Transcript Grammar Rules - Holy Trinity School

Grammar Rules
Pronouns
1. Use as a S, DO, PN, or IO
2. Personal pronouns may be adjectives
3. Relative pronouns may introduce adjective
clauses
Where to look for pronouns?
List on pp. 9-11
Prepositions
1. First word in a prepositional phrase.
2. Prepositional phrase – begins with a
preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun
called the OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION
Where to look for Prepositions?
List on pp. 32-33
Linking/Helping Verbs
1. Help the main verb (usually action).
2. The main verb determines if the phrase is
action or linking. IF the main verb is action,
the phrase is action; IF the main verb is
linking, the phrase is linking
Where to find Linking Verbs?
List on pp. 19-20, 23
Miscellaneous
1. Not/Never – adverbs…always
2. Adjective Phrases can only FOLLOW the noun
modified.
3. Diagramming: When a word applies to all
words in a space ship (see example on the
board).