Unscramble the Following Sentences

Directions: Unscramble the following sentences 1. Her young saw man the. The young man saw her. 2. Theater walked Ann into cool James the and happily. Ann and James walked happily into the cool theater. Ann and James walked into the cool theater happily. Happily Ann and James walked into the cool theater. James and Ann walked into the cool theater. Cool James and Walked into the theater happily. The idea with this is the fact that we can unscramble these sentences correctly shows that we use words in particular ways and we know where they need to go based on the work they’re doing in the sentence. Since words have these different jobs in the sentence, the science of the words is to just categorize them, label their job type. Let’s begin with 3 types of words… Parts of Speech What is a noun? Thing, people, places and ideas Single: newt, family, religion, freedom Plural: newts, families, religions, freedoms What is an adjective? Describes nouns Ex. amazing, incredible, interesting, tall, cold What is a verb? Doing or action word Ex. vibrate, run, jump, jog, fly, think, believe, understand Tense Past: jumped Always: jump Present: jumping Future: will jump Helping verbs To Be: am, is, are, was, were, being, been, will be To Have: has, have, had, having, will have To Do: does, do, did, will do Activity A: Look at the picture and answer the questions below. 1.What are some nouns that you can see in this picture? Beach, boat, people, Waldo, smoke, sand, water, ocean, umbrella, towel, sky, cloud, dress 2.Copy the nouns you wrote down for the first question. Now add some adjectives to describe those nouns. Dirty beach, Sail boat, happy people, Nosey Waldo, white smoke, yellow sand, packed water, ocean, blue umbrella, towel, sky, pretty cloud, dress 3. What are some actions that the nouns are performing? Write down those verbs in the box below. Playing, swimming, tanning, talking, sailing, jet skiing, polluting, rising, floating, Activity B: When we look for the part of speech we are asking ourselves what role a word plays in a sentence. However, the role that a word plays can change depending on the sentence. Have a look at the sentences below and write down the part of speech of the underlined words. 1. Look at the underlined word. What part of speech is it? The alarm clock beside her bed indicated 2:00 am in large orange numbers. Adjective 2. Look at the underlined word. What part of speech is it? Fatoumata rolled her eyes and got up, grabbing an orange out of the fruit basket on Sasha's desk. noun 3. Look at the underlined word. What part of speech is it? During the holy month of Ramadan all Muslims are required to fast. verb 4. Look at the underlined word. What part of speech is it? She wanted to talk to Guillermo about it, but they were moving so fast that conversation was impossible. adjective Activity C: Figure out the parts of speech for the underlined New York City slang. 1. 10 degrees fahrenheit? Its brick outside! adjective 2. Tell them the truth. Stop capping! verb 3. I like those kicks you have on. Are they Nikes? noun 4. Why did you have to OD with the jokes? You always take it too far. verb 5. This block party is lit! adjective 6. Why can’t you chill and just listen to me? verb 7. That seems a bit sus to me. adjective Activity D: Many words in English have different forms depending on the job they need to do. Fill in the missing forms of the words below. Verb Noun Adjective Adverb Include Inclusion Inclusive Inclusively Differ Difference Different Differently Hate Hate/Hatred Hateful Hatefully Hope Hope Hopeful Hopefully Protect Protection Protective Protectively Sadden Sadness Sad Sadly Comfort Comfort Comfortable Comfortably Activity E: Fill in the sentences with the word from the chart above that best works there. Consider both the definition of the word and it’s part of speech. 1. I am hopeful that tomorrow will be a better day. 2. The amount of hatred in this country is too high! We all need to love one another and get along! 3. The difference between them two is that he always quits but she never gives up. 4. My goal is to buy a nice home where I can live comfortably. 5. The police are here to serve and protect. What is an adverb? Adverbs describe verbs. They can tell how and when an action is performed. How? Ex. happily, completely, suddenly When? Ex. always, often, weekly Slang example: I low-key want a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich right now. Activity F: Colorcode the following sentence. Highlight the nouns in yellow. Highlight the adjectives in blue. Highlight the verbs in green. Highlight the adverbs in pink. Seeing the giant, hungry monster, Tim and Moby quickly ran home. Activity G: Write a paragraph describing a childhood memory that makes you happy. Then try color coding your own writing. Type here