Copy Grammar Log # 7 Conjunctions and Interjections into Grammar Log

CONJUNCTIONS

CONJUNCTIONS are linking words which connect items in lists, compound sentences, compound subjects, and compound predicates.

Ex. The girls went to the mall, and they went shopping.

The girls and the boys went to the birthday party.

The boys ordered and ate four pizzas.

SOME COMMON CONJUNCTIONS:

and but or yet

because although either neither

also

;;;;A semi-colon replaces a comma and conjunction in a compound sentence.;;;; 

INTERJECTIONS

INTERJECTIONS are words which show feeling or emotion and are used at the beginning of a sentence.  Interjections have no grammatical connection with the rest of the sentence.

Ex. Oh, I will be there.

Wow, that sounds great.

Rats! I didn’t finish my homework.

INTERJECTIONS – are either punctuated by a comma (,) or an exclamation point (!).

Copy Adverbs Grammar log #6 into your Grammar notebook - By Wednesday 5/15

ADVERBS

ADVERBS – a word that modifies or describes an action. They may also describe an ADJECTIVE or another ADVERB.

ADVERBS tell how, where or when an action takes place. They often end in “-ly” but not always.  Yesterday, today,  tomorrow, here, often, never and sometimes are examples that don’t end in “ly.”

Ex. – Suddenly, the students understood.(When did they understand?)

Mark drew the lines evenly. (How did he draw the lines?)

Some examples of words that end in –ly that are NOT ADVERBS are:

curly - sly - burly

Adverb types:  Time                        Manner                Place

                tells when                tells how                tells where

Homework -Copy Grammar Log #5 into notes

VERBS

ACTION VERB – a word that shows mental or physical action or

movement.

BEING VERB – the verb “to be” -  There are 8 verbs of being:

be - being – been – am – is – are – was - were

There are 8 because of agreement in number(singular or plural) and tense (conjugation.)

HELPING VERB – a verb used with an action verb to help express tense –past, present, future.  Used with a action verb to create a verb phrase.  ex. - I will sing the National Anthem at the dance.

LINKING VERB –a verb that does not show action but links the subject to the predicate (appear, look, seems, become, feel, grow, remain, stay)  This cake LOOKS good.

Predicate - The verb or verbs being done by the subject in a sentence.

Conjugate - To change the tense of a verb

Present                   Past                 Past Participle                Future

Regular Verb- Ends with “d” or “ed” when conjugated into past tense.

ex.  jump                jumped                jumping

Irregular Verb - The word changes when conjugated

ex.  break                broke                has broken

       sing                sang                  have sung

Participle - A verb ending in “ed” or “ing” used as an adjective.

ex. The laughing girl spit her gum onto the table.

Gerund -  A verb ending in “ing” used as a noun. May be a subject, object of prep., direct object or predicate noun.

ex.  Running is great exercise.

ELA "Balance" responses should be turned in prior to tomorrow's class

Homework - Spend 20-30 minutes organizing ideas for your written response

Homework - Copy Grammar Log 4: Adjectives into your grammar notebook

GRAMMAR LOG #4

ADJECTIVE - modifies or makes a noun or pronoun more specific

ADJECTIVES -  help to create mental pictures or images that make our  language more interesting.  Shapes, colors,  sizes, numbers are common adjectives.

Ex. – The small children played at recess.

ADJECTIVES CAN ANSWER 3 QUESTIONS:

1. How many?
2. Which one?
3. What kind?

ADJECTIVES can be proper nouns used to describe (ex. Irish,

American,French)

The 3 ARTICLES – a, an, the – are always ADJECTIVES.

POSSESSIVE NOUNS & POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS are also used as

ADJECTIVES (ex. his book, their house, my class, Kali’s notebook)

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS are also used as ADJECTIVES (ex. this,

that, these, those)

PROPER ADJECTIVE -  is an ADJECTIVE formed from a proper noun – it must be capitalized (ex. the PROPER NOUN Spain forms the PROPER ADJECTIVE Spanish).

PARTICIPLE – a verb ending in “-ed” or “-ing” that are used as adjectives (ex. laughing – The laughing girl was having fun.

 (ex. collapsed – The collapsed bridge was closed.

Prepositional Phrases - may be used as adjectives.  (ex.  The bus around the corner waited for students.)

Superlatives - Adjectives compare in three forms:

Positive:                        Comparative:                        Superlative:

good                                better                                best

bad                                worse                                worst

Ch. 18-23 vocab quiz on Wednesday

Sentence word bank:   Create sentences that prove you understand the meaning of the word.  You may add/delete prefixes or suffixes and change the derivation of the word to fit your sentence.

burden     languid     solace      habitation       plea      subtle       meager      lethargy        

 imperceptible           awe       peril