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Practice 1C: Verbs, Nouns, and Pronouns. Put a V under the verb; a N under the noun, and P under the
pronoun.
1 . Th e s er v a n ts m e t h i m y es t er d a y .
2 . Jo h n b e l i e v e d Je s u s .
3 . H i s d is c ip le s lau g h e d an d c ri e d .
4 . T h e s e r v a n t s w i l l me e t h i m t omor r ow .
5 . Y o u a re w e ak o n y o u r o w n .
Adjectives

An adjective modifies (describes) a noun or a pronoun. It answers one of the following questions:
what kind? which one? how many? how much? whose?

Technically, a, an, and the are also adjectives; they belong to a special class called articles. In this course, we will
not be marking any articles.
• The hungry student put the black book next to Joseph's dog.
Without adjectives: The student put the book next to the dog.
• This mother taught her fifteen children that there was enough rice for everyone.
Without adjectives: The mother taught the children that there was rice for everyone.

Adverbs
An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It answers one of the following questions:
where? when? how? how often? to what extent?
Many words that end in -ly are adverbs. Negative words (not, never) are usually adverbs.
Practice 1D: Adjectives and Adverbs. Put an A under the adjective and AD under the adverb.
1. Yo u a re a v e r y o l d p ro p h e t .
2. Th ey s l o wl y l e f t th e s m a l l t o wn .
3. J e s u s e a s ily p e rfo rm e d a s e c o n d m i rac u lo u s s i g n .
4. H e tu r n ed th e e x t r e m el y c o l d wa te r i n t o r e d wi n e.
5. Je s u s di d n o t g i v e up.

So far you have been introduced to the main parts of the English language: verbs, nouns, and
pronouns. Adjectives and adverbs, called modifiers, make things more colorful. Next, we will be
adding the little words that pull things together.
Conjunctions

A conjunction is a joining word. There are two main types of conjunctions: coordinating and subordinating. For
now, we will just look at the most common coordinating conjunctions:
and but or nor for so yet

Practice 1E: Conjunctions. Underline the conjuction
1. I like bread and butter.
2. John or Gift went to the neighbor village.
3. Do not love the world or anything in the world.
4. The world and its desires pass away, but a godly man lives forever.
5. We left the clinic, so we could eat supper.

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