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Parts of Speech

• Nouns: Words that name people, places, things, or ideas. (e.g., cat, city, happiness)

• Pronouns: Words that replace nouns. (e.g., he, she, it)

• Verbs: Words that express actions or states of being. (e.g., run, is)

• Adjectives: Words that describe nouns. (e.g., blue, tall)

• Adverbs: Words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. (e.g., quickly, very)

• Prepositions: Words that show the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and another word. (e.g., in, on, at)

• Conjunctions: Words that connect words, phrases, or clauses. (e.g., and, but, or)

• Interjections: Words or phrases that express strong emotion. (e.g., wow, ouch)

Sentence Structure

• Simple Sentences: Contain a subject and a verb. (e.g., The dog barks.)

• Compound Sentences: Connects two simple sentences with a conjunction. (e.g., I wanted to go for a walk, but it started raining.)

• Complex Sentences: Contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause. (e.g., Although it was raining, I still went for a walk.)

Tenses

• Present Tense: Describes actions happening now. (e.g., I walk.)

• Past Tense: Describes actions that have already happened. (e.g., I walked.)

• Future Tense: Describes actions that will happen. (e.g., I will walk.)

Punctuation

• Periods: End a statement.

• Commas: Separate items in a list or clauses.

• Question Marks: End a question.

• Exclamation Marks: Express strong emotion.

• Quotes: Indicate speech. (e.g., "Hello!")

Subject-Verb Agreement

• Ensure the subject and verb agree in number. (e.g., He runs. vs. They run.)

Common Errors

• Run-on sentences: Two independent clauses joined without a conjunction.

• Incorrect verb tense usage.

• Misplaced modifiers: Ensure the modifier is placed