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A word used to name a person, place,
thing or idea.
› Ex. Friend, manager, belief, love
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A PROPER NOUN names a particular
person, place, or thing.
› The Cage, Paris, Mother Teresa
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A word used in place of one or more
nouns.
› Some examples:
I, you, he, she, it, they, me, him, her, us,
them, myself, yourself, my, mine, your, yours,
etc.
*Review your sheets from earlier for a longer list
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A word used to modify (or describe) a
noun or a pronoun.
› An adjective answers one of three questions
about the word it modifies.
 Which one? That kitten, this classroom, the tall
one
 What kind? Blue pen, wonderful book, large
truck
 How many? Five cents, many papers, several
windows
A word that expresses action or helps
make a statement
 Action verb: expresses either physical or
mental action. The verb think, which
expresses mental action, is an action
verb just like kick, which expresses a
physical action.
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› Example:
 Mother works for the school.
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Linking verb: links a noun with a noun or
a noun with an adjective.
› Examples:
› Am, is, are, was, were, seem, appear, etc.
 Look at notes for a larger list of examples.
 NOTE: if you can put is, are, was, or were in
place of the verb without changing the
meaning of the sentence, it is likely a linking
verb.
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The helping verb: often a verb can
consist of more than one word. Thus,
verbs that precede the main verb are
called helping verbs.
› Some common examples:
› Be (am, is, are, was, were, been), shall, will,
have (has, had), etc.
 Ex. I should study. Should is the helping verb
and should study is the full verb phrase.
 Look at notes for further list.
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Word used to modify a verb, an
adjective, or another adverb. It usually
tells something about the verb.
› How – Look closely. (Closely modifies look)
› When – We lost recently. (Recently modifies
lost)
› Where – Hang the poster here. (Here
modifies hang)
› How Often – Norma usually drives to school.
(Usually modifies drives)
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Adverbs typically end in –ly.
› Ex. Always, finally, slowly, etc.
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Some adverbs modify adjectives.
› We read a really good book. (Really
modifies the adjective good)
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Some adverbs modify other adverbs.
› She walks too slow. (Too modifies the adverb
slow)
Word used to show the relationship of a
noun or a pronoun to another word in the
sentence.
 A group of words beginning with a
preposition and ending with a noun or
pronoun is called a prepositional phrase.
 Examples:
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› Under the bed
› Through the door
› After the sign
 NOTE: Study ALL prepositions found from previous
notes so you can easily recognize them for the
midterm.
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Word that connects words or group of
words (and, but, and or).
› Examples:
 Tonya is happy and excited.
 Is it snowing or raining?
 I can dance, but I cannot sing.
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An exclamation that expresses emotion.
It has no grammatical relation to the rest
of the sentence.
› Examples:
 Whoa! Watch where you are going!
 Wow! That looks amazing!
 Oh, it’s not important.
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A clause that can stand by itself,
expressing a complete thought. It always
has a subject and a verb.
› Examples:
 The man wore a black coat.
 I cannot go to the store.
A clause that cannot stand on its own
because it does not express a complete
thought.
 A dependent clause is different from a
prepositional phrase because it contains
both a subject and verb whereas a
prepositional phrase does not.
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› Examples:
 Although she is sick, the young woman still goes to
work. (dependent clause)
 Under the tree, you will find a basket of goodies.
(prepositional phrase)