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LCD 120:  The Syntactic Structure of English I   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
LCD 120:  The Syntactic Structure of English I ,[object Object]
Syllabus ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Course Requirements ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
Jabberwocky Lewis Carroll
It was brillig, and the slithy toves  gyred and gimbled in the wabe.
It was  brillig , and the  slithy   toves   gyred  and  gimbled  in the  wabe .
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Verbs It was  _______ , and the  slithy   toves   gyred  and  gimbled  in the  wabe .
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Nouns It was  brillig , and the  slithy   _______   gyred  and  gimbled  in the  wabe .
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Adjectives It was  brillig , and the  _______   toves   gyred  and  gimbled  in the  wabe .
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],It was  _______ , and the  ______   ______   ______  and  ______  in the  _____ . It was  brillig , and the  slithy   toves   gyred  and  gimbled  in the  wabe .
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Example :  It was  raining , and the  ugly   toad   jumped  and  danced  in the  pond . It was  brillig , and the  slithy   toves   gyred  and  gimbled  in the  wabe .
How do we know what part of speech a word is?  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Tests for identifying  nouns : If a word can appear here  ______ , it is a  noun :
Which of the following words are nouns? (use the tests to determine!)  Flower When Beds Glass Said Slowly Factory Ticket Boxes Almost
Is any word below  not  a noun? Chairs Book Horse Child Plums Pillow Bicycle Bread Education Love Thought Health Happiness Idea leadership Imagination
Can you give a title to each column of nouns?  Concrete Nouns Chairs Book Horse Child Plums Pillow Bicycle Bread Abstract Nouns Education Love Thought Health Happiness Idea leadership Imagination
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What kind of nouns  cannot  appear here, and why:  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What kind of nouns  cannot  appear here and why: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What kind of nouns  cannot  appear here and why: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What kind of nouns  cannot  appear here and why: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Home Work for Unit 1- Nouns ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Nouns- Review What tests are there for identifying nouns?  What kind of nouns are there?  What nouns don’t pass all the tests?  Are these words nouns: him, I, she, they?
Identify the nouns  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
6. Chalk 7. Sand 8. Prisoner  9. Democracy 10. Whales ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Animate or Inanimate?
Count or Noncount?  Pebbles  Thoughts Rice Logic tissue Children Representative Sunshine Oxygen Air Proper or Common? Africa Sunshine Pepsi Cola Aunt Helen Cousins PBS T.V.  dad
Identify the nouns: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Identify the nouns: 10. Yesterday I caught a big trout.  11. There are many beautiful homes on this block.  12. His cousin fought in a brutal battle to free ninety hostages.  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
School house Grammar Rock- Noun

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Unit 1 nouns

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  • 7. It was brillig, and the slithy toves  gyred and gimbled in the wabe.
  • 8. It was brillig , and the slithy toves   gyred and gimbled in the wabe .
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  • 16. Which of the following words are nouns? (use the tests to determine!) Flower When Beds Glass Said Slowly Factory Ticket Boxes Almost
  • 17. Is any word below not a noun? Chairs Book Horse Child Plums Pillow Bicycle Bread Education Love Thought Health Happiness Idea leadership Imagination
  • 18. Can you give a title to each column of nouns? Concrete Nouns Chairs Book Horse Child Plums Pillow Bicycle Bread Abstract Nouns Education Love Thought Health Happiness Idea leadership Imagination
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  • 25. Nouns- Review What tests are there for identifying nouns? What kind of nouns are there? What nouns don’t pass all the tests? Are these words nouns: him, I, she, they?
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  • 28. Count or Noncount? Pebbles Thoughts Rice Logic tissue Children Representative Sunshine Oxygen Air Proper or Common? Africa Sunshine Pepsi Cola Aunt Helen Cousins PBS T.V. dad
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  • 31. School house Grammar Rock- Noun