Bellringers

English II

Eight Parts of Speech

Day One: NounsOn a piece of loose leaf paper, please write the title listed above on the top line.

Then, copy the following definitions:

Noun: a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract idea

Proper Noun: the name of a specific person, animal, place or thing.

Common Noun: a word that refers to a person, animal, place, or thing in a general sense

Then, in a T-chart, list all the proper nouns and all the common nouns you find in the sentences below. YOU DO NOT NEED TO COPY DOWN THE SENTENCES. (you should find 6 proper nouns and 6 common nouns)

Did Maurice eat the brown rice off his plate?

Alice would love to go to Jamaica.

Mondays are my least favorite days of the week.

Jeremy was working in his garden.

His favorite restaurant was Macaroni Grill.

Day Two: Pronouns

Continuing underneath your last bellringer entry, please write the title listed above so that I can see the break between your two entries. IF YOU WEREN’T HERE LAST CLASS, BE SURE TO COPY THE BELLRINGER FROM A CLASSMATE.

Then, copy the following definitions:

Pronoun: a word that takes the place of a noun

Antecedent: the word the pronoun refers to

Then, in a T-chart, list the pronouns in the left column and their antecedents in the right column from the sentences below. YOU DO NOT NEED TO COPY DOWN THE SENTENCES. (you should have a total of 5 words each)

Mari likes Italian food, but she doesn’t like Mexican food.

The dog knows how to swim, but it doesn’t like the water.

The girls love to play tennis, and they also love soccer.

Mark starred in the play, but it was a flop!

Students love English so much that they wish class was every day.

Day Three: More PronounsContinuing underneath your last bellringer

entry, please write the title listed above so that I can see the break between your two entries. IF YOU WEREN’T HERE

LAST CLASS, BE SURE TO COPY THE BELLRINGER FROM A CLASSMATE.

Then, copy the following definitions:

1. Demonstrative pronoun- points out specific persons, places, or things (this, that, these, those)

2. Indefinite pronoun- refers to persons, places, or things in a more general way than a noun does (all, another, any, both, each, either, everything, few, many, most, none, etc.)

Continue copying:

3. Interrogative pronoun- used to form questions (who, whom, whose, what, which)

4. Personal pronoun- refers to a specific person or thing (I, you, she, he, it, me, her, him, his, my, your, its, we, they, us, them, our , their)

DO NOT COPY THE FOLLOWING:

We went to her house and found those shoes.

Who said everything went well today?

That teacher liked both.

Which is their dog?

Day Four: VerbsContinuing underneath your last bellringer

entry, please write the title listed above so that I can see the break between your two entries. IF YOU WEREN’T HERE LAST CLASS, BE SURE TO COPY THE BELLRINGER FROM A CLASSMATE.

Then, copy the following definitions:

1. Action Verb- tells what someone or something does (either physically or mentally)

2. Helping Verb- a verb that accompanies the main verb to form a verb phrase

3. Linking Verb- expresses a state of being by joining the subject of the sentence with a word that identifies or describes the subject

Copy down the following sentences exactly. Then, write off to the side of the sentence what type of verb has been underlined.

1. I ran to the store.

2. That man is sweet.

3. Tory has been swimming today.

4. She does love that boy.

5. Tom jumped over the car.

6. He is our new principal.

Day Five: AdjectivesContinuing underneath your last bellringer

entry…

Copy the following definitions:

1. Adjective- describes, identifies, modifies, or quantifies a noun or pronoun (a, an, the= always adjectives)

2. Predicate Adjective- follows a linking verb and further identifies or describes the subject of the sentence

3. Proper Adjective- an adjective that is formed from a proper noun and is always capitalized

Copy down the following sentences exactly. Then, underline all adjectives. Put a star next to the sentences that contain predicate adjectives, and put a smiley face next to the sentences that contain proper adjectives.

1. The sour grapes made my lips pucker.

2. The man is sweet.

3. That foreign film was horrible.

4. I absolutely love Asian food.

5. He knows the Hungarian national anthem.