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GRAMMAR REVIEW The Eight Parts of Speech Nouns A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea place person idea thing Action Verbs • • • • Running Swimming Laughing planting Words that express action Linking Verbs • Connects the subject of a sentence to a word or word group that describes the subject. • Linking Verbs from the verb BE – – – – – am is are was were has been have been had been will be shall be may be might be can be should be would have been Pronouns Words that replace the noun Paul is playing his game. Susan is running with her brother. • His • Her • You You have a good time. Adjectives • Words used to describe people, places, and things. The young man has on an orange shirt and white pants. Adverbs A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERBS People handle old violins carefully. Very old violins are valuable. Orchestras almost always include violins. Prepositions A Preposition is a word that relates a noun or a pronoun to anther word in the sentence. The boy near the window is French. Common PREPOSITIONS aboard about above across after against along among around as at before behind below beneath beside besides between beyond but (except) by down during except for from in inside into like near of off on onto opposite out outside over past since through throughout to toward under underneath until up upon with within without Interjections • A word or group of words that express emotion Aha great ouch ha oh wow Good grief! My favorite restaurant has closed. Oh well, I’ll just eat at home. hooray Conjunctions • A coordinating conjunction is a word used to connect compound parts of a sentence. And, but, or, nor, and for are coordinating conjunctions. So and yet are also sometimes used as coordinating conjunctions. Allison and Austin have lived in Mexico. • Correlative conjunctions are pairs of words used to connect compound parts of a sentence. Correlative conjunctions include both…and, either…or, neither…nor, and not only…but also. Neither Jason nor Robert speaks Spanish.
