Report Writing Parts of Speech

names, persons, places, things, actions, qualities, beliefs

noun

The officer stopped the car. The subject fled from the officers

example of a noun

acts as a substitute for a noun

pronoun

They stopped the car. He ran from them.

example of a pronoun

expresses actions, states of being

verb

The officer ran after the subject. The subject was fast.

example of a verb

describes, identifies, or quantifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb

adverb

The subject ran quickly. He became extremely exhausted.

example of a adverb

describes a noun or a pronoun

adjective

The heavyset man was the subject. The short woman was also running.

example of a adjective

links words and phrases and provides temporal, spatial, and logical relationships

preposition

The subject jumped out of the car, went over the retaining wall, and ran into the store.

example of a preposition

connects words with other words, clauses (parts of sentences) with other clauses

conjunction

Officer Russ and I approached the car. I covered the car while he contacted the subject.

example of a conjunction

The _____________ of a sentence tells you what or who performs an action.

subject

The ___________ states the subject's action, existence, or state of being.

verb

The ____________ tells you the person or thing that is affected by or that receives the action of the verb. Not all sentences have ______________, but most do

object

A ______________ _____________ is a group of words that lacks a subject, verb, or object (when one is needed) or fails to express a complete thought.

sentence fragment

The ____________ of a sentence tells you what or who performs an action

subject