Pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions Flashcards
Give some examples of pronouns
I, me, hers, you, he, she, it, we it
Why do we use pronouns
We use pronouns to avoid repetition
Mrs Maganbeharie has a white X6. She drives it to work, identify the pronoun
The pronoun is She
What is an adjective
An adjective describes nouns and pronouns
What do adjectives do
Adjectives add interest and color to sentences
Identify the adjective
The active boy jumped over the small chair
Active and small
Comparing adjectives, If I give you thick, you give me thicker, thickest complete the following, Kind Sad Tiny
Kind, kinder, kindest
Sad, sadder, saddest
Tiny, tinier, tiniest
The above are comparing adjectives
Define a verb
A verb is a doing word or action word
Must every sentence contain a verb
Yes, every sentence must contain at least one verb
Identify the verb
Sharved flew to Durban
Flew
Identify the verb
Sam collects pots and pans
Collects
Identify the verb
I am tidying up my bedroom
Am tyding
How many tenses are there
Three
What are the three tenses
Present
Past
Future
What does the tense do
The tense tells us when the action took place
Today
Yesterday
Tomorrow
Pierre made the tea, what tense is it
Made, therefore done in the past
Today I begin studying
What is the tense
Begin, therefore present tense
On Wednesday, I shall go to the orthodontist
What tense is this
This is the future tense, shall
What do adverbs do
Adverbs tell us more about verbs
What are the three types of adverbs
Manner,
Place ,
Time
Manner type of adverbs end in ly, what would the adverb be if the word is quick,
Hungry
Loud
Proud
Quickly,
Hungrily
Loudly
Proudly
Place adverbs are Here There Nowhere In the below sentence what is the adverb, The boy is sitting over there
There is the place adverb
What is a preposition
prepositions are small words that show a relationship of one thing to another
Where are prepositions normally found
Prepositions are normally found in front of
Nouns
Pronouns
Articles
Identify the preposition
Suvali travelled with Preshnee mosi
With is the preposition
What follows a noun or pronoun
A preposition follows a noun or pronoun
Identify the preposition Over the wall In bed Down the hill Into the bin On the shelf
Over In Down Into On
What are articles
Articles are the words A An The They usually come before nouns or adjectives
What are the two types of articles
Definite articles, the
Indefinite articles, a & an
What are conjunctions
Conjunctions are connecting words
What do conjunctions join
Conjunctions join Two or more sentences together They also join Words Phrases Clauses
Where in a sentence is a conjunction found, beginning, middle or end?
Middle
However, some may be used in the beginning of a sentence, eg
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