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Noun: A person, place, or thing.
Proper Noun: Name particular people, places, or things. (Thomas Jefferson, Paris, Superdome)
Common Noun: Name one or more of a class or group. (reader, politician, swimmers)
Collective Noun: Name a whole group though they are singular in form. (navy, team, pair)
Abstract Noun: Name concepts, beliefs, or qualities. (courage, honor, enthusiasm)
Concrete Noun: Name tangible things perceived through the five senses. (rain, bookcase, heat)
Pronouns: Take the place of a noun.
Demonstrative Pronoun: Point out a particular person or thing. (this, that, these, those)
Indefinite Pronoun: Do not point out a particular person or thing. (some, any, each, everyone,
everybody, anyone, anybody, one, and neither)
Intensive Pronoun: End in self or selves and is used to emphasize a word that precedes it in the
sentence. (I myself will carry the message)
Reflexive Pronoun: End in self or selves and indicate that the subject acts upon itself. (I hurt
myself)
Interrogative Pronoun: Used in asking questions. (who, whom, whose, and which who and
whom combine with ever: whoever, whomever)
Personal Pronoun: Usually refer to a person, sometimes a thing. (I, me, mine, you, yours, he,
she, it, his, its, we, us, ours, you, yours, they, them, theirs)
Relative Pronoun: Are used to introduce dependent adjectives or noun clauses. (who, whoever,
whom, whomever, that, what, which, whose)
Verb: Assert an action or express a condition.
Linking Verb: Express condition rather than action. (appear, become, feel, look, seem, smell,
sound, and taste) (the most common linking verb is the forms of to be-is, are, was, were, etc.)
Adjective: Modify a noun or pronoun.
Predicate Adjective: Follow linking verbs and modify the noun or pronoun that is the subject of
the sentence. (A nap in the afternoon is restful)
Articles: Are classified as adjectives. (a, an, the)
Possessive Adjectives: Have forms that are the same as some possessive pronouns. (her, his,
your, its, our, their)
Demonstrative Adjectives: Have exactly the same forms as demonstrative pronouns and are
used before the nouns they modify. (This dog or that dog; these dogs or those dogs)
Indefinite Adjectives: Have the same forms as indefinite pronouns. (some, any, each, every)
Adverbs: Describe, qualify, or limit other elements in the sentence. They modify verbs.
Conjunctions: Connect words, phrases, or clauses.
Coordinating Conjunction: Connect elements that are--grammatically speaking—of equal rank.
(and, but, or, nor, for, and yet)
Subordinating Conjunction: Introduce a subordinate or dependent element of a sentence.
(although, because, if, since, though, unless, when, where, while)
Correlative Conjunction: Are always used in pairs. (both, either or, not only, but also, neither
nor)
Preposition: Connect a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence. (above, across, after,
against, along, among, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, by, from, in, into, of,
on, over, through, up, upon, with, without)
Interjection: Are words that exclaim or express surprise. (Ouch!, Wow)