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Language Arts Study Guide
Nouns – A person, place, or thing
Common Noun – Any person, place, or thing
Proper Noun – The NAME of a particular person, place
or thing
Possessive Noun – a noun that shows ownership or
possession. To make a noun possessive add ‘s or s’.
Singular noun – One person, place, or thing
Plural noun – More than one person, place, or thing
Verb – Action words- they tell what you do
Adjectives – Words that describe nouns. They can tell
how many, or they can describe the way something
looks, smells, feels, taste, or sounds. A, an, and the
are also considered adjectives.
Pronouns – Words that take the place of a noun.
Examples are: she, he, it, we, you, they, them
Subject- Who or what a sentence is about
Predicate – What the subject of the sentence does or is
Compound subject – A sentence that has more than one
subject. Example: John and Sarah went to the movies.
Compound predicate – A sentence that has more than
one predicate. Example: Tim played soccer and
baseball.
Compound sentence – A sentence that contains two
complete ideas that are related. They are usually joined
together with a conjunction: and, but, or, yet, so.
Run-on sentence – Two or more sentences that run
together
Statement - A sentence that makes a statement; a telling
sentence that ends with a period.
Question – An asking sentence that ends with a
question mark(?)
Exclamation – A sentence said with excitement and
expression(!)
Command – A sentence that commands or orders you
to do something; it ends with a period or an exclamation
point.
Synonym- a word that means the same as a word
Antonym – a word that is the opposite of a word
Compound word – two words joined together to make
one
Examples: playground, baseball, homework
Contraction – two words joined together with an
apostrophe to make the word smaller
Examples: we are = we’re; is not = isn’t; cannot =
can’t
Prefix- an affix that comes before a root word
Examples: unhappy; un means negative
Redo, review; re means again
Suffix – an affix that comes after a root word or stem
word
Examples: girls; s makes the word plural
Cooked; ed makes the word past tense
Guide words – the terms at the top of the page of a
reference book. Guide words can be found in a
dictionary, encyclopedia, or a thesaurus.
Dictionary – contains words and their meanings in
alphabetical order; also gives pronunciation and part of
speech
Thesaurus – a book of synonyms (words with like
meanings)
Encyclopedia – contains volumes of information about a
person, place, or thing. It is arranged alphabetically by
subject and a good resource for a research project.
Atlas – a book of maps including illustrations, charts,
and information
Internet – an electronic communication network that
connects computers around the world. A good source if
you need to find updated information on people, places,
or things.
Title page – Located in the front of the book right after
the front cover. Includes the title of the book, author,
and illustrator.
Table of Contents – located after the title page in the
front of the book. Lists the various topics or chapters
and corresponding page numbers.
Glossary – Located at the back of a book. Is a minidictionary of words included in an information book.
Index- Located at the very back of a book behind the
glossary. Is an alphabetical list of words (topics) and
the page number where the word can be found in the
book.