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English 38 Public

Basic Grammar for Native English Speakers

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#parts of speech

What is a noun?

Person, place, thing, or idea

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Identify the nouns: The wind blew harder and faster than two stallions galloping down a hill.

wind, stallions

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What is a verb?

Action a noun takes

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Identify the verbs: The wind blew harder and faster than two stallions galloping down a hill.

Blew, galloping

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What is a predicate?

the verb and any words with it

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Identify the predicates: The wind blew harder and faster than two stallions galloping down a hill.

"blew harder and faster" and "galloping down a hill"

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What makes a sentence complete?

A subject, a verb (predicate), and a complete thought

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What is a clause?

A subject and a predicate

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What is the function of a preposition?

Tells where an action or noun goes

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What is an adverb?

A word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

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What is an adjective?

A word that describes a noun

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Identify adverbs and adjectives: My super strong brother sat unflinchingly on me for 20 minutes to show me who's in charge.

Adverbs: super, unflinchingly; Adjectives: strong

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What is the purpose of a comma?

It indicates a separation between words, phrases, or ideas in order to prevent misreadings

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Identify the mistake: John, Susy, and I want to eat tomatoes for breakfast, for dinner we'll have tacos.

The comma after breakfast--add a conjunction

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Identify the mistake: Hillary who eats chips every Saturday with guacamole, doesn't like the taste of cilantro.

Add comma after Hillary; off-set unnecessary information

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Identify the mistake: Marcus likes to eat bananas, Karen thinks it's weird that he also eats the peels.

After bananas, add conjunction

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