Transcript Parts of Speech Review Everything that needs to be in the

Nouns
 A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea
 Common Noun-GENERAL noun
 Example-boy, state, capital
 Proper Noun-SPECIFIC noun
 Example-Justin, Colorado, Denver
 Possessive nouns show ownership
 Singular nouns-add ‘s
 Plural nouns that do end in s-add’
 Plural nouns that do NOT end in s-add ‘s
 Plural Noun-more than one
Pronouns
 Pronoun is a word that replaces a noun or another
pronoun
 Antecedent is what the pronoun took place of
Personal Pronouns
Singular
Plural
Subject
Object
Possessive
1. I
2. You
3. She
4. He
5. Who
1. Me
2. You
3. him
4. her
5. it
6. Whom
1. we
2. you
3. they
1. us
2. you
3. them
1. my
2. mine
3. your
4. yours
5. his
6. hers
7. her
8. its
1. our
2. ours
3. your
4. yours
5. their
6. theirs
Indefinite Pronouns
 Indefinite Pronoun is a pronoun that does NOT refer to a particular person or
thing=VAGUE
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Singular Indefinite Pronouns
Another
each
Anybody
either
Anyone
everybody
Anything
everyone
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Plural Indefinite Pronouns
Both
Few
Many
Several
Others
everything
neither
nobody
no one
one
somebody
someone
something
 Indefinite Pronouns that can be BOTH singular and plural
 All
none
any
most
some
Preposition
 A preposition is a word that relates its object to another word in the sentence.
OR A preposition is a word that indicates position, direction, or time. –shows
relationship
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 The object of the preposition is the noun or pronoun that follows the
preposition.
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 A prepositional phrase is a group of words in a sentence beginning with the
preposition and ending with the object of the preposition. Prepositional
phrases may also contain modifiers of the object.
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 A preposition can be taken out of a sentence and the sentence will still make
sense.
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 Neither a subject nor a verb will be in a prepositional phrase.
Prepositions Continued
about
behind
from
on
toward
above
below
in
on top of
under
across
beneath
in front of
onto
underneath
after
beside
inside
out of
until
against
between
instead of
outside
up
along
by
into
over
upon
among
down
like
past
with
around
during
near
since
within
at
except
of
through
without
before
for
off
to
As
Verbs
 Action Verb-something you do
 Linking Verb-connects the subject to the predicate
 Helping Verb-is a linking verb paired with another verb (at least two verbs usually in a
row)
 Another name for a helping verb is a verb phrase
 Would, should, could always helping verbs
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Words that can be either linking or action (apply to senses)
Feel
remain
smell
Look
touch
sound
Appear
become
stay
Taste
grow
turn
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Take out prepositional phrases
Ask what or who the sentence is about?
What did that who or what do?
Look for the words that are always verbs
Words that are always verbs!
Am
Has
Do
be
Is
are
Have
had
does
did
Was
were
Adjectives
 Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns
 Another word for modify is describe
 Adjectives answer:
 What kind?
 Which one?
 How much/many?
 Comparative Adjectives compare two things and
use –er or more.
 Superlative Adjectives compare more than two and
use –est or most.
Adverbs
 Adverbs modify adjectives, verbs, and adverbs
 Adverbs answer:
 When?
 How?
 Where?
 What extent?
 A helpful hint is that many adverbs end in –ly
Sentence Types
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Clause-a group of words
Independent clause-a group of words that CAN stand alone
Dependent-a group of words that CAN NOT stand alone
Simple sentence-one independent clause (A subject and a
predicate)
 S=I
 Compound sentence-is two simple sentences joined by
coordinating conjunctions or a semicolon
 C=I+I..
 Complex Sentence-is a independent and dependent clause
 Cx=I+D…
 Compound/Complex Sentence
 C+C+I..
Coordinating Conjunctions
 F-for
 A-and
 N-nor
 B-but
 O-or
 Y-yet
 S-so
Subordinating Conjunctions
 Usually the dependent clause starts with a
subordinating conjunction
After
as though since
Although because
so that
As
before
than
As if
how
though
As long as if
unless
As soon as in order that until
That
which
who
when
whenever
where
wherever
whether
while