Parts of Speech, SVA, and Fragments

Sarah Morris

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How do you format your paragraphs?

What is a noun?◦ Person, place, thing

Sarah, building, cat What is a verb?

◦ Expresses an action or state of being Run, talk, am

What is an adjective?◦ Describes a noun or pronoun

Red, scary, smart What is an adverb?

◦ Describes a verb, adjective or adverb Quickly, extremely, really

Parts of speech worksheet

Parts of Speech

A sentence with something missing◦ Where the bank?◦ Japan many different kinds of cars.

What is missing? The verb

◦ Is a nice girl.◦ Rides horses.

What is missing? The subject Practice activity 12

What is a fragment?

Subject Verb Agreement◦ What does that mean?◦ Page 40 chart

Each person take a section, read it, and explain it to the class (split part 1 if necessary)

Activity 5 on the board Activity 4- rewrite the incorrect sentences Activity 6- As a class

What is SVA?

What is a simple sentence?◦ Independent clause with a complete thought

S + V + (O)◦ Derek goes to school on Friday.

Simple subject and verb◦ Juan and George play football every afternoon.

Compound subject◦ Amy walks to the library and studies everyday.

Compound verb◦ Write five simple sentences- 1 with a compound

subject, 1 with a compound verb.

Simple Sentences

Fragment Practice Worksheet