GRAMMAR REVIEW
3rd Grade
Noun
A noun is a person, place, thing or idea.
Example:
Ms. Brubaker - person
Lake - place
Cup - thing
Love - idea
Pronoun
A pronoun takes the place of a noun.
Example:
Ms. Brubaker = she, her, I
Matt = he, his, I
Matt and Ethan = they, we, their
Spoon = it
Verb
A verb is an action word. It can also be a state of being.
Action verb = run, jump. Skip, walk
Linking verb - joins the subject and predicate = is, are, has, have, was, were
Helping verb - helps an action or linking verb = She IS walking the dog. “IS” is the helping verb.
Adjective
An adjective describes a noun.
The boy was dressed in a yellow shirt.
Jane had six flowers.
The dog had a beautiful coat.
Adverb
An adverb describes a verb. It usually ends in ly.
The boy ran quickly to the store.
The girl carefully climbed the rock wall.
The car drove slowly down the street.
Yesterday I ran to the store.
Possessive Nouns
A possessive noun shows ownership.
To show ownership to a singular noun you add an ‘s.
Example: Jane’s cat sat on the wall. Jane owns the cat.
To show ownership to a plural noun that already ends in an s just add a ‘ after the s. Example: The boys’ dog ran away. The plural of boy is boys it already ends in an s.
To show ownership to a plural noun that does not end in an s add ‘s.
Example: The women’s hats were beautiful. Women is plural and does not end in an s.
Verb Tenses
Past Tenses - already happened and ends in ed most of the time.
Example: jumped, skipped, walked, ran
Present Tense - is currently happening can end in ing.
Example: jumping, skipping, walking
Future Tense - will happen in the future, has not happened yet.
Example: will jump, will skip, will walk
Quotation Marks
Quotation marks show when someone is talking.
“Let’s go to the park”, yelled Maddie.
“Stop!” shouted mom.
John whispered “I think we should get out of here!”
“Are you going to the birthday party?” asked James.
Subject and Predicate
Subject - who or what the sentence is about.
Predicate - tells what the subject is doing.
Complete Subject - the entire subject.
Example: The redheaded boy ran to the store.
Complete Predicate - the entire predicate.
Example: The redheaded boy ran to the store.
Simple Subject - the main NOUN.
Example: The redheaded boy ran to the store.
Simple Predicate - the VERB usually the very next word after the subject.
Example: The redheaded boy ran to the store.
Synonym and Antonym
Synonym - words that mean the same.
Example: pretty - beautiful, old - ancient, big - large
Antonym - words that are opposite.
Example: old - young, beautiful - ugly, big - small
Prefixes
Prefixes are a word part at the beginning of a root word that changes the meaning of the word.
Examples: un = not, pre = before, mis = wrong,
Unhappy = not happy
Pretest = to test before
Misspelled = to spell wrong
Suffixes
Suffixes - A word part that comes at the end of a root word that changes the meaning of the word.
Example: ed = past tense, ful = full of, less = without
Jumped = to have already jumped
Beautiful = full of beauty
Careless = without care
Root Word
Root Word - the word that is the actual word you add a prefix or/and a suffix.
Example:
Careful
Helpless
Preheat
Unhealthy
Concrete and Abstract Nouns
Concrete - a noun that you can physically see and touch.
Examples: sun, chair, shark. Desk, Ms. Brubaker
Abstract - nouns that cannot be physically seen or touched. They are things like feelings, ideas, and actions
Examples: courage, envy, beauty, evil, humor