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Grammar 101
Learning the basics
8 Parts of Speech
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Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Pronoun
Conjunction
Preposition
Interjection
Noun
• Names a person, place, thing or idea
• Two types of nouns (common and
proper)
• Common- any noun that doesn’t name
something specific
• Proper – Gives the specific name of a
noun
Verb
• Three types of verbs
– Action (expresses a physical or mental
action)
– Linking (links the subject of a sentence
to a word in the predicate)
– Helping or Auxiliary (combined with
verbs to form the verb phrase)
Action Verbs
• Transitive vs. Intransitive
– Transitive Verbs (appear with a direct
object or a person or thing receiving an
action)
– Intransitive Verbs (Does not have a
direct object)
Adjective
• Modifies a noun
• Descriptive words
• Gives more information about the noun
vibrant color this painting many visitors
Adverb
• Modifies the verb, an adjective or
other adverbs
• Describes the verb, an adjective or
other adverbs
• Generally end in ly
Pronoun
• Another name for a noun
• Ex. (he, she, him, her, them, they, it,
we, our)
Conjunction
• Joins two thoughts or sentences
together
• Not always in the middle of the
thought or sentence, can be in the
beginning or end
Preposition
• Shows the relationship between a
noun or pronoun and another word in
the sentence
• Can answer the question where?
• Anything that can be done to a cloud
Common Prepositions
about
above
across
after
against
over
by
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
onto
through
during
off
except on under
for
out
from
outside
between
in
among
around
with
at
beyond
Interjection
• Shows emotion
• Ex. Wow!, Uh! Ouch!
Identify the Nouns
• As the students walked from their
new school building, they realized
how extravagant the facility was.
• Quickly after the realization kicked
in, the teachers had to help control
the excitement.
Identify the Verb
• As the students walked from their
new school building, they realized
how extravagant the facility was.
• Quickly after the realization kicked
in, the teachers had to help control
the excitement.
Identify the
Adjectives/Adverbs
• As the eager students walked from
their new school building, they
realized how extravagant the facility
was.
• Quickly after the realization kicked
in, the veteran teachers had to help
control the excitement.
Common vs. Proper Nouns
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school
holiday
girl
president
building
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Clinton High School
Thanksgiving
Susie Smith
Barack Obama
Pentagon