English Grammar

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English Grammar
Parts
of
Speech
Eight Parts of Speech
Nouns Pronouns
Adjectives Adver
bs
Adve
rbs
ConjunctionsConjunctions
Prepositions
Verbs
Interjectionst j ti
Word that names
b A
Person
b An Idea
b A Thing
b A Place
Kinds of Nouns
Common Nouns
boy
girl
Proper Nouns
John
Mary
Singular Nouns boy
girl
Plural Nouns
boys
girls
Singular Possessive
boy’s
girl’s
Plural Possessive
boys’
girls’
A word that expresses action or
otherwise helps to make a
statement
Action Linkingi i
“be” verbs
&
taste
feel
sound
look
appear
become
seem
grow
remain
stay
SubjectSubject
predicatepredicate

Every sentence must have
a
Kinds of Verbs
b Action verbs
express mental or
physical action.
b Linking verbs make
a statement by
connecting the
subject with a
word that
describes or
explains it.
He rode the horse to
victory. He has been sick.
The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.
It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.The pronoun is a word used in place of one or ore nouns.It ay stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Person
al Pron
ouns
I, me, m
ine
you, yo
ur, you
rs
she, he
r, hers,
it, its
we,us,
our, ou
rs
they, th
em, the
ir,
theirs
myself
yoursel
f
Indefinite Pronouns
anybody
each
either
none
someone, one, etc. Interrogative Pronounswhowhomwhatwhichwhose
Demonstrative Pronouns
this
that
these
those
Modifies or describes a
noun or pronoun.
Is that a wool sweater?
Just give me five minutes.
Did you lose your address
book?
Answers these questions:
Modifies or describes
a verb, an adjective,
or another adverb.
odifies or describes
a verb, an adjective,
or another adverb.
Answers the questions:ns ers the questions:
How?o ?He ran quickly.e ran quickly.
She left yesterday.She left yesterday. When?hen?
We went there.e ent there. Where?here?
It was too hot!It as too hot! To what degree or how much?To hat degree or ho uch?
Interrogative
Adverbs
introduce questions How did you break your leg?
When does your plane leave?
How often do
you run?
Where did you put the
mouse trap?
A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun
or a phrase or clause functioning in the sentence
as a noun. The word or word group that the
preposition introduces is its object.
They received a postcard from Bobby telling
about his trip to Canada.
The preposition never stands alone!
preposition
noun
pronoun
object of
preposition
preposition object
can have more than
one object
object can have modifiers
You can press those leaves under glass.
Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.
It happened during the last examination.
Some Common Prepositions
aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
by
down
during
except
for
from
in
into
like
of
off
on
over
past
since
through
throughout
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
with
within
without
The conjunction
A conjunction is a word that joins words
or groups of words.
and or
bute
ither/or
neither/nor
The interjection
is an exclamatory word that expresses
emotion
Goodness! What a cute baby!
Wow! Look at that
sunset!

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