Cornell Notes: 8 Parts of SpeechMain Idea/Question Notes Noun: A word that names a person, place, thing or idea

Pronoun: A word used in place of noun

Verbs: A word that shows action, being, or links a subject to a subject complement

Adjective: A word that modifies, or describes a noun or a pronoun

Adverb: A word that modifies, or describes a noun or pronoun

Preposition: A word that shows a relationship between its object and another word in the sentence

Interjection: A word that shows emotion but has no grammatical function

Conjunctions: A word that joins two words or two groups of words

Cornell Notes: GrammarMain Idea/Question Notes

What is Grammar? The way we think about language.

How many levels are there? 4

What is the First Level? Parts of Speech

How many parts of speechare there? 8 different parts of speech

Cornell Notes: NounsMain Idea/Question NotesCommon Nouns A general name for a person, place, thing or idea.

mountain studentProper Nouns Name of a particular person, place thing or idea.

Mount Whitney MeganCollective Noun Names a group of people or things

ex. Pack, team, jurySingular/Plural One/More than onePossessive Noun Shows ownership ‘s or s’ APOSTROPHECompound Noun 2 or more words used together as 1 noun

ex. Toothbrush, runner-up, dining room

Cornell Notes: PronounsMain Idea/Question NotesPronouns: a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun.Possessive pronouns: used to show ownership or relationship

ex. Her, his, ours, theirs *NO APOSTROPHESubject pronouns: used as the subject of a sentence

ex. I, you, he, she, it we, you, theyObject pronouns: used as the object of the verb or a preposition, or used as a

direct object or indirect object.ex. Me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them

Demonstrative pronouns: points out a person, place, thing or idea without naming that person, place thing or idea.

ex. This, that, these, thoseInterrogative pronouns: Introduces a question

ex. Which, who, whom, what, whose

Cornell Notes: AdjectivesMain Idea/Question NotesAdjectives A word that modifies a noun or pronoun

Adjectives help you see and/or feel

Articles considered adjectives-a, an, the

Proper adjectives are formed from proper nouns and are always capitalizedex. China- Chinese Mars- Martian

Subject compliment an adjective that is behind a linking verb and tells more about the subject (predicate adjective)

Cornell Notes: Direct & Indirect ObjectMain Idea/Question NotesDirect Object (DO) A noun or object pronoun that receives the action of the action

verb.Indirect Object (IO) A noun or object pronoun that is indirectly affected by the

action verb.The IO is located between the action verb and the direct object

The producer paid us rent money3 steps to find DO/IO 1. Find the main action verb---Paid

2. To find DO, ask- paid what?--money3. To find the IO, ask- paid to or for whom or what?---us