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September 1, 2010

GED Competency: 1.01 Apply basic rules of mechanics by learning to identify basic parts of speech.

1. Take the Parts of Speech Quiz on page 1 of this file:

Complete page two of the quiz file. Write what you already know about each item in the first column. Write what you want to know in the second column. Leave the third column blank.

Nouns - person, place, or thing/idea (EXAMPLES: man, woman, child, cat, beauty) Adjectives - words that describe nouns (EXAMPLES: strong, beautiful, happy, small, incredible) Verbs - action words, verbs of being/condition (EXAMPLES: run, think, play, sit, is/are, have) Adverbs - words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs (EXAMPLES: quickly, loudly, quietly, patiently) Prepositions - words that show a relationship of place, time, direction to a noun or a pronoun (EXAMPLES: on, near, at, by, in) Conjunctions - connecting words (EXAMPLES: and, but, or, so, for, yet)   Pronouns - words that take the place of nouns (He, She, It, We, They, You)    Interjections - words that express emotion (EXAMPLES: Wow! Aargh! Ugh!) Go to this Website for free worksheets and practice with parts of speech: [] ||
 * **UNDERSTAND PARTS OF SPEECH** ||
 * ==== __Parts of Speech__ ====
 * ==== Sentences & Fragments ====

Sentences have
---subject ---predicate ---complete idea

I usually like to shop at the mall. ( Subject is I Predicate is like to shop Complete thought is I like to shop at the mall) This is a sentence.

Fragments are missing one or more of the above, like these examples: I like (what do I like to do?) shop at the mall (who or what shop at the mall?) ||
 * ==== Reading Comprehension ====

Author
Knowing what type of person wrote something helps us to understand ||
 * ==== Critical Thinking ==== ||