Download LONG LIST OF GRAMMAR TERMS 1. Noun – person, place, thing

LONG LIST OF GRAMMAR TERMS
1. Noun – person, place, thing, or idea – answers who, whom, what
2. Pronoun – takes the place of a noun – can be a person, place, thing, or
idea
3. Verb – key to the sentence can be either action or linking
4. Adjective – modifies a noun or a pronoun & answers the questions:
how much/many, which one/ones, what kind, & whose
5. Adverb – modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb & answers the
questions: how, when, where, to what extent, & sometimes why
6. Preposition – a word that connects a group of words to other words in
the sentence – a prep NEVER
stands alone
7. Conjunction – connects words, phrases, clauses, & sentences
BOA (but, or, and) – 3 commonly used conjs.
8. Interjection – shows strong feelings or emotions – does no real job in
the sentence
9. Sentence base – 2 most important parts of a sentence: subject &
predicate – She runs. she = subj. runs = pred.
Go!
go = pred. ?? = subj.
(you) you understood.
10. Sentence – 4 things:
1. a group of words working together that make sense, 2. has a subject,
3. has a predicate, 4. begins with a capital letter & ends with a point of
punctuation
11. Paragraph – a piece of writing made up of 5-6 well written sentences
on one topic
12. Sentence fragment – part of a sentence
13. Run-on sentence – 2 or more sentences run together without
punctuation
14. Three parts of a paragraph – introduction, body, conclusion or
beginning, middle, & end
15. Subject – noun/pronoun that answers who or what before the verb
16. Direct Object – a noun or pronoun that answers whom or what after
the action verb
17. Action Verb – key to the sentence & shows action either physical
(run) or mental (think)
18. Linking Verb – key to the sentence & links or connects – shows no
action (is, are, was)