Using Grammar to Illustrate the Water Cycle INDEX Nouns Nouns Nouns Pronouns Pronouns Pronouns Verbs Verbs Verbs Adjectives Adjectives Adjectives Adverbs.

Using Grammar to Illustrate Using Grammar to Illustrate the Water Cyclethe Water Cycle

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• NounsNouns

• PronounsPronouns

• VerbsVerbs

• AdjectivesAdjectives

• AdverbsAdverbs

• PrepositionsPrepositions

• ConjunctionsConjunctions

• InterjectionsInterjections

The Water CycleThe Water Cycle

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NOUNSNOUNSrefer to any place, person, thing, or idea.refer to any place, person, thing, or idea.

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The sun heats up water in rivers lakes or ocean and turns it into

vapor or steam. The water vapor or steam leaves the river, lake or ocean

and goes into the air.

PRONOUNSPRONOUNSTake the place of a nounTake the place of a noun

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As Water Vapor in the air gets cold, it changes back into liquid forming clouds.

VERBSVERBSShow action or state of being, and the time of that action or Show action or state of being, and the time of that action or state.state.

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This occurs when so much water has condensed that the air cannot hold it anymore. The clouds get heavy and water falls back to the earth in the form of rain, hail or snow.

ADJECTIVESADJECTIVESDescribe nouns and specify size, color, number, and Describe nouns and specify size, color, number, and so on. This is called modifying.so on. This is called modifying.

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When water falls back to earth as precipitation, it is then collected back in the oceans, lakes or rivers or it may end up on the land as groundwater. Then the cycle start all over again.

ADVERBSADVERBSDescribe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, and specify in Describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, and specify in what manner, when, where, and how much.what manner, when, where, and how much.

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Evaporation is when the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and turns it into vapor or steam. The water vapor or steam leaves the river, lake or ocean and goes into the air.

Now, Let’s review the four stages of the Water Cycle.

PREPOSITIONSPREPOSITIONSShow how a noun or pronoun is related to another Show how a noun or pronoun is related to another word in a sentence.word in a sentence.

Water vapor Water vapor inin the air gets cold and the air gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming changes back into liquid, forming clouds. This is called clouds. This is called condensationcondensation. .

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CONJUNCTIONSCONJUNCTIONSJoin words, phrases, or clauses.Join words, phrases, or clauses.

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Precipitation occurs when so much water has condensed that the air cannot hold it anymore. The clouds get heavy and water falls back to the earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow.

INTERJECTIONSINTERJECTIONSAre sudden, interrupting words or phrases that are Are sudden, interrupting words or phrases that are also know as exclamations. They are often signaled also know as exclamations. They are often signaled by an exclamation mark.by an exclamation mark.

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Collection is when water falls back to earth as precipitation. It may fall back in the oceans, lakes or rivers or it may end up on land.  When it ends up on land, it will either soak into the earth and become part of the “ground water” that plants and animals use to drink or it may run over the soil and collect in the oceans, lakes or rivers where, guess what, the cycle starts all over again.

ReferencesReferences

ACWAACWA

Water Education FoundationWater Education Foundation

West Valley Water DistrictWest Valley Water District

California State Board of California State Board of Education Education Content Standards met:Content Standards met:

Grade ThreeGrade Three

English-language Arts Content Standards English-language Arts Content Standards

GrammarGrammar

1.2 Identify subjects and verbs that 1.2 Identify subjects and verbs that are in are in agreement and identify and use agreement and identify and use pronouns, pronouns, adjectives, compound adjectives, compound words, and articles words, and articles correctly in writing and correctly in writing and speaking.speaking.

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