18. Word Lists and Sentences

List 1
       
Place each noun in the correct column.        
Word  Person Place Thing Idea/Feeling
phase
patch
Jane
cat
lady
traffic
Tim
muffin
clock
man

1. The dog ate my homework.
2. Jack sat on a tack.
3. There is a frog in the pond.
4. Where is my dress?

List 2
slip trust
drop ride
take use
sit pass
grill fill
jump stash

1. Anna works in a nursing home.
2. Jane likes her teacher Mrs. Jones.
3. Bill will run in the race.
4. Fran baked a cake for the class.
5. Do you drive your car to work?
6. Paul went to church on Sunday.

Review Words

hi plane
we enclose
cliff pro
skim shelf
sprint she
chill nickname
backtrack capsize
shift cot
paste fuse
stunt limp

Lesson 18 What Says?

1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4 9.
5 10.

Spelling and Sentence Dictation

1. 9.
2. 10.
3. 11.
4. 12.
5. 13
6. 14.
7. 15.
8.
1.
2.
3.

Lesson 18 Review

Nouns and Verbs

In this lesson you learned about the parts of speech known as nouns and verbs.

Nouns

  • A noun can give the name of a person, a place, a thing, or an idea or feeling.
  • A noun is usually the subject in a sentence.
  • A common noun gives the general name of a person (woman), place (school), thing (computer), or idea (right).
  • A proper noun gives the specific name of a person (Nancy), place (NSCC), thing (Macbook), or idea (Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms).

NOUNS

Nouns are name words

A noun can name a person: WOMAN

 

A noun can name a place: CHURCH

 

A noun can name a thing: COMPUTER

 

A noun can name an idea or a feeling: LOVE

 

Verbs

  • A verb is an action word.
  • A verb can tell you what the subject in the sentence is doing.
  • I run 2 km every day.
  • The fans clapped for a long time.
  • I do not swim in Halifax Harbour.

VERBS

Verbs are words that tell us what the noun in a sentence is doing, feeling, or being:

ACTION:
RUN

 

CLAP

 

SWIM

VERBS

PRESENT PAST FUTURE
I run I ran I will run
You run You Ran You will run
He/she runs He/she ran He/she will run
We run We ran We will run
You run (plural) You ran (plural) You will run (plural)
They run They ran They will run
PRESENT PAST FUTURE
I clap I clapped I will clap
You clap You clapped You will clap
He/she claps He/she clapped He/she will clap
We clap We clapped We will clap
You clap (plural) You clapped (plural) You will clap (plural)
They clap They clapped They will clap
PRESENT PAST FUTURE
I swim I swam  I will swim
You swim You swam You will swim
He/she swim He/she swam He/she will swim
We swim We swam We will swim
You swim (plural) You swam (plural) You will swim (plural)
They swim They swam They will swim

Lesson 18 Practice

Is it a noun or a verb? Place a checkmark in the correct column.

Word Noun Verb
bro
graph
fizz
whine
jinx
yell
flash
clump
indent
bump

Place a checkmark in the correct column.

Word / s/ / z/
wise
phase
rose
rise
chase

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