TEAS part of speech

verb

describes an action or experience

• run, walk, push, eat

noun

names a person, place, things, or idea

• house, teacher, cup, shop

adjective

describes a noun or pronoun

• short, beautiful, red, old

adverb

describes a verb, an adjective, or an adverb. Tells us How often, How , Where, or When

• slowly, yesterday, always

adverb

Ex:

Lola is ALWAYS late.

LAST NIGHT, I slept really early.

pronoun

replaces the name of a person, place, thing, or an idea in a sentence

• I, she, our, They, It

interjection

express strong emotions and is often followed by exclamation mark

• Wow!

• Oh!

conjuction

connects words, phrases, or clauses, in a sentence

• and, but, although, or

• My friend is very loud, WHEREAS, i am very quiet

• FANBOYS(acronym)

preposition

describes the place, time, or direction. It is used before a noun or pronoun.

• under, above, In, during

• The cat jumped OVER the box

• Get INTO the car quickly before we are late for school

subject

it tells who what the sentence is about

• ANGEL played football

• The WATERMELON is green

predicate

it tells what someone or something is or does

• Mr Smith lost his dog

• A bee buzzed around me

modifier

word or phrase that adds information about another word or phrase

• I have a GREY truck

subject complement

a noun that renames the subject

• Melissa is a TEACHER

• He is HANDSOME

object complement

a noun, adjective, or phrase which adds information about the direct object

• They call Melissa GENIUS

• They find him intelligent

• Most consider her admirable.

Independent clause

a completed thought

• The cat is sleeping.

dependent clause

needs more information and not a complete thought

• When the cat is sleeping.

dependent clauses start with a subordinating conjunction….

since

when

if

while

because

who

that

which

as

although

whether

until

unless

in case

even though

simple sentence

one independent clause

one verb

completed thought

• Grace opened the door.

compound sentence

complex sentence

imperative sentence

Transition words

past simple tense

an action that has already happened

• I walked to work today.

past perfect tense

an action that was finished before another past action

• He had visited China.

past progressive tense

a past action that was ongoing

• We were walking home when i got the call.

progressive (memory tip)

• was

• were

• will

• verb (-ing)

future simple tense

future perfect tense

future progressive tense

diction

narrative writing

subject pronouns

Perform the action of the verb

• Examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, they.

object pronoun

Receive the action of the verb or are the object of a preposition.

• Examples: me, you, him, her, it, us, them.

How to Remember: object vs subject!

1. Find the Verb: First, identify the action in the sentence. 

2. Ask "Who?" or "What?": Ask "Who or what is doing the action?" This will be your subject. 

3. Ask "To Whom?" or "For Whom?": Ask "To whom or for whom is the action being done?" This will be your object. 

subjective verb agreement

compound sentence

complex sentence