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Verbs Action Verb: Tells what the subject does. • Jeremy likes to run. Present Tense: • Traci plays soccer on Wednesday. Past Tense: • Traci played soccer on Wednesday. Future Tense: • Traci will play soccer on Wednesday. Linking Verbs: tell what the subject is or links the subject with a word or words that describe it. • Benjamin has always watched boxing on television. Nouns Common Nouns: name a whole group or general person, place, thing, or idea. • The house is large. Proper Nouns: name a specific person, place, thing, or idea. • The best state to visit is Hawaii. Pronouns p 1: a word that replaces and refers to a noun. Subject Pronouns: I we you you he, she, it they Possessive Pronouns: my our your your his, her, its their mine ours his, hers, its theirs Pronouns p 2: a word that replaces and refers to a noun. Object Pronouns: me us you you him, her, it them Reflexive Pronouns: myself ourselves yourself yourselves himself, herself, itself themselves Modifiers Adjectives: words that modify, or describe, a noun or pronoun. • This is a pretty blouse. • That was the worst storm ever. Adverb: words that modify, or describe, a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. • (verb) The snail moved slowly. • (adjective) The horse was already gigantic. • (adverb) The kingdom was far away. Parts of a Sentence Subject: tells what or whom the sentence is about. • An angry, thin man walked up the courthouse steps. Predicate: tells what the subject is or what it does (always contains the verb). • An angry, thin man walked up the courthouse steps. Conjunctions Join together words and phrases. for and nor but or yet so Example: I like to run and walk. Interjections Words used to express emotional states. oh ouch wow oops hey Example: Ouch, I stubbed my toe! Prepositions Words that, like conjunctions, connect a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence. About Before Down Into Through Above Behind During Like To Across Below Except Of Toward After Beneath For Off Under Among Beside From On Up Around Between In Over With At By Instead Of Since Without Example: I went to the park before I went to the movies. Articles Signal that a noun is going to follow. the a an Example: I read the book for class tonight.
