BRIEF GRAMMAR REVIEWArrrghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8 PARTS OF SPEECH

Nouns AdverbsPronouns PrepositionsVerbs ConjunctionsAdjectives Interjections

NOUNSDefinition:Person, place, thing, ideaCommon: generic (any) zombie

NOUNSDefinition:Person, place, thing, idea

Proper: specific

Rob Zombie

PRONOUNSDefinition:A word that replaces a noun.

There are lots!

They could be he, she, myself, everybody, his, hers…

PRONOUNSDefinition:A word that replaces a noun.

Before Rob Zombie directed the 2007 remake of Halloween, he was also in the band White Zombie.

VERBS Definition:A word used to express action, being, or state of being.

Action Verb:She ran from the zombie.

VERBS Linking/Being Verbs:

(is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been)She is a zombie.

VERBS Helping/Auxiliary Verbs:

previous, + has, have, had, do, does, did, may might, must, can, could, shall, should, will,

would.

VERBS Helping/Auxiliary Verbs:

We should have been running from the zombies.

ADJECTIVESDefinition: An adjective is use to modify (describe) a noun or pronoun.They answer these questions:• Which one?• What kind?• Whose?• How Much?• How Many?

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ADJECTIVES Which one?the slow zombie

What kind?the mean zombie

Whose?your zombie

ADJECTIVES How much?more zombies

How Many?five zombies

PREPOSITIONSDefinition: A preposition shows the relationship between its object (object of the preposition) & some other word in the sentence.

There are a 51 of them.

PREPOSITIONSThink of a zombie and a carA zombie is above the car.A zombie is inside a car.

A zombie is beside a car.A zombie is under the car.

ADVERBSDefinition: An adverb is used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.They answer the questions:• How?• When?• Where?• How often?• To what extent?

ADVERBSHow often?The zombie fell twice.

To what extent?The zombie is extremely scary.

ADVERBSHow?The zombie walks aimlessly.

When?The zombie comes today.

Where?The zombie fell forward.

CONJUNCTIONSDefinition: A conjunction connects words or groups of words.Coordinate Conjunctions:

ForAndNorButOrYetSo

CONJUNCTIONSDefinition: A conjunction connects words or groups of words.

Subordinate: as, as if, because, before, if, since, that till, unless, when, where, whether

CONJUNCTIONSDefinition: A conjunction connects words or groups of words.

Correlative (in pairs): Both…andEither…orNeither…norNot only…but also

CONJUNCTIONSThe zombie and his friend danced.

The zombie will attack unless we hide.

Either he was a zombie, or he was extremely boring.

INTERJECTIONSDefinition: An interjection expresses strong feeling. It can end with a comma or an exclamation point depending on the emotion.

Wow! You look awful.

Oh, you’re a zombie.