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.elove, 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: Atallboy. 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 Classifying Adjective:eg: old Nic
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
Classifying Adjective: eg: old
Nic