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Parts of Speech, etc
language arts terms that fourth graders need to know
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| she, he, I, we, they | subject pronouns |
| me, him, us, them | object pronouns |
| you, it, its | can be both a subject and object pronoun |
| my, mine, your, their, his, her, our, its | possessive pronouns |
| entertain, inform, persuade, explain | author's purposes |
| never ends in the suffix, "ed" | irregular verb |
| happening now | present verb tense |
| already happened | past verb tense |
| already happened but uses a helping verb--has, had or have | past verb tense with helper |
| hasn't happened yet and uses the helper "will" | future verb tense |
| describes a noun or pronoun | adjective |
| tells how many | adjective |
| tells which one-- this, that, these, those | adjective |
| an adjective from a proper noun-- Japanese maple | proper adjective |
| its | possessive pronoun |
| it's | contraction meaning for it iis |
| your | possessive pronoun |
| you're | contraction meaning for you are |
| their | possessive pronoun |
| there | meaning a place or location |
| shows how topics are alike | compare |
| shows how topics are different | contrast |
| compares and contrasts two or more topics | Venn graph |
| a story that usually has a dialogue | narrative |
| use many adjectives to give an image | descriptive writing |
| an | used before a vowel word; an orange |
| a | used before a consonant word; a tree |