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Pick out nouns,pronouns and verb.
A gian panda is a special king of bear.it has thick white fur with black ears
and legs, and black patches around its eyes.Most pandas live on their own, in the mountains of china. They eat bamboo which grows in the forests.
red noun
blue pronoun
green verb
I am starting from parts of speechs.
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Re: Pick out nouns,pronouns and verb.

Originally Posted by
sara_pk A gian panda is a special king of bear.it has thick white fur with black ears
and legs, and black patches around its eyes.Most pandas live on their own, in the mountains of china. They eat bamboo which grows in the forests.
Nouns:- panda
kind
bear
fur
ears
patches
eyes
pandas
mountains
China
bamboo
forests
Pronouns:
Verbs:
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Re: Pick out nouns,pronouns and verb.
All living things need water. people and animals need water to drink.Plants need water to help them grow.Rain is water that falls from the clouds in the sky. Clouds are made of millions and millions of tiny drops of water.
Red Nounoun
Blue Pronoun
Green Verb
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Re: Pick out nouns,pronouns and verb.

Originally Posted by
sara_pk Red Nounoun
Blue Pronoun
Green Verb
Idont know pronouns in the paragraph.
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Re: Pick out nouns,pronouns and verb.

Originally Posted by
sara_pk All living things need water. people and animals need water to drink.Plants need water to help them grow.Rain is water that falls from the clouds in the sky. Clouds are made of millions and millions of tiny drops of water.
Red Nounoun
Blue Pronoun
Green Verb
Hello,
Within a sentence words are divided into two basic categories: 1) their name (FORM) and what they do (FUNCTION).
1. All living things need water.
FORM
All (adjective)
living (participle adjective)
things (plural noun)
need (present tense verb)
water (non-count noun)
FUNCTION
All living things (subject)
need (main verb)
water (object)
All (modifies the noun phrase 'living things')
living (modifies the plural noun 'things')
2. People and animals need water to drink.
FORM
People (plural noun)
and (conjunction)
animals (plural noun)
need (present tense verb)
water (non-count noun)
to drink (to-infinitive verb)
FUNCTION
People and animals (subject)
need (verb)
water (object)
to drink (adverb) It answers the question, "Why do people and animals need water?"
3. Plants need water to help them grow.
FORM
Plants (plural noun)
need (present tense verb)
water (non-count noun)
to help (to-infintive verb)
them (plural pronoun, personal, object form)
FUNCTION
Plants (subject)
need (verb)
water (object)
to help them grow (adverb)
4. Rain is water that falls from the clouds in the sky.
FORM
Rain (noun)
is (linking verb, present tense)
water (non-count noun)
that (subordinate conjunction)
falls (verb)
from (preposition)
the (determiner/article)
clouds (plural noun)
in (preposition)
the (determiner/article)
sky (noun)
FUNCTION
Rain (subject)
is (linking verb, present tense)
water (object)
that falls from clouds in the sky (relative clause) It modifies or describes the noun 'water')
from clouds (adverb) Where does the rain fall from?
in the sky (adverb) Where are the clouds? In the sky.
5. Clouds are made of millions and millions of tiny drops of water.
Clouds (plural noun)
are (linking verb, present tense, plural)
made (adjective)
of (preposition)
millions (plural noun)
and (conjunction)
millions (plural noun)
of (preposition)
tiny (adjective)
drops (plural noun)
of (preposition)
water (non-count noun)
FUNCTION
Clouds (subject)
are (verb)
made of millions and millions of tiny drops of water (object)
All the best,
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Re: Pick out nouns,pronouns and verb.
I am studing onlay Noun, Pronoun and verb rightno. :)
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Re: Pick out nouns,pronouns and verb.
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Re: Pick out nouns,pronouns and verb.

Originally Posted by
sara_pk All living things need water. people and animals need water to drink.Plants need water to help them grow.Rain is water that falls from the clouds in the sky. Clouds are made of millions and millions of tiny drops of water.
Red Noun
Blue Pronoun
Green Verb
Nouns:
- All living things
living things
things
water
Plants
water
Rain
water
clouds
sky
Clouds
millions
millions
drops
water
Pronouns:
- them (refers to "Plants")
that (relative pronoun)
Verbs:
- need
need
drink
need
help
grow
is
falls
are
are made of
:)
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Say:
- I am studying the parts of speech.
Say:
- I don't know what the pronouns are in that paragraph.
Say:
- I am only studying nouns, pronouns and verbs right now.
Cas is very thorough.
:)
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Hi,
Thank you RonBee for correcting my santences. :)
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