Grammar

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**Sentences**
-Kingsley Amis, //The King’s English//
 * If ** you can’t annoy somebody, //there is little point in writing//.

-Jennifer Donnelly, //A Northern Light//
 * When ** summer comes to the North Woods, //time slows down//. (p.1)

-Laurence Yep, //The Star Fisher//
 * When ** I saw the woman, //she reminded me of a bird//. Though her hair was white with age, //she walked with small, quick, lively steps//. (p.13)

-James Howe, //Howliday Inn//
 * Looking ** back on it now, //I doubt that there was any way I could have imagined what lay ahead. (p.3)//

-E. L. Konigsburg, //The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place//
 * Holding ** his hat against his chest and Tartufo’s leash with one hand, //he knocked on his office door with the other.// (p.6)

Words Every Middle School Student Should Know

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**Parts of Speech** as **Smith**, **New York**, **potatoes**, **wings**.
 * Nouns** name people, places, things


 * Pronouns** are used in place of nouns:
 * I** think, **she** sings, **they** work, **he** frowns.

as **Old** New York and **little** towns, And don't forget that **many**, **few**, and all the **numbers** are adjectives, too.
 * Adjectives** add something to nouns

of action, being, and state as well: Each one of these is called a verb.
 * Verbs** come next--the words that tell
 * Work**, **become**, **exist** and **curb**.

of adjectives, like **brightly** gleaming. To verbs, they also add a thought, as when we say, "was **nearly** caught." Lastly, an adverb has the chore of making other adverbs tell us more than one alone could hope to tell, as in, "She sang that **very well**." To find an adverb, this test try: Ask how? Or when? Or where? or why?
 * Adverbs** add something to the meaning

as **with** affection and **in** our nation.
 * Prepositions** show relation

are joining words; they are the ties that bind together day **and** night, calm **but** cold, dull **or** bright.
 * Conjunctions**, as their name implies,

sudden emotion as **Alas**! **Ah**! **Oh**!
 * Interjections** are words that show

This briefly does this jingle state the parts of speech which total eight.

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York and **little** towns. And don’t forget that **many**, **few**, And all the numbers are adjectives, too. = =

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