Thursday, September 18, 2008

Grammar Flashcards (Make your own)

These flashcards can be cut out and laminated, or copied onto cardstock (double-sided).
I like to color-code flashcards for my children: Each child has a set of flashcards for grammar and a set for spelling (we use Spell to Read and Write). I punch a hole in the top right corner and use O-rings to keep the cards that my student has already learned together. It’s easy to sort the cards into the ones that need more work, the ones we are currently learning, and the ones that are mastered and only need occasional review.
Flashcards are an excellent way to promote mastery learning of grammar terms. We find them to be a very convenient and expedient way to complete our memory work for grammar.
Adjective
Linking Verb
Adverb
Preposition
Linking Verb
A Linking Verb links the subject to some other word in the sentence.
1. Forms of be: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
2. verbs of seeming and becoming
3. verbs of sensing: taste, feel, smell, sound, look, appear
Preposition
A Preposition is a word that relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence.
Adjective
An Adjective is a word used to modify or describe a noun or a pronoun.
Adjectives answer the questions: what kind? how much? which one? how much? how many?
Adverb
An Adverb is a word that modifi es a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Adverbs answer the questions
where? how often?
when? to what extent?
how?
Common
Interjection
Prepositions
Conjunction
Interjection
An Interjection is a word that expresses surprise or emotion.
Interjections usually, but not always, require an exclamation point (!) after them.
Common Prepositions
aboard among between from over underneath about around beyond in past until above at but into since unto across before by like through up after behind down near throughout upon against below during of to with along beneath except off toward within amid beside for on under without
Conjunction
A Conjunction is a word that connects or joins words, phrases, or clauses.
The most common conjunctions are: and, but, and or.
Some other words that may be used as conjunctions: for, yet, nor, so, if, after, until, therefore, however
Declarative
Sentence
Sentence
Imperative
Interrogative
Sentence
Sentence
Declarative Sentence A Declarative Sentence is a statement of fact. It ends with a period.
Interrogative Sentence An Interrogative Sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark. (?)

Sentence
Three Ways to Identify a Sentence:
1. It begins with a capital letter and ends with end punctuation.
2. It expresses a complete thought.
3. It has both a subject that tells who or what the sentence is about, and a predicate that tells what the subject is or does.
Imperative Sentence
An Imperative Sentence tells or commands someone to do something.
It ends with an exclamation point (!) or period.
Exclamatory
Capitalization
Sentence
Rules
Direct Quote
Indirect Quote
Capitalization Rules
Capitalize:
1. The fi rst word of every sentence
2. Names of people and places
3. Titles
4. I
5. O!
6. Dates and days of the week
Indirect Quote
An Indirect Quote is when the narrator tells what the speaker says without using the actual words of the speaker.
Exclamatory Sentence
An Exclamatory Sentence is a sentence that expresses sudden or strong feelings.
It ends with an exclamation point (!)
Direct Quote
A Direct Quote repeats the actual words of the speaker and requires quotation marks.
Parts of Speech
Noun
Common Noun
Pronoun
Proper Noun
Noun
A Noun is a name for a person, place, thing, or idea
Pronoun
A Pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun.
Parts of Speech
1. Noun
2. Pronoun
3. Verb
4. Adjective
5. Adverb
6. Preposition
7. Conjunction
8. Interjection
9. Participle
Common Noun Proper Noun
A Common Noun is a name common to a group of persons, places, things, or ideas.
A Proper Noun names a particular person, place, thing, or idea.
Subject
Verb
Helping
Predicate
Verbs

Verb
A Verb is a word that shows action, being, or state.
Helping Verbs
Forms of be: am, is, are, were, was, be, being, been 3 H.s: have, has, had 3 D.s: do, does, did 3 M.s: may, might, must 3 doubles: can-could shall-should will-would
Subject
The subject is the noun or pronoun that tells who or what the sentence is about.
Predicate
The Predicate is the verb or verb phrase that tells what the subject is or does.

1 comment:

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