January Grammar Lesson

January Grammar Lesson

Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs

Noun

• person, place, animal, or thing

• Proper noun = a name

• Abstract noun = invisible like an idea

• Example: ...

Multiple Choice

Select the noun in the sentence:

My brother decided to stay awake all night.

• My

• brother

• to

• stay

• awake

Multiple Choice

Select the proper noun in the sentence:

We drove to Colorado over the weekend.

• We

• drove

• to

• Colorado

• weekend

Verb

• show action what a noun does

• action verb (jump/eat)

• helping verb (am/is/have)

• linking verb (was/be)

• Other examples: ...

Multiple Choice

Select the verb in the sentence:

At the haunted house, Tyler screamed in fear.

• haunted

• Tyler

• screamed

• in

• fear

Multiple Choice

Select the verb in the sentence:

The man was late to work.

• man

• was

• late

• to

• work

Adjective

• describes a noun

• use 5 senses (look, smell, taste, feel, sound)

• shows how many

• show what kind

• Examples: ...

Multiple Choice

Select the adjective in the sentence:

Nathan bought a red car.

• Nathan

• bought

• red

• car

Multiple Choice

Select the adjective in the sentence:

There are three boys in my reading group.

• are

• three

• boys

• reading

• group

Adverb

• describe actions (verbs)

• tell when, where, how, or how often

• most end with -LY

• Examples: ...

Adverbs Practice

• I hope my Amazon package will arrive soon.

• We ate a picnic lunch outside.

• I got my package yesterday.

• The boys ran quickly at recess.

• I always order Coca Cola.

Multiple Choice

Select the adverb in the sentence:

The happy cat purred loudly.

• happy

• cat

• purred

• loudly

Multiple Choice

Select the adverb in the sentence:

We carefully picked up the broken glass.

• carefully

• picked

• broken

• glass

Are you ready? Use your notes!

Multiple Select

Select the 2 nouns in the sentence:

*pick 2 answers*

The boy looked outside for his lost phone.

• boy

• outside

• lost

• phone

Multiple Choice

Select the verb in the sentence:

The boy looked outside for his lost phone.

• phone

• looked

• outside

• lost

• boy

Multiple Choice

Select the adjective in the sentence:

The boy looked outside for his lost phone.

• boy

• looked

• outside

• lost

• phone

Multiple Choice

Select the adverb in the sentence:

The boy looked outside for his lost phone.

• looked

• boy

• lost

• outside

• phone