A brief PowerPoint over two of the most important parts of speech in English; nouns and adjectives

1. English Grammar:Nouns and Adjectives Erin Hendry EDU 290 T/TH 12:30

2. Nouns People, places, things and ideas Ex. 1: The kinggivesorders to his men Ex. 2: The family moved to Kentucky. Ex. 3: There were snakes. Ex. 4: Patrick had to make a choice. Clip Art http://www.blairoaks.k12.mo. us/TeacherPages/Deggen/Pict ures/School%20Clip%20Art/la _parts_of_speech.gif

3. Nouns Con.’t Three Categories Common / Proper Abstract / Concrete Collective Walker, Bonnie L. Basic English Grammar. North Mankato: MediaMaterials, 1990. Pg. 62 Print. Picture: http://youngteammanager.com/web/pictures/nouns.jpg

4. Sub-categories Singular / Plural s / es ships or dishes y  ies city  cities / keys f  s roof  roofs Walker, Bonnie L. Basic English Grammar. North Mankato: Media Materials, 1990. Pg. 62 Print. Pictures: Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Clip Art to

5. f  v leaf  leaves o  es / s hero  heroes rodeo  rodeos http://www.hilaryjames.co.uk/images/products/singleleaf2.jpg to http://i.pbase.com/g3/00/507600/2/55197561.IMG_07221copy.jpg

6. Possessive Ownership Apostrophe Ends in s Easily mixed up! Examples: We bought some water bottles. The water bottle’s label was torn off. 2. The books were misplaced. The book’s cover was eye-catching .

7. ADJECTIVES Descriptive words Characteristics He is a nice man. Quantity There were three apples. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/65525813_5ab4f12340.jpg Demonstrative That boy there. Possessive They went and saw their aunt.

8. Adjective Articles A, An, The Before nouns in sentences A He saw a zebra An They ate an apricot for a snack. The I need the book to finish reading.

9. Adjectives Capitalized Proper nouns  proper adjectives Proper noun: I am from America Proper adjective: He is an American solider. Walker, Bonnie L. Basic English Grammar. North Mankato: Media Materials, 1990. Pg. 62 Print.

10. Adjectives Nouns  Adjectives Numbers They owned three dogs. Several students raised their hands

11. Possessive / Demonstrative Nouns - Possessive That is Mr. Merrill’s classroom. We went to the library’s café. Along with: That is my brother’s car Demonstrative Answer the question, which one? That player is on our team!

12. Comparison People or things Positive Strong, easy, big Comparative Stronger, easier, bigger Superlative Strongest, easiest, biggest Careful  More careful  Most careful Good  Better  Best

13. Bibliography Pictures: http://www.blairoaks.k12.mo.us/TeacherPages/Deggen/Pictures/School%20Clip%20Art/la_parts_of_speech.gif http://www.hilaryjames.co.uk/images/products/singleleaf2.jpg http://i.pbase.com/g3/00/507600/2/55197561.IMG_07221copy.jpg http://youngteammanager.com/web/pictures/nouns.jpg Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Clip Art http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/65525813_5ab4f12340.jpg

14. Bibliography Information Walker, Bonnie L. Basic English Grammar. North Mankato: Media Materials, 1990. Pg. 62 Print.