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English Grammar
Parts of Speech
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Eight Parts of Speech
Nouns Pronouns
Adjectives
Conjunctions
Interjections
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Word That Names
! A Person
" An Idea
# A Thing
$ A Place
Noun
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Kinds of Nouns
Common Nouns boy girl
Proper Nouns John Mary
Singular Nouns boy girl
Plural Nouns boys girls
Singular Possessive boy’s girl’s
Plural Possessive boys’ girls’
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A word that expresses action or state of being
Action Linking
“be” verbs &
taste feel
sound look
appear become seem grow
remain stay
Subject
predicate
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Every sentence must have….
a
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Kinds of Verbs
l Action verbs express mental or physical action.
l Linking verbs make a statement by connecting the
subject with a word that describes or
explains it.
He rode the horse to victory. He has been sick.
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The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns. It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Indefinite Pronouns anybody
each either none
someone, one, etc. Interrogative Pronouns who
whom what
which whose
Demonstrative Pronouns
this that
these those
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Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
Is that a wool sweater?
Just give me five minutes.
Did you lose your address book?
Answers these questions:
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Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Answers the questions:
How? He ran quickly.
She left yesterday. When?
We went there. Where?
It was too hot! To what degree or how much?
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Interrogative Adverbs introduce questions
How did you break your leg? When does your plane leave?
How often do you run?
Where did you put the mouse trap?
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A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence
as a noun. The word or word group that the preposition introduces is its object.
They received a postcard from Bobby telling
about his trip to Canada.
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The preposition never stands alone!
preposition noun
pronoun
object of preposition
preposition object
can have more than one object
object can have modifiers
You can press those leaves under glass.
Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.
It happened during the last examination.
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Some Common Prepositions
aboard about above across after
against along
among around
at before
behind below
beneath beside
between beyond
by down during except
for
from in
into like of off on
over past since
through
throughout
to toward under
underneath until up
upon with
within without
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The conjunction
A conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words.
or
but either/or neither/nor
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The interjection
is an exclamatory word that expresses emotion
Goodness! What a cute baby!
Wow! Look at that sunset!
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That’s all for now. . .