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Words Used as Nouns or as Verbs
OBJECTIVE • To identify and use words that can be used as nouns or as verbs
DAILY MAINTENANCE Assign Practice Book page 4, Section 1.10. After students finish, 1. Give immediate feedback. 2. Review concepts as needed. 3. Model the correct answer. Pages 4–5 of the Answer Key contain tips for Daily Maintenance.
WARM-UP Write on note cards sentences with words that can be used as nouns or as verbs. Write some examples on the board. Place the cards in a bag. Invite students to choose a card and to identify the underlined word as a noun or a verb. For example, We went to the dance. Dance is a noun. Then ask students to create a sentence using the word as a verb. (We dance all the time.)
either nouns or verbs. List these words on the board. Have students make up sentences using these words as nouns and as verbs.
PRACTICE EXERCISE 1 Read each sentence aloud and ask volunteers to identify the italicized word as a noun or a verb. Challenge students to explain how they determined whether a word was a noun or a verb. As the class completes each sentence, add the word to the list on the board.
EXERCISE 2 Tell students first to identify the verb in each sentence, then to identify any nouns. Explain that this will help students determine if the word from the list is being used as a noun or as a verb. Ask volunteers to share their answers. EXERCISE 3 Review the definitions of noun and verb. Invite volunteers to write their rewritten sentences on the board. Discuss how the italicized words have been used in the new sentences.
Words Used as Nouns or as Verbs
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A noun is a naming word. A verb expresses action or being. Many words can be used as either nouns or verbs, depending on their roles in a sentence. In this sentence practice is a noun because it names a thing. Our practice lasted for about an hour.
Read from a piece of writing that the class is currently reading. Emphasize the words used as nouns or as verbs.
In this sentence practice is a verb because it tells about an action. We practice soccer every day.
Tell whether each word in red is a noun or a verb.
TEACH
Each team member stretches before practice.
EXERCISE 1 Tell whether each italicized word is a noun or a verb.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
The ride to the beach is long. We ride to practice with Maureen.
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Leg stretches are really important.
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You are correct if you said stretches is a noun in the first sentence. It is the subject of the verb are. In the second sentence, stretches is a verb. It describes an action performed by the subject.
Ask students to define the words noun and verb. Then write the following sentences on the board:
Read aloud the sentences. Ask the following questions: Is the word ride in the first sentence a noun or a verb? (noun) How do you know? (It is the subject of the sentence. The verb is the word is.) Is the word ride in the second sentence a noun or a verb? (verb) How do you know? (It expresses an action.) Have a volunteer read aloud the text about words used as nouns and verbs. Ask students to suggest other words that can be used as
A
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If I stretch before a game, I usually play better. The coach always goes over each play before a game. In practice we always work on our passes. Our coach always passes the ball to each player. Last night I missed my first pass. This was really a surprise to me. It surprised the coach too. The next thing we worked on was kicks. My first kick missed the goal. I didn’t kick the ball hard enough. My second kick didn’t miss. I got several balls into the net without a miss. My hard work had paid off. I will work even more on my kicks.
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