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English GrammarEnglish Grammar

Parts of Parts of SpeechSpeech

Eight Parts of SpeechEight Parts of Speech

NounsPronouns

Adjectives Adverbs

Conjunctions

Prepositions

Verbs

Interjections

Word that namesWord that names

A PersonA Person

An IdeaAn Idea

A ThingA Thing

A PlaceA Place

Kinds of NounsKinds 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’

A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a

statement

Linking

“be” verbs&

tastefeel

soundlook

appearbecome

seemgrow

remainstay

Subject

predicate

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Every sentence Every sentence mustmust have have

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Kinds of VerbsKinds of Verbs Action verbs Action verbs express mental or express mental or physical physical actionaction..

Linking verbs make Linking verbs make a statement by a statement by connectingconnecting the the subject with a subject with a

word that word that describes or describes or explains it.explains it.

He rode the horse to victory. He has been sick.

The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.

Personal Pronouns

I, me, mine

you, your, yours

she, her, hers,

it, its

we,us, our, ours

they, them, their,

theirs

myself

yourself

Indefinite Pronounsanybody

eacheithernone

someone, one, etc. Interrogative Pronounswhowhomwhat

whichwhose

Demonstrative Pronounsthisthat

thesethose

Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.

Is that a wool sweater?

Just give me five minutes.

Did you lose your addressbook?

Answers these questions:

Modifies or describesa 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?

InterrogativeAdverbs

introduce questionsHow did you break your

leg?

When does your plane leave?

How often do you run?Where did you put the

mouse trap?

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 thepreposition introduces is its object.

They received a postcard from Bobby telling

about his trip to Canada.

The preposition never stands alone!

prepositionnoun

pronoun

object ofpreposition

preposition object

can have more thanone 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.

Some Common Prepositions

aboardaboutaboveacrossafter

against along

amongaround

atbefore

behindbelow

beneathbeside

betweenbeyond

bydown during except

for

fromin

intolikeofoffon

overpastsince

through

throughoutto

towardunder

underneathuntilup

uponwith

withinwithout

The conjunctionA conjunction is a word that joins words

or groups of words.

andor

buteither/or neither/nor

The interjection

is an exclamatory word that expressesemotion

Goodness! What a cute baby!

Wow! Look at thatsunset!

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