This document provides an overview of grammar lessons from chapters 1-2 of Shurley English 7th grade. It defines and provides examples of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms and includes "Nyms Jingle" and a "Homonym Chart". It also discusses the five parts of a correct sentence, providing a "Sentence Jingle". Further, it defines nouns and verbs, adverbs and includes an "Adverb Jingle". It also discusses adjectives and an "Adjective Jingle". The document concludes with discussions of article adjectives, singular and plural nouns, common and proper nouns.

1. Shurley English7th grade A grammar lesson created by Carrie Moeggenberg Chapters 1-2

2. Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms Synonyms are words that have the same, or almost the same, meaning. Example: boat, ship/ quick, fast/ raise, lift. Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. Example: dry, wet/ weary, fresh/ wild, tame/ cold, hot. Homonyms are words which sound the same but have different meanings and different spellings.

3. Homonym Chart Capital – upper part, main Capitol – statehouse Coarse – rough Course – route Council – assembly Counsel – advice Forth – forward Fourth – ordinal number Its – possessive pronoun It’s – it is Lead – metal Led – guided No – not so Know – to understand Right – correct Write – to form letters Principle – a truth/rule/law Principal – chief/head person Stationary –motionless Stationery – paper Their – belonging to them There – in that place They’re – they are

4. Homonym Chart Threw – did throw Through – from end to end To – toward (a preposition) Too – denoting excess Two – a couple Your – belonging to you You’re - you are

5. “Nyms Jingle” Homonyms sound the same, Like to and too and two. Synonyms mean the same, Like small and little do. Antonyms are opposites, Like over and under and old and new. So, if you are in doubt, check it out; Do what all good writers do. Consult the dictionary and thesaurus And watch your writing improve!

6. The Five Parts of a Correct Sentence A sentence is a group of words that has a subject and verb, expresses a complete thought, begins with a capital letter, and ends with an end mark.

7. Sentence Jingle Credit given to: rtatum0 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgCYcKDiHMc

8. “Sentence Jingle” A sentence, sentence, sentence Is complete, complete, complete When 5 simple rules It meets, meets, meets. It has a subject, subject, subject And a verb, verb, verb It makes sense, sense, sense With every word, word, word Add a capital letter, letter, And an end mark, mark. Now our sentence has all its parts! REMEMBER Subject, Verb, Complete sense, Capital letter, and an end mark too. Our sentence is complete, And now we’re through!

9. The Four Kinds of Sentences

10. Nouns and Verbs A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. A noun is labeled according to its function, or job, in a sentence. A verb tells what is being said about the subject. The verb tells what the subject does or shows a state of being.

11. Adverbs An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. An adverb answers the questions about the subject of the sentence: How? When? Where? Why? Under what condition? To what degree?

12. “Adverb Jingle” An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. An adverb asks How? When? Where? Why? Under what condition? and To what degree? To find an adverb: Go, Ask, Get. Where do I go? To a verb, adjective, or another adverb. What do I ask? How? When? Where? Why? Under What Condition? and To What Degree? What do I get? An ADVERB! (Clap) That’s what!

13. Adjectives An adjective modifies a noun or pronoun. Adjectives answer the following questions of the subject: What kind? Which one? How many?

14. “Adjective Jingle” An adjective modifies a noun or pronoun. An adjective asks: What kind? Which one? How many? To find an adjective: Go, Ask, Get. Where do I go? To a noun or pronoun. What do I ask? What kind? Which one? How many? What do I get? An ADJECTIVE! (Clap) That’s what!

15. Article Adjectives The three most commonly-used adjectives: a, an, the. They are sometimes called noun markers because they tell that a noun is close by.

16. Singular and Plural Nouns A singularnoun does not normally end in an s or es and means only one. A plural noun usually ends in an s or esand means more than one.

17. Common and Proper Nouns A common noun is a noun that names ANY person, place, or thing. A common noun is not capitalized because it does not name a special person, place, or thing. A proper noun is a noun that names a special, or particular, person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are always capitalized no matter where they are located in a sentence.

18. Editing Practice using SmartBoard my sister shelley is living in madrid spain for a years study in spanish literature she left August 29 1994 from stlouismissouri on a t w a flight to new york city new york Shelley loves spain and the european lifestyle The people eat lots of food and take a siesta every afternoon Editing Guide: Capitals: 22 Commas: 9 Apostrophes: 1 Periods: 1 Endmarks: 4

19. Works Cited Shurley, Brenda, Ruth Wetsell, and Teddie Raines Faye. The Shurley Method: English Made Easy. 2nd. Cabot, AR: Shurley Instructional Materials, Inc., 1997. 6-14. Print. "Shurley English Sentence Rap." YouTube. Web. 20 Jan 2011. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgCYcKDiHMc>.