Magic Lens What is grammar A way

Magic Lens

What is grammar? A way of thinking about language.

What are the 4 levels of Analysis? Level 1: Parts of speech Level 2: Parts of a sentence Level 3: Phrases Level 4: Clauses

How many parts of speech are there? 8

What are they? Level 1 1. Nouns 2. Pronouns 3. Adjectives 4. Verbs 5. Adverbs 6. Conjunctions 7. Prepositions 8. Interjections

What is a noun? The name of a person, place, thing, or idea

What is a pronoun? A word that takes the place of a noun.

Pronoun example Pronouns are quick little words we say, when we don ’t want to say a whole long noun. Instead of saying Robert Louis Stevenson (whew!) we can just say, he.

What is a subject pronoun? Pronouns used for subjects of verbs and subject complements

List the subject pronouns I you it she he we they

What is an object pronoun? A pronoun used as direct or indirect objects, and objects of prepositions

List the object pronouns me you it her him us them

What is an adjective? A word that modifies a noun or pronoun.

What is an article? a an the

VERBS A word that shows action, being, or links a subject to its subject complement

Action Verbs • Most verbs show ACTION. • They say the noun or pronoun is DOING something. Roberto paddled. He paddled.

Linking Verbs But not all verbs are action verbs. Some verbs are LINKING verbs. A linking verb is like IS. It says the subject IS something. Quackers IS a duck. IS links duck to Quackers.

Adverbs Modifies a verb, adjective or other adverbs Usually ends in –ly Describes how, how often, when and where. EXAMPLES: quickly, happily, noisily The baby cried noisily. How did the baby cry? It cried noisily.

Conjunction A word that joins two words or two groups of words

Coordinating Conjunctions and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet

Correlative Conjunctions either. . . or neither. . . nor not only. . . but also

Preposition Shows the relationship between its object and another word in the sentence sitions Prepo show ION! POSIT

Examples In the tent…. Under the tent…. Around the tent…. . Beside the tent…… On the tent…… Beneath the tent……

Interjection Shows emotion but has no grammatical function

Let’s try it out…. . Label these sentences The brown dog is Bubba. He went under the house.

The brown dog is Bubba. adj noun verb: linking noun

He went under the house. pronoun verb: action prep adj noun Now you write a sentence and have your neighbor label it.

Name the second level of Analysis? Level 1: Level 2: Parts of a sentence Level 3: Level 4:

How many parts of a sentence are there? 2

What are they? Level 2 1. Subject 2. Predicate

Now add the 2 nd Level of Analysis The brown dog is Bubba. adj noun verb: linking noun

2 nd Level of Analysis The brown dog is Bubba. adj noun Complete SUBJECT verb: linking noun Complete PREDICATE

He went under the house. pronoun Complete Subject verb: action prep adj Complete Predicate noun

Now try some on your own. Write 2 sentences and have your neighbor diagram the 2 levels of Analysis.