 4. | will shake the tree you can catch the coconut. 5. Rocky can't remember his name he bonked his head. 6. Horatio chased the truck, he couldnt catch it. 7. “Give me a kiss a big hug,” said Auntie Fanny. The Art of Articles Fit inthe bianks with the correct answers. A. 1. The only definite article is . Definite means 2. Two indefinite articles: and B, Choose the best article for each blank. 1. Mary had big, fat lamb. 2.1 want to go to hockey game. 3. president of United States will make his speech now. 4. The Cool Cats are _______sonly team to beat us. 5. | want to be — doctor or _actor when | grow up. No Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech (47 1. /t is a preposition. . ID the Part of Speech: Circle the correct part of speech for each underlined word. 1. Take a pickle from the jar. a. conjunction b. interjection cc. preposition 2. Here comes the pig. a. conjunction b. interjection cc. preposition 3. Awesome! | love it! a. conjunction _b. interjection —_c. preposition 4. You should step over the heap. a. conjunction _b. interjection —_c. preposition 5. Squeeze the sponge so the water comes out. a. conjunction _b. interjection —_c. preposition d. d. d. d. © True or False: write 1 for true and F for false. _____ 2. With a plural, always use a definite article. _____ 3. Or is the most common conjunction. ___. 4. Acomma or an exclamation point can follow an interjection. _____ 5. A preposition begins a prepositional phrase. ____ 6. An interjection is usually one word. _____ 7. Conjunctions join words together. 8. We use a before words that begin with vowels. ____. 9. Definite is the opposite of specific. 10. A, an, and the are articles. article article article . article article @ Define It: Prepositions can indicate five things. What are they? 1 4. 2 retceeepesmers te cause ee . 5 _ Be 4 Z) vio Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech Quickie Quiz: Prepositions, Articles and More continued @® The Art of Articles 5 -& a. Complete the sentences. > o 1. The only definite article is 4s 2. Aand an are called articles. “Wy b. Choose the best article for each sentence. = * 3. Where did you hide money? ae 4. A flower is plant, but a chicken is animal. 5. That movie theater is down street. va 6. | would love to see live dinosaur. ? 7. Queen of England doesn't always wear her crown. e ? 8. He is only one who finished. 4 LA ao 9. We left hour ago. 10. Write story about Tinkerbell. @ Conjunction Function |G; _ /40 a, Fill in each blank correctly. 1. Two conjunctions that also function as prepositions are and 2. A conjunction is a word that words or groups of words. b. Write the seven conjunctions. c. Use each of the above conjunctions once to complete each sentence. 1. You can play if you can throw catch. 2. Caesar come here, I need you. 3. | didn't finish, | got most of it done. , 4 4. Neither Snap Crackle can see Pop. 5 5. It'shot, Ss sd'm going swimming. iP >S 6.lamtired, == Ss: can't sleep. 7. Which would you like, apples __ pears? No Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech @3 | never would have believed something like this could happen if it hadn't happened to me. | helping verb when all of a sudden a came conjunction was the noun, same as above ever seen! verb, past tense preposition, direction preposition, time wl in the adjective verb, past tense adverb noun Minutes passed. I “verb, past tense conjunction out. Was gone? | . verb, Past tense article noun ¢ and . | didn’t verb “ "1 ” adjective me. | verb, past tense “ Just then, article ! 1 couldn't stand it anymore! | home main verb preposition, position noun, place adjective ‘ adjective ‘ adjective toward me! Of course, | verb verb, past tense verb, past tense adjective, superlative As | ‘ helping verb main verb noun adverb verb, past tense as | could. | mean this as adverb I've adjective, superlative noun ,lsawa it. There, | waited | thought it was verb, past tense noun interjection indefinite pronoun noun . interjection ‘ verb, past tense adjective noun verb, past tense preposition, position to myself. “I’m to the verb, past tense , Phas do you verb, past tense interrogative pronoun | me?” article verb, past tense personal pronoun Preposition, position noun me. “Nothing,” said article “ just wanted to verb, past tense conjunction . you.” verbo . To this day, | still verb, past tense fd ) No Boring Practice. Please! Parts of Speech adverb can't believe this happened to me. Answ pee ee eeeeeeeereseereseeeeesoneserereeE SCC CH OSCE H CCFO OBO REE EE EES e What Is a Noun? (p. 6) : Linking Verbs (p. 13) Person Place Thing or Nota ® Draw Arrows Linking | Subject | Complement Idea Noun . Verb johnny Sweden computer kindly . teacher school candy serious $1. The cheese was moldy. was. cheese moldy girl Atlantic Ocean happiness is player playground bear swimming » 2. (am prestient. am I president Rosa Parks Africa freedom speedy . ‘ boy Disneyland elevator green * 3. She grew stronger. grew She stronger mayor farm apple harder : —_~— Wendy town oxygen sneaky « 4. Detention seemed endless. | seemed Detention endless . he May | Introduce Proper Nouns? (pp. 7-8) * 5. The flowers smelled sweet.