Toni – oh, I get it now so does that mean Renee is a noun since she is a thing?
Renee – Hey!!!
Robbie – (laughs) good one, but yes Renee is a noun since she is a person!
Toni – Ok I understand now!
Robbie – Alright, good now that everyone understands what a noun is lets move onto Pronouns!! (writes word on the board)
Renee – Say what?
Robbie –Pronouns, we are going to learn about Pronouns next!
Renee – But we just learned about nouns?
Robbie – But these are different…these are Pronouns!!!
Renee – Oh come on…there are more of them??
Robbie – Fortunely…YES!!! Pronouns refer to a noun, individual or individuals or thing or things whose identity is made clear in the text. For example (writes sentence on the board) They say that eating beef is bad for you. They is the pronoun referring to someone this represents cows.
Renee – What beef is bad for you…but I like beef!!
Robbie – Calm down… It is just an example. O I forgot to mention that pronouns can also replace nouns using words such as all, both, he, she, his, hers, us, they, them, it and many more. But that is enough of that…what about adjectives.
Toni – Adjectives?
Robbie – ok Adjectives tell more about a certain noun, describing it. I have an idea lets use adjectives to describe Renee.
Toni – Ok well she smells and has big feet.
Renee – Hey!!!
Robbie – Ok not exactly what I was looking for, but you are correct. Alright now onto verbs. Verbs tell about an action or a state of being. There are three types of verbs Action, Linking and Auxiliary.
Renee – hey verb rymthes with disturb…verb disturb…verb disturb
Robbie – yes if you say that anymore you will get crushed like an herb. Now can
anyone come up with an example sentence using a verb.
Renee – Oh pick me!! Me..over here sir!!
Robbie – anyone…anyone at all?? Ok fine Renee.
Renee – I like to hit Toni.
Robbie – Yes that is correct…hit is the verb.
Toni – hey!!!
Robbie – we are half done guys…just a few more!! Isn’t this fun?? (complete silence) ok next adverbs which modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. It tells more about how the verb is being done. For example Herbie will visit tomorrow.
Toni – Herbie is coming?
Renee – Who is Herbie? Is he hot?
Robbie – Guys it is another example. Tomorrow would be the adverb in the sentence. Ok now for a tricky one Prepositions.
Renee – oh I know I know
Robbie – anyone else
Renee – me…me over here
Robbie – you sure you do not know Toni…ok fine Renee
Renee – A preposition links a noun, pronoun, or phrase to another part of a sentence. Many prepositions show direction. In the sentence the cat walked across the couch. Across is the prepostion.
Robbie – wow…did not see that coming…good job that is correct
Renee – (brushes shoulders) I know whatever you like.
(Whatever you like song.)
Robbie – Ok conjunctions are next. Conjunctions connect words or groups of words. Some examples of this are words such as; and, but and or.
Toni – I hate this class and I find it boring.
Robbie – wow good one. And is the conjunction. Hey!!
Class - laughs
Robbie – ok ok…last one guys!! Interjections.
Renee – it is a sudden rush of feeling! (feels like some kind of rush plays)
Robbie – yes it is! An interjection expresses an emotion. It might show excitement or surprise. For example OMG or Shoot!
Toni – I don’t want to do this anymore!
(song plays)
Robbie – That is ok because we are done. Now wasn’t that fun??
(no one left in the classroom)
Robbie – Guys? Guys??
