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Parts of Speech
Noun-person, place, thing, or idea
• Common noun-general name; not
capitalized (ex: boy, desk, building)
• Proper noun-a particular name; always
capitalized (ex: Alabama, Bob, English)
• Concrete noun-an object detected through
one of the senses (ex: wall, perfume, rain)
• Abstract noun-an idea, quality or
characteristic (ex: honesty, happiness,
love)
• Singular noun-only one (ex: bike)
• Plural noun-two or more (ex: bikes)
• Collective noun-group of people or things
(ex: team, staff, herd)
• Compound noun-formed from two or more
words: one word (hotdog), hyphenated
(Chick-fil-a, sister-in-law), and separate
compound words (parking lot)
• Possessive noun-shows ownership (ex:
book’s pages)
Pronouns-a word used in place of a
noun or another pronoun
• Antecedent-the word for which the
pronoun stands.
• Personal pronouns-simply take the place
of a noun (ex: Susie was sad. She felt
blue.)
• Possessive pronouns-show ownership (ex:
Susie was still sad. She slashed her
boyfriend’s tires to make her feel better.)
• Reflexive pronoun-reflects back to the
subject of the sentence or the subject of
the clause in which it appears (ex: Susie
lets herself into the house after school.)
• Intensive pronoun-used to emphasize a
noun or pronoun anywhere in the
sentence. It can be taken out the
sentence without altering the meaning.
(ex: I will go, but the tourists themselves
will remain at the site.)
• Indefinite pronoun-refers to things that are
not specifically identified; usually no
antecedents (ex: Everyone was invited to
the party)
• Interrogative pronoun-introduces a
question (ex: What is that?)
• Relative pronoun-introduces a noun
clause or an adjective clause (ex: The
students, who are eager to learn, couldn’t
write the notes fast enough.)
Verbs-expresses an action, a
condition, or a state of being
• Action verb-expresses a physical or mental
action (ex: I carried my books to class. I wanted
to leave them in my locker.)
• Linking verb-links a word in the predicate to the
subject; expresses a condition or state of being;
be aware that some of the verbs that express
condition can be used as action or linking (ex: I
smelled the flowers. They smelled sweet.)
• Auxiliary verbs (helping verbs)-combined with
verbs to form verb phrases.
Adjectives-limits the meaning of a
noun or pronoun
• Answers the questions: What kind?
Which one? How many? How much?
• Definite articles-the
• Indefinite articles-a, an
• Proper adjectives-formed from proper
nouns; always capitalized (ex:
Alabamians)
Adverbs-modifies a verb, an
adjective, or another adverb.
• Answers the questions: Where? When?
How? To What Extent?
• Intensifiers-adverbs that defines to what
degree an adverb or adjective is (ex: too,
so, very)
Prepositions-shows the relationship
between a noun or pronoun and
another word in a sentence.
• Prepositional phrases
• Compound prepositions
Conjunctions-connects words or
groups of words
• Coordinating conjunctions-connect words or
groups of words of equal importance in a
sentence.
• Correlative conjunctions-word pairs that serve to
join words or groups of words.
• Subordinating conjunctions-introduce
subordinate clauses-clauses that cannot stand
alone-and join them to independent clauses
• Conjunctive adverbs-used to express
relationships between independent clauses.
Interjections-word or phrase that
expresses emotion
• Mild interjection-only separated from the
rest of the sentence by a comma.
• Strong interjection-separated entirely from
any other sentences usually with an
exclamation point.