Grammar

Parts of Speech

Eight Parts of Speech

NounsPronouns

Adjectives Adverbs

Adverbs

ConjunctionsConjunctions

Prepositions

Verbs

InterjectionsInterjections

Word that names

A Person

An Idea

A Thing

A Place

Kinds of Nouns

Common Nouns

boy

girl

Proper Nouns

John

Mary

Singular and Plural Nouns

Singular Nouns

boy

girl

Plural Nouns

boys

girls

Singular Possessive Nouns

Singular Possessive Noun

The boy’s toy.

The girl’s new dog.

Plural Possessive Noun

The boys’ toy.

The girls’ new dog.

A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a

statement

LinkingLinking

“be” verbs&

tastefeel

soundlook

appearbecome

seemgrow

remainstay

SubjectSubject

predicatepredicate

Every sentence must haveEvery sentence must have

aa

Kinds of Verbs

Action verbs express mental or

physical action.

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.

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

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.

Modifies or describesa verb, an adjective,or another adverb.

Answers the questions:Answers the questions:

How?How?He ran quickly.He ran quickly.

She left yesterday.She left yesterday.When?When?

We went there.We went there. Where?Where?

It was too hot!It was too hot! To what degree or how much?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 alongamongaround

atbefore

behindbelow

beneathbeside

betweenbeyond

bydown during except

for

fromin

intolikeofoffon

overpastsince

through

throughoutto

towardunder

underneathuntilup

uponwith

withinwithout

The conjunction

A conjunction is a word that joins wordsor groups of words.

and

or

buteither/or

neither/nor

The interjection

is an exclamatory word that expressesemotion

Goodness! What a cute baby!

Wow! Look at thatsunset!