| smelled flowers. sweet A. People ' : =~ 1, 2, 3. Answers will vary. e 6.1 feél nervous. feel I nervous . ht B. Places © 7. The cake tasted yummy. tasted cake umm 1, Mexico; Canada; United States; Kenya . _— u u 2, 3, 4. Answers will vary. $ 8. Our team looks ready. looks team ready . e a a C. Things ® 9. The tree remained there. remained | tree there 1. Answers will vary. . eh 2. Judaism; Islam; Christianity; Hinduism; Buddhism : 10. The alarm sounded loud. | sounded | alarm loud Wacky Tales: Common and proper nouns will vary. js Helping Verbs! (p. 14) 2 Answers may vary. Possible answers: What Is a Pronoun? (p. 9) : 1. am sitting 5. can swim Fix Itt e 2. has flown 6. have drunk 1. it 3. they e 3. did eat 7. did jump 2. she 4. we . 4. has been singing 8. am running e {Try ltt ¢ More Helping Verbs! (p. 15) i 1. him 3. me . Answers will vary. Possible answers: i 2. her 4. them ° 1. May 6. should ° 2. can 7. should Our Possessive Pronouns (p. 10) : 3. should 8. would or could Fix th ; a 4. might 9. may i 1. theirs 4. his e 5. can 10. could 2. ours 5. its ° 3. hers * Get Tense About Verbs (p. 16) . ; Present Past Future Fix It Up! . | o T paint. T painted. Twill paint. George ran across the street without looking. He almost got » He paints. She painted. It will paint. hit by a car. The driver had to swerve to avoid him. . | grow. | grew. I will grow. He was so scared his face was as white as a ghost. My heart * He grows. She grew. It will grow. was pounding, too. ; / : I flip. | flipped. I will flip, “| will never do that again,” George said, “but that bike over, He flips. She flipped. It will flip. there is mine.” ; . We drive. We drove. We will drive. “The bike just looks like it's yours, George,” | told him, “but = « We know. We knew. We will know. it's mine.” 3 We laugh. We laughed. | We will laugh. x e We're Pronouns Too! (p. 11) © Déja Vu X-Word Review (p. 17) 1. That - demonstrative; his - possessive; it's - personal; . ; " = mine - possessive © = - a fs a cy : 2. Someone - indefinite; her - personal; we - personal : friolsle} |u| Alc[t[t/o[N] (Malin 3. Which - interrogative; he - personal e i [8 M ! | o 4. nobody ~ indefinite . fe] iM ElLPitINIS| iu 5. anyone - indefinite; this - demonstrative . | jo| fi L in] ° Verbs In Action (p. 12) ; a u « Ey Get Into Action! . ful fol M 1. crashed 6. talk . ett E 2. ran 7. swim * INI 3. chugged 8, sings : N) iT]H 4. wave 9. painted ° S 5. hold 10. writes ° lu : = L Amazing Action Verbs: Answers will vary. e kL se | 1 : le e No Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech @s Let's Get Retro! Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs (p. 18) Fill in the Blanks 1. Parts of speech 2. Noun 3. Proper nouns 4. pronoun 5. personal pronouns 6. possessive pronouns Quick Verb Review Check the Verb 1. helping 3. action 5.notaverb 7. to be; linking 2. to be; linking 4. helping 6, linking 8. action Quickie Quiz: Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs (pp. 19-20) A. Here Are the Questions 1, common noun 2. proper noun 3. verb 4. pronoun 5, helping verb B. Noun or Verb? 1. cow, flowers - noun; ate — verb 2. runner, race — noun; can win - verb 3. fish, oxygen - noun; needs - verb 4, Sydney, Australia —- noun; went - verb 5. Moisha, stage — noun; sings, dances — verb C. Proper Noun? Capitalize It! 1. Rayfield's Diner 2. Jane, Brazil 3.1, Jewish, Moslem 4, Tuesday, June 5. Graham, Broadwater Academy D. Possessive Pronouns 1. theirs 3. ours. 5, yours 2. his 4. mine E. Personal Pronouns lus 3, He 5. they 2. She 4. it F. Missing “To Be" Verbs. 1, was 3. were 5. are 2. will be 4. is G. True or False LF SF ST 2.F 4.T H. Do the Verb 1. became 3. should 5. may 2. have 4. sounded 6) No Boring Practice, Please! Parts of Speech Much Ado About Adjectives (p. 21) 1. yellow - what kind 5. That - which one 2. Many - how many 6. squeaky - what kind 3. Those - which one 7. three - how many 4. green - what kind 8. broken - what kind Outrageous Adjectives (p. 22) Adjectives will vary. 2. Theapea dog was actually a gent being. 3. The Shinpcar pee in thedioPsun. 4.1 couldn't resist hab eae 5. Dad won't go in 6. The @dD lady was GteePy 2 ESI 7. The Gad storm caiaedibe ieee: 8. Grave pioneers lived through colwinters. 9. junior was aduckp child to avoid the @whibaccident. 10. My QI@truck almost sank in the sofPmud. Adverb Adventure (p. 23) 1. Katharine through the busy streets. ? How 2. The clown crig @ilalp. ? How 3. \ mi [o m/<|—|4]> n hil ‘zi[clolz jo im A oe F yf wiolR|s|T] Let's Get Retro! Adjectives and Adverbs (pp. 27-28) Degrees of Comparison Positive Comparative Superlative good etter est bad worse worst pretty prettier prettiest tiny tinier tiniest far farther farthest early earlier earliest little less least many more most What Modifies What? aa 1. | (Carefully painted the white picket fence. 2, Harpo aimést scoted the winningegoal. 3. The teff own, 4. the

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