Parts of Speech

What are nouns?

Person, Place, Thing, or Idea

Proper Noun

A specfic name for a person, place, or thing.

Capatalized and Specific!

Ex. Janice, Central Park, Stanley

Common Noun

A general, non-specified name for a person, place, or thing

Broad and Not!

Ex. Girl, Park, City

Abstract noun

A word that names something that is not tangible (five senses)
Ex. love, hate, sad

Concrete noun

A noun that refers to a physical person, place, or thing that is tangiable (five senses)
Ex. Desk, Cup, Chair

Collective noun

A word that refers to a group of people, animals, or things taken as a single whole unit.

Ex. School, Company, Business

Compound noun

A word is that is a single noun made by combinged two or more words.

Ex. Brother-in-law, high school, volleyball

What is a pronoun?

Words used to take the place of a noun

Personal

I, you, he, she, his, hers, we, you, they, theirs, its

What is a Relative Pronoun

A pronoun that relates a piece of the scentence to the rest of the sentence

Relative

who, whom, whose, which, that

What is an interogative pronoun?

Questions and ONLY questions!

Interrogative

who, whom, whose, what, which

What is a demonstrative pronoun?

Used to demonstratel; point out

Demonstrative

This, that, these, those

Indefinite

Enging in one, body, or thing

all, each, both, few, either, any, neither

Reflexive

himself, herself, themselves

Verbs

Words that express action of makes a statment

Action Verb

a word that describes what the subject of a sentence is doing

ex. write, think, love, teach

!! DONT NEED TO KNOW!! Infinitive Verb

Don’t let this trip you up! (in relation to prepositions)

the basic, unconjugated form of a verb, usually preceded by the word "to"

Ex. To run, to eat, to write

Linking Verb

a word that connects the subject of a sentence to specific information about it, instead of showing an action
Ex. is, are, was, being, been
(appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, so on?)

Helping Verb

A verb that pairs with the main verb in a verb phrase to show tense, mood, or voice.

Ex. is, are, was, were, have, had

Ex. can eat, will read

Do you mark a helping verb as a main verb?

No! The two that should be focused on is action and linking. For example, if you see and action verb with a helping verb then it would all be labeled as action verb!

Adjective are descriptor words that answer:

What Kind?

Which One?

How Many?

A special type of adjectives are known as

Articles (a, an, the)

Adverbs modify:

Verbs, Adjectives, or other adverbs

Adverbs ask:

When?

How?

Where?

Why?

To what extent?

A LOT OF ADVERBS END IN ___ ; ___ AND ___ MARK AN ADVERB

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NOT

NEVER

Prepositions

Words that connect additional information to the rest of the sentence

*They must be in a prepositional phrase
(There are so many…. she posted a list!)

Why is it important to start with prepositons when marking a sentence?

Because they give a lot away! Remember that prepositions are lonely are rely on a noun or pronoun!