Lab 4⃣.0⃣ Lists
October 21, 2016Create a variable for each part of speech below, and set each variable to hold a list of words that fit that part of speech. Some examples are given, but feel free to use your own.
| Part of Speech | Definition | Example Words |
|---|---|---|
| noun | person, place, or thing | giraffe, monkey, boy, girl, elephant, … people’s names… |
| verb | action word | jumps, runs, sleeps, sits, dances, … |
| adjective | describes a noun | big, small, loud, silly, young, old, sleepy, … |
| adverb | describes a verb or an adjective | quickly, excitedly, angrily, happily, sadly, … |
| article | introduces noun: the book, a giraffe | a, the |
| preposition | relates a noun to something else | under, over, around, near, beside, … |
Write a custom reporter block called “noun phrase” that reports a noun phrase where each word is chosen randomly from the lists you created. A noun phrase consists of an article, an adjective, and a noun in that order.
Write custom reporter blocks like noun phrase for each of the phrase types listed below.
| Block name | Construction |
|---|---|
| prepositional phrase | preposition, noun phrase |
| verb phrase | adverb, verb, preposition phrase |
| sentence phrase | noun phrase, verb phrase |
Write code so that when you press the spacebar, a random sentence is generated and a sprite says a sentence.
Changing Our Vocabulary
- Write a script so that when the ‘n’ key is pressed, the user is prompted for a new noun and that noun is added to list of nouns. After that point, the new noun entered by the user should be able to appear in sentences.
- Write scripts to add words to the other lists. Use the keys listed below.
| Key | Part of speech |
|---|---|
| v | verb |
| j | adjective |
| d | adverb |
| a | article |
| p | preposition |