D-12.07 Name & Request Things with Adjectives + Nouns + Prepositional Phrases

Adjectives Before Nouns; Prepositions of “Things”; Adverbs & Prepositional Phrases of “Help” - Life Skills 1 9 pages Who It’s For: Teachers, Helpers, & Learners at Novice to Beginning Language & Literacy Proficiency Levels  Why It’s Useful: Some “secondary” (less vital) Parts of Speech that come up at the very beginning of English-language instruction are Adjectives, Prepositions, and Adverbs.  Along with Nouns—and later, Imperative Verbs, these often appear in segments aimed at these basic language competencies: Describing Things; Making & Answering Requests for Things; Following & Giving Street Directions.    What You’ll Do:  [1] Read (aloud) the Thought Balloons of the page 14 Strip Story, “Six Small Cups.” Notice that all its noun phrases include the article a/an, numbers, and/or adjectives useful in “Describing Things.” Use the illustrated Grammar Explanation Boxes and the related Exercises A-B to insure understanding of both the grammar and signific