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Parts of Speech

Nouns name people, places, things, and ideas. They are often preceded by articles like "a" or "the" or possessive words. Nouns can be countable or uncountable. Pronouns are used to refer to nouns to avoid repetition. There are different types of pronouns including personal, possessive, indefinite, and relative pronouns. Verbs express actions or states of being. They can be action verbs, linking verbs, or helping verbs. Adjectives describe nouns by answering questions like color or size. There are also different types of adjectives. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs by describing manner, time, place

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Parts of Speech

Nouns name people, places, things, and ideas. They are often preceded by articles like "a" or "the" or possessive words. Nouns can be countable or uncountable. Pronouns are used to refer to nouns to avoid repetition. There are different types of pronouns including personal, possessive, indefinite, and relative pronouns. Verbs express actions or states of being. They can be action verbs, linking verbs, or helping verbs. Adjectives describe nouns by answering questions like color or size. There are also different types of adjectives. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs by describing manner, time, place

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A noun is

. In English,
nouns are often preceded by noun
markers--the articles/adjectives a,
an, the, or some for example; or
possessive words like my or your.
Every noun is either
. Every noun is either
. Most nouns are
either ... but some
nouns are .
. Without
them, language would be
repetitious, lengthy, and awkward
• Personal
• Reflexive
• Indefinite
• Relative
• Possessive
• Demonstrative
Personal pronouns also refer to
specific persons, places, or things.

.
Indefinite pronouns all are third-
person pronouns and can be
subjects or objects in sentences.

However, any
. Thus, Jamie's
Corvette becomes her Corvette.
Possessive pronouns never take
apostrophes.
They always follow a noun or
personal pronoun and do not appear
alone in a sentence
A
in a sentence.
That is a pronoun referring to the
abstract noun idea.
The
.
It can be an action verb, linking verb,
and helping verb.
An action verb tells
. Action verbs express
physical or mental actions.
A linking verb tells
than what it does; linking
verbs express a state of being.
Verbs often appear with helping
verbs that fine-tune their meaning,

. The complete verb is the


main verb plus all its helping verbs.
An adjective is

. Adjectives usually answer


questions like which one, what kind,
or how many
Descriptive adjectives
.
Descriptive adjectives
.
, called articles, are
adjectives that answer the question
which one? The modifies a noun or
pronoun by limiting its reference to a
particular or known thing, either
singular or plural.
• Demonstrative Adjectives
• Possessive Adjectives
• Questioning Adjectives
• Indefinite Adjectives
An adverb is

. An adverb usually modifies


by telling how, when, where, why,
under what conditions, or to what
degree.
An adverb .

The girls ran quickly but happily


through the puddle.
An adverb can .
The adverb usually clarifies the
degree or intensity of the adjective.

Maria was almost finished when they


brought her an exceptionally
delicious dessert.
An adverb
. The modifying adverb
usually clarifies the degree or
intensity of the adverb.

Stan can discuss the English


language very thoroughly.
• Adverbs of manner.
• Adverbs of place.
• Adverbs of time.
• Adverbs of frequency.
• Adverbs of purpose.
• Adverbs of degree.
• Conjunctive adverbs.
• Focusing adverbs.
Prepositional phrases usually
. Or, as most
instructors are fond of saying, they
show relationship, for example, of
location or of time.
about below inside throughout
above beneath into to
across beside like toward
after between near under
against beyond of underneath
along by off unlike
among down on until
around during out up
as except outside upon
at for over with
before from past within
behind in through without
Conjunctions
. The three different types of
conjunctions indicate different
relationships between the elements
joined.
Use a coordinating conjunction
(words, phrases,
or clauses) of equal grammatical
value.
and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet

(Note: These are often remembered


with the acronym FANBOYS.)
Use correlative conjunctions in pairs

.
Correct use of these conjunctions is
critical in achieving parallelism in
sentence structure
as...as
both...and
not only...but also
either...or
neither...nor
whether...or
Use a subordinating conjunction

.
after even though than whenever
although if that where
as in order that though whereas
as if rather than unless wherever
because since until whether
before so that when while
Interjections are

, and are usually seen as


independent grammatically from the
main sentence.

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