ADJECTIVE, NOUN, or VERB?!?!? They decided that the hedge needed a trim. Their hedges always look trim and neat. We usually trim the tree with homemade ornaments. YIKES…be careful…look for the subject-verb-object to figure out number 1! (1) Some exceptionally wealthy people kept carriages, (2) but these were (3) usually heavy vehicles that were pulled (4) by two or more horses. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ REVIEW THE TIPS SHEET I ORIGINALLY GAVE YOU FOR THE Pronouns, ‘Nouns, and Verbs’ TEST! Also, REVIEW ANY EXERCISES WE DID OR NOTES THAT WE TOOK REGARDING PARTS OF SPEECH ;-) OTHER IMPORTANT TIPS: To determine S-V-O, get the prepositional phrases out of the way first! Nouns are always the object of a preposition! Review the endings common to: nouns, adjectives, adverbs Review the questions each part of speech answers Object of an action verb = noun (direct object) Object of a linking verb = adjective since it the subject (noun) to a description ‘links (adjective) To determine if a Verb has an object or not (transitive or intransitive), get the prepositional phrases out of the way first! To determine if a verb phrase is action or linking, look at the main verb, which is the last verb in the sequence! is an adverb!!!! “Not”
ADJECTIVE, NOUN, or VERB?!?!? They decided that the hedge needed a trim. Their hedges always look trim and neat. We usually trim the tree with homemade ornaments. YIKES…be careful…look for the subject-verb-object to figure out number 1! (1) Some exceptionally wealthy people kept carriages, (2) but these were (3) usually heavy vehicles that were pulled (4) by two or more horses. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ REVIEW THE TIPS SHEET I ORIGINALLY GAVE YOU FOR THE ‘Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs’ TEST! Also, REVIEW ANY EXERCISES WE DID OR NOTES THAT WE TOOK REGARDING PARTS OF SPEECH ;-) OTHER IMPORTANT TIPS: To determine S-V-O, get the prepositional phrases out of the way first! Nouns are always the object of a preposition! Review the endings common to: nouns, adjectives, adverbs Review the questions each part of speech answers Object of an action verb = noun (direct object) Object of a linking verb = adjective since it ‘links the subject (noun) to a description (adjective) To determine if a Verb has an object or not (transitive or intransitive), get the prepositional phrases out of the way first! To determine if a verb phrase is action or linking, look at the main verb, which is the last verb in the sequence! “Not” is an adverb!!!!
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