PARTS OF SPEECH

ENGLISH 7&8

Noun

A person, place, thing, or idea

verb

An action word

Pronouns

Replaces a noun. Examples: I, he, she, they, it, his

Preposition

A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word (anything a mouse can do)

prepositional phrase

a group of words beginning with a preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun

Declarative

makes a statement …….

Interrogative

A sentence that asks a question ?????

imperative

extremely necessary; vitally important !!!!!

complete sentences

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

fragment

A word, phrase, or clause that does not form a full sentence

run-on sentence

made up of two or more sentences that are incorrectly run together as a single sentence

direct object

a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb

indirect object

tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done; example: Jack showed the DOG kindness.

Conjunction

a word that joins two phrases or sentences

Interjection

expresses emotion and has no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence

Prepositon

shows a relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

verb

An action word

linking verb

links two words together

helping verbs

Helps the main verb express action or a state of being

verb to be

am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

article

a, an, the