The Sentence Jingle
A sentence, sentence, sentence Is complete, complete, complete When five simple rules It meets, meets, meets. It has a subject, subject, subject And a verb, verb, verb. And it makes sense, sense, sense With every word, word, word. Add a capital letter And a punctuation mark. And now our sentence has all its parts! But REMEMBER-- Subject and verb and complete sense, With a capital letter and an end mark, too. Our sentence is complete, And now we’re through. The Verb Jingle A verb, a verb. What is a verb? Haven’t you heard? There are two kinds of verbs: The action verb And the linking verb. The action verb Shows a state of action, Like stand and sit and smile. The action verb is always in motion Because it tells what the subject does. We stand! We sit! We smile! The linking verb shows a state of being, Like am, is, are, was, and were, Looks, becomes, grows, and feels. The linking verb shows no action Because it tells what the subject is. He is a clown. He looks funny. The 4 Kinds of Sentences *Declarative - D (.) (period, statement, declarative sentence) *Imperative - Imp (.) (period, command, imperative sentence) *Interrogative - Int (?) (question mark, question, interrogative sentence) *Exclamatory - E (!) (exclamation mark, strong feeling, exclamatory sentence) |
The Noun Jingle
This is a noun jingle, my friend, A noun jingle, my friend. You can shake it to the left And shake it to the right. Find yourself a noun, And then recite: A noun names a person. A noun names a thing. A noun names a person, Place, or thing, And sometimes an idea. Person, place, thing, idea! Person, place, thing, idea! So, shake it to the left, And shake it to the right. Find yourself a noun, And feel just right! The Adverb Jingle An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. An adverb asks, “HOW? WHEN? WHERE?” To find an adverb: Go! (snap) Ask! (snap) Get! (snap) But where do I go? To a verb, adjective, or another adverb. What do I ask? HOW? WHEN? WHERE? What do I get? An adverb, man. Cool! The Adjective Jingle An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun. An adjective asks, “WHAT KIND?” An adjective asks, “WHICH ONE?” An adjective asks, “HOW MANY?” To identify an adjective: Go! (stomp, stomp) Ask! (clap, clap) Get! (snap) Where do I go? (stomp, stomp) To a noun or a pronoun. What do I ask? (clap, clap) WHAT KIND? WHICH ONE? or HOW MANY? What do I get? (snap, snap) An Adjective |