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Some suffixes used to form nouns are: -er, -or, -ion, -ment, -ness, -ity, -ence, -hood
PRONOUNS: Used to replace nouns to help avoid repeating them. There are many different kinds of
pronouns such as subject, object, possessive adjective, possessive………..
A few communities in the city worked together on a project, and their efforts made a big difference.
ADJECTIVES: Words that describe characteristics of people, places, things and tell: what kind, which
one, how many, color, shape, size, and feelings are also adjectives. Adjectives are often placed before
nouns but not always.
Some suffixes used to form adjectives are: -ous, -ive, -ish, -ful, -less, -able, -ible
Some prefixes used are: un-, im-, in-, ir-, il- (which mean ‘not’…..)
VERBS: Tell the action in relation to the subject of the sentence…as an “active”/”action” verb.
There are also “passive” verbs/”auxiliary” verbs such as forms of “be”, “do”, “have”….They can be
expressed in one word OR in a verb phrase.
She has been planning this party for the last two months.
How often/ frequency? always, often, usually, sometimes, hardly ever, rarely, never
BE CAREFUL because there are words that have more than one part of speech depending on how
they’re used in the sentence(s).
PREPOSITIONS: Words that are frequently used and express relation to location, space, and
time…the most frequently used are: in, on, at
INTERJECTIONS: Words/expressions that are used to reflect a strong and/or emotional reaction.
“A” is used before words that begin with a consonant OR words that begin with a ‘long U’ sound.
“An” is used before words that begin with a vowel OR words that begin with a silent H.