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Grammar
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Parts of Speech
The “math” of English
Noun
• noun - a person, thing, or place, OR IDEA!!
EX: mother, apple, love, group, or valley.
– Proper
– Common
– Collective
– Concrete
– Abstract
***TIP***
• Nouns are usually preceded with a NOUN
INDICATOR:
–A
– AN
– THE
PROPER NOUNS
• A proper noun always starts with a capital
letter.
• EX: Jacob, United Nations, The Lion King,
Africa, Tower of London, Uncle Peter
COMMON NOUNS
A common noun is the word used for a class of
person, place or thing.
EX: car, boy, bridge, town, water
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
• A collective noun is the word used for a group
(or collection) of people or things.
EX: choir, team, jury, band, class
CONCRETE NOUNS
• A concrete noun names a person, place or
thing that can be perceived by one or more of
the senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell).
• Examples: photograph, music, pears,
sandpaper, rose, Brooklyn Bridge
ABSTRACT NOUNS
An abstract noun names an idea, feeling, quality
or characteristic
• Examples: love, fun, freedom, self-esteem,
beauty, honor, wisdom, Buddhism
Some practice:
Erica has high hopes
for the future.
What are the nouns?
Which ones are
abstract/concrete/proper/common? Can they
be more than both??
Adjective
• An adjective is a word that modifies and
describes (tells about a noun)
– Think colorful, descriptive words
• A green bike
• A huge grapefruit
Verb
• A verb is a type of word that describes an
action or a state of being.
EX: wiggle, walk, run, jump, be, do, have, or
think.
Types of Verbs
Action
Linking
Being
Something
you do
Connector
Forms of
“is” and
“are”
Cry, kiss,
talk, eat
Feel, appear,
grow, smell Have been,
were, is, am,
hear
was, be,
being, been
Adverb
• An adverb is a word that tells "how," "when,"
"where," or "how much.”
Ex:
easily, warmly, quickly, mainly, freely, often, and
unfortunately.
These OFTEN, but do not always end in
–ly
Pronoun
• A pronoun is a substitute for a noun.
Some pronouns are:
I, me, she, hers, he, him, it, you, they, them, etc.
Preposition
• A preposition is a word that shows the
relationship of one object to another (in terms
of space, time, or positioning).
The words above, near, at, by, after, with and
from are prepositions.
BEE and the BOX
Conjunction
• A conjunction is a word that joins other words,
phrases, clauses or sentences.
Some conjunctions are: and, as, because, but,
or, since, so, until, and while.
***FANBOYS – always use a comma when
connecting two independent clauses
Interjection
• An interjection is a word that expresses
emotion. An interjection often starts a
sentence but it can be contained within a
sentence or can stand alone.
Examples:
Oh! Wow! Ugh! Hurray! Eh! and Ah!