Grammar ProjectBy Katie Greenhut, Victoria Lam, and Zack Williams

Nouns 34-55 Definition: A noun is a person, idea, place, or thing0 Common noun- a general name for a person, place, thing, or idea (usually not

capitalized)Ex: horse, schematic, explorer, colony

0 Proper noun- A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. (ALWAYS capitalized)

Ex: Savannah, James Oglethorpe, The Anne0 Concrete-A noun that can be observed with the senses.

Ex: Ship, clay, conquistador, crops0 Abstract- A noun that names and idea, feeling, quantity, or charictoristiic.

Ex: 0 Possessive- A type of noun that establishes ownership.

Ex: James’s, 0 Collective- A word that names a group of people or things.

Ex: Natives, Explorers

PunctuationDefinition: the use of standard marks in writing to separate words into sentences, clauses, and phrases in order to clarify meaning.0 capitalization – placement of capital letters at the

beginning of a sentence, name or important place.Ex: The slaves of Georgia work for the colonists

such as James

Clauses/ phrases 186-188

0Clauses-A group of words that contain a subject and a verb.

Ex: 0 Independent-Complete thought. Also a complete

sentence 0 Dependent-Not complete. Considered a fragment

0Phrases-

Sentence structure

0Simple-Sentence that contains a verb and subjectEx: The ship set sail

0Compound- contains two or more independent clauses. Ex: The malcontents plow their fields, and they

plant mulberry trees.0Complex-Contain a independent, and dependent clause.

Ex: James, who is a trustee of GA, enforces the laws in place from the king

verbals

conjunctions

Subject/verb agreement

0Properly joining a subject and a verb0 Singular/plural- A singular noun must have a singular

verb, while a plural noun needs a plural verbEx: Oglethorp is a famous explorer.

The trusties are important to GA’s history

Preposition

0Preposition-explains where (mostly)0 Times0 Place0 Direction0 Agent0 Instrument0 Phrase0 Object of the Prep.-the noun that follows a preposition

Ex: In 1732, a charter was signed to the trusties to let them govern the new colony of Georgia.

Modifiers 0Modifier-describes0Adjective-Describe a noun

Quantitative-Place number on a nounEx: King Henry the 2nd had three main reasons to develop Georgia

0Qualitative-Explain about. Color, size, shape, ect.Ex: The Anne was huge and brown.

0Predicate adjectives-Follows the linking verb and describes the subject

Ex: Georgia’s colonization wasn’t an easy process0Adverbs-Describe a verb

0 Adverbs mostly end in ly0 Can describe: Manner, place, time, frequency, degreeEx: The Ann sailed slowly to the new world.

Pronouns0Pronoun-Replaces a noun with a more general word

0 Personal-Particular thing or groupEx: He has more land than I do.0 Possessive-Have ownership, or relationshipEx: Their crops grow more than mine do0 Reflexive-When the subject’s action effects the subjectEx: The king himself allowed the trusties to colonize GA.0 Relative-used when there is more to be said about a used

nounEx: James Oglethorp, who colonized GA was a sympathetic person.0 Demonstrative-Points out a thing or thingsEx: An early GA settler may have said,”This land is very valuable”.