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English Grammar

Parts of Speech:

Noun, Verb,

Adverb, Adjective*Modified by Deanna Blackshire 2013-2014

Eight Parts of Speech

Nouns

Adjectives

Conjunctions

Interjections

Word that names

A Person

An Idea

A Thing

A Place

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’

Common

general things rather than specific

examples

Boy

Girl

Proper

name used for an individual person, place, or

organization

McDonalds

Woodgrove High School

American Red Cross

Concrete

words used for actual things you can touch,

see, taste, feel, and hear

book

bell

flower

lake

Abstract

referring to ideas, concepts, emotions, and

other “things” you can’t physically interact

with

independence

curiosity

pride

uncertainty

sadness

Collective

word that refers to a group

Team

Pack

Herd

Staff

Family

Yet More Types of Nouns…

Compound(made of two+ words)*One word Compounds: airplane, sunlight, keyboard

*Two word compounds:rain forest, parking lot, City Hall

*Hyphenated Compoundsmother-in-law, fade-out

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A word that expresses action or

otherwise helps to make a

statement “be” verbs

&

taste

feel

sound

look

appear

become

seem

grow

remain

stay

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Every sentence must have

a

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.

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Action Verbs express both

physical and mental actions.

Action verbs with a direct object

are called a transitive verb. If

there is NOT a direct object, then

it is called an intransitive verb.

Ex) She locked the door. (T)

She ran. (I) –no direct object

Linking verbs ‘link’ or connect a

subject to a predicate. There are

two groups of linking verbs.

Group 1: Forms of ‘to be’:

is, am, are, was, were, been,

being

Group 2: Words that express a

condition: look, feel, smell,

sound, taste, grow, appear,

become, seem, remain

Ex) She seemed excited.

Ex) I am happy.

Auxiliary Verbs - AKA Helping Verbs - create verb phrases

and are used to express correct tense or to indicate that an

action is directed at a subject.

Examples:

The stadium is filled to capacity.

We should save a seat for Jeff.

Common Auxiliary Verbs:

Verbs 411

be have might shall will

can may must should would

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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:

Adjective 411 – a bit more

• This, that, these and those are adjectives that

answer “Which one?”

• Some, more, and less are adjectives that

answer “How much?”

• A proper adjective is formed from proper

nouns. They are capitalized and often end in

• -n, -ian, -an, -ese, and –ish. Ex: American

embassy, Canadian border, Swedish meatballs

•Articles a, an, and the are considered

adjectives too.

•A and an are indefinite articles that

refer to one of a general group.

•The is a definite article referring to a

specific noun.

Articles are Adjectives?

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Modifies or describes

a verb, an adjective,

or another adverb.

Answers the questions:

He ran quickly.

She left yesterday.

We went there.

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

Interrogative

Adverbsintroduce questions

such as

How did you break your

leg?

How often do

you run?

Where did you put the

mouse trap?

Adverb Details to Know

Adverbs frequently end in –ly

Below are some adverbs that do NOT have –ly at the end

afterward fast low often today

already forth more slow tomorrow

also hard near sometimes too

back instead next still yet

even late not straight

far long now then

Adverb Details to Know

An intensifier is an emphasis adverb; most

usually comes before the adjectives or

adverbs it is modifying.

Here is a list of commonly used intensifiers.

extremely most quite so

truly just nearly rather

somewhat very more only

really too

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