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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 An IdeaIdea
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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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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