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Common Noun—Definition—a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea. P. 25 Examples—school, house, parent, boy, girl, dog, desk, game, etc. Proper Noun—Definition—names a particular person, place, thing, or idea and begins with a capital letter. P. 26 Examples—Northpoint Mall, Webb Bridge Middle School, Aunt Josie, etc. Helping Verb—Definition—helps the main verb to express action or a state of being. P. 49 Examples—is, are, was, were, would, should, could, has, have, had, be, been, am, shall, will, etc. Action Verb—Definition—a word that expresses either mental or physical action. P. 52 Examples—sing, dance, jump, run, bark, laugh, shout, walk, cook, etc. Linking Verb—Definition—connects or links the subject to a word or word group that identifies or describes the subject. P. 53 Examples—all helping verbs plus appear, become, feel, taste, smell, grow, look, remain, sound, stay, turn, etc. Preposition—Definition—a word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and another word in the sentence. p. 62 Examples—about, above, across, after, around, over, in, into, to, out, out of, up, during, for, with, etc. Prepositional Phrase—Definition—is made up of a preposition and the noun or pronoun that is the object of the preposition. P. 63 Examples—of dry leaves, behind the garage, into a cloud, over the hill, under the bed, on the table, from my aunt and uncle, etc. Adverb—Definition—a word that modifies (describes) a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. P. 59 Examples—quickly, slowly, suddenly, later, yesterday, softly, always, early, very, there, too, now, never, etc. Adjective—Definition—a word that is used to modify (describe) a noun or a pronoun. P. 38 Examples—gentle, purple, these, Irish, two, scary, beautiful, silly, etc. Interjection—Definition—a word that expresses emotion. P. 68 Examples—Oh! Aha! Ouch! Wow! Yikes! Yippee! Goodness! Well, Hey! Hooray! Coordinating Conjunctions—FANBOYS—Definition-- A conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words or two independent clauses. P. 66 Examples—for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Subordinating Conjunctions—AAAWWUBBIS—Definition--a conjunction that joins together a dependent clause and an independent clause. P. 90 Examples—after, although, as, when, while, until, before, because, if, since, etc. Proper Adjective—Definition—is formed from a proper noun and begins with a capital letter. P. 40 Examples—Japanese, Victorian, Spanish, French, Chinese, etc. Articles—Definition—made up of three words—a, an, the They can also be considered adjectives in a sentence. Fragment—Definition—is a word group that looks like a sentence but does not contain both a subject and a verb or does not express a complete thought. P. 4 Examples—Gentle with children; Alonzo’s aunt and uncle; Took us riding on a sled; Visited an old Spanish mission, etc. Run-On—Definition—two or more sentences run together with no punctuation between them or with only a comma between them. P. 388 Examples—Sally Ride was the first American woman in space, she was a member of a shuttle crew. People in business and in school use the internet on a daily basis, they can use the internet at home too. Comma Splice—when you separate two complete sentences with just a comma. Compound Subject—Definition—two or more subjects in a sentence that are joined by a conjunction and have the same verb. p. 13 Examples—Will Mrs. Jones or Mrs. Smith chaperone our field trip? Flutes, clarinets, and oboes are all woodwind instruments. Compound Predicate—Definition—two or more verbs that are joined by a conjunction and have the same subject. P. 14 Examples—Ben overslept but caught his bus anyway. Mai left Vietnam and arrived in California in 1994. Our band practices together and writes songs. Simple Sentence—Definition—is the main word or word group that tells whom or what the sentence is about. p. 8 Examples—The Korean market is closed today. Simple subject—market Several tents were set up in the park. Simple subject—tents Compound Sentence—Definition—two complete sentences joined together by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) p. 97 Examples—My father is cleaning the attic, and my mother is doing the laundry. We toured the garment district in New York City, but we could not afford to buy any designer clothes. Complex Sentence—Definition—an independent clause (sentence) and a dependent clause (fragment) joined together by a subordinating conjunction (AAAWWUBBIS) p. 99 Examples—If you don’t hurry, we will be late for class! We started running to the car because it was raining. Compound-Complex Sentence—Definition—a sentence with two or more independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause. P. 100 Examples—According to our records, your next appointment isn’t until next month, but we do thank you for your call. As it happens, you’re right, and I’m wrong. Direct Object—Definition—a noun, pronoun, or word group that tells who or what receives the action of a verb. Must follow an action verb. P. 107 Examples—Jan called somebody for the math assignment. DO--somebody My brother bought a model airplane. DO--airplane She needed glue and paint for her project. DO—glue, paint Indirect Object—Definition—a noun or pronoun that comes between the action verb and the direct object. It tells to whom or for whom or to what or for what the action of the verb is done. P. 109 Examples—Steve brought us some unusual souvenirs. IDO—us Gabriel’s cousin showed him some tourist spots. IDO—him Subject Pronoun—Definition—use the subject form of a pronoun to be the subject of a sentence. p. 179 Examples—he, she, it, they, you, we, I This type of pronoun has to be able to begin a sentence. Object Pronoun—Definition—a pronoun that receives the action of the verb in a sentence. p. 183 Examples—me, you, him, her, it, us, them This type of pronoun is often in the middle to the end of the sentence. Possessive Pronoun—Definition—a pronoun that shows possession p. 178 Examples—my, mine, your, yours, his, hers, its, her, our, ours, their, theirs Relative Pronoun—Definition—introduces a clause, p. 37,It does not begin a Q. Examples—that, who, which, whom, whose Robins are birds that migrate south for the winter.