23-05-11Notes

Here are today's notes and what we covered for those who missed it. (Feel free to correct anything I may have missed! )


 * Verbs:** a word of phrase that tells what the subject of a sentence is //doing//, //feeling//, //being//, //speaking// or //thinking//.


 * Nouns:** are words used to name people, places or things.


 * Proper Nouns:** Has a capital. Names of particular people, places or things.


 * Common Nouns:** general name of a person, place, thing or idea. **i.e.** //book, table, girl, lady, town, city, imagination, school//


 * Collective Nouns:** a name given to a group of persons or things. **i.e** a //cackle// of hens, a //gaggle// of geese, a //flock// of birds, a //herd// of cows


 * Abstract Nouns:** Things that you can't touch. **i.e** //love, hope, anger, fear//


 * Adverb:** describes the verb or adjective


 * ADVERBIAL PHRASES: ** Act like adverbs. They tell how, when, where or why something happens.


 * Place:** //next door, under the chair, at home, over there//


 * Time: (extent: how far, how often, how long)** //in the evening, last weekend, at ten o'clock, by midnight//


 * Manner: (in what way, by what means [THE WHAT])** //by train, like a soldier, with a knife, like a dream, with a broom//


 * Cause: (why)** //for that reason, because of bad weather, through mismanagement, due to her efforts//


 * Contingency: (what if, although)** //in case of emergency, in case of cancellation, they let him play in-spite of their misgivings.//


 * Matter: (what about)** //"regarding your question..." "....about the situation"//

**//JESS you are a legend. THANK YOU!! Copying and pasting this into my own document RIGHT NOW!//** **//Em x//** **//﻿//** //That looks great Jess, thanks. The only other thing I can see on my notes is Adjectives. I will write these down now.// //﻿// //**Adjective**: A describing word that adds meaning to a noun or pronoun.// //Eg: A// **//tall//** //boy. A **small** cat. She is **happy**. The clown costume was voted the **craziest**.// //**Quantity Adjective:** eg: fifty// //**Opinion Adjective**: eg: beautiful, fantastic// //**Factual Adjective**: eg: burnt, fire// //Nic﻿// //﻿// //﻿//  //﻿//
 * //Classifying Adjective:// ** //eg: old//