Grammar Strategy Notes GREgmat

Noun

Person, place, or thing

Verb

a part of speech that expresses action (e.g., run, think), occurrence (e.g., happen, become), or a state of being (to be, exist)

What is the subject of a sentence

The person, place, thing, or idea(noun) that performs the action (verb) or is being described.

It is the word after the verb, there is not always a subject

The hungry cat meowed

Prepositions

Give location (in, on, after)

Usually followed by noun

What is the main verb

The primary action or state of being of the subject in a clause?

What is an independent clause

a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

What is an object

A noun/pronoun/phrase receiving action

adjective

modifies nouns or pronouns

adverb

a part of speech that modifies (described) a verb, adjective, or another adverb, providing context regarding how, when, where, to what extent, or how often something happens

pronoun

A word used as a noun/noun phrase to avoid repetition and improve sentence flow, acting as a substitute for specific people, places, or things

A subject verb relationship

Where a noun is doing an action(verb) or in the state of being

Conjunctions

words that connect words, phrases, or clauses

Prepositional phrases

Preposition (gives location) connecting object with modifiers

What is the function of a noun?

A noun can be made plural with s/es most of the time.

A noun can be a subject or object of a sentence.

A noun can be preceded by an article (an article, a/the as well)

A noun can be the object of a prepositional phrase: (The house is full of bananas)

What is the function of a verb

Only verbs can be conjugated/changed (fall/fell)

Only verbs can indicate time

A verb can be predicated

A verb can take an object

The first part of a sentence is the ____ the second is the ____

Object

Predicate

“I love pizza” where “pizza” is the object, and “love pizza” is the predicate.

Adverb function

Modify s verb, adjective, adverb

Informs us how when or where

An adverb has mobility(usually can move)

Can intensify words

Pronoun function

Closed class, not new words

References previous stated nouns, can be subject or object of a sentence, and has no modifications

Conjunction function

Connects pieces of sentences

Can be coordinating variety or subordinating variety, or pairing variety(not only…but also)

Preposition function

head of a prepositional phrase( I love walks in the morning)

Followed by noun phrase, closed class, modifies nouns or verbs

Adjective Function

An adjective can be used as comparative (bigger/smaller)

Can be a superlative

Modifies noun or noun phrase

does not take “s/es”

The object and subject of a sentence are always a …

are always a noun