Can I identify word classes I can identify

Can I identify word classes? - I can identify nouns - I can use expanded noun phrases with a modifying adjective (Y 4) - I can identify determiners

Word classes • This week we are going to explore and write kennings. • Kennings are a type of poem. • To be able to write a kenning, you need to know what determiners and nouns are.

What is a noun? A noun is an object (or thing), a place or a peron. There are different types of nouns. Here a few: • Common noun (objects) • Abstract noun (things you can’t touch like idea) • Collective noun (groups) • Proper noun (names of people or places)

Identify the nouns The crafty raven with jet black feathers. The tiny box beside the tree. The scientist identified the miraculous cure after years of research.

Identify the nouns The crafty raven with jet black feathers. The tiny box beside the tree. The scientist identified the miraculous research. cure after years of

Noun phrases Use adjective(s) to add more detail. If you use more than one adjective to describe the noun you have an expanded noun phrase. Because the adjectives give more detail, we can also call them modifiers. They change (modify) the sentence.

Identify the noun phrases The crafty raven with jet black feathers. The tiny box beside the tree. The scientist identified the miraculous cure after years of research.

Identify the noun phrases The crafty raven with jet black feathers. The tiny box beside the tree. The scientist identified the miraculous cure after years of research.

Find the three modifiers The elegant swan glided gracefully across the wide mountain lake as it waited patiently for its female mate to return.

Find the three modifiers The elegant swan glided gracefully across the wide mountain lake as it waited patiently for its female mate to return.

Use adjectives as modifiers How can you change this sentence using adjectives? On Fridays, the family come over to my house and we all have a meal together. Year 4 task

Determiners A determiner is

A or an? ____ banana ____ grape ____ apple Explain how you know.

A or an? a banana a grape an apple Explain how you know.

Identify the determiner We have been to this park before.

Find the missing determiner There are precisely _____ eggs in the nest. this six many

Find the missing determiner There are precisely _____ eggs in the nest. this six many

True or false? Elouise thinks that she has underlined the determiner in the sentence below. There are six swans swimming in the lake. Is she correct? Explain your answer. Year 3 and year 4 determiner task.