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THE NOUN
What is a noun? A noun is one of the basic parts of speech. Its required in just about any complete sentence. In short, the noun can be either a person, place, thing or idea. Examples include: The boy, the school, the cat or the fear of something.
As you can see, the main difference between common and proper nouns are that proper nouns define the noun more. Theyre usually capitalized and rather specific.
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There are two more types of nouns: concrete nouns and abstract nouns. Were more used to concrete nouns. Again, these would be like the cat, the dog and the school.
Concrete Nouns:
Abstract Nouns:
Usually feelings Cannot be touched: Thought, love, fear Hence the name abstract"
Can be touched
Physical things like clouds and air
THE PRONOUN
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is basically a word that is used in place of one or more nouns Or even pronouns! Some common examples are he, she, her, his, they, and so on and so forth. The word that a pronoun stands in place of or refers to is known as the antecedent pronoun. Example: Students in on-line classes have to keep up with their assignments.
demonstrative pronoun.
used to point out specifics, like people, places, things or ideas. Some examples are this, that, these or those. Interrogative pronouns introduce questions.
No matter how hard I tried, she refused to date me. One day, she might see what she missed out on.
Demonstrative pronouns
THE ADJECTIVE
The adjective is probably one of the most vital parts
of speech. An adjective is anything that alters a noun, defining it more. Words like green, blue and pretty are all examples of adjectives. Demonstrative adjectives are adjectives that can be used both as adjectives and pronouns. They are the same as demonstrative pronouns. Theyre adjectives when they
modify nouns/pronouns, but pronouns when they take the place of nouns/pronouns.
THE VERB
A verb is a word that is used to express action or a state of being. The verb can be classified in three ways: Helping verbs, action verbs and transitive verbs.
Helping verbs are verbs that help main verbs express a state of
being. Linking Verb do not express action but connect the subject and verb to more information.
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specific distinction: action verbs actually describe what someone is doing (He was running across the street), whereas non-action verbs link subjects to the words that describe them. Some non-action verbs are:
Be Being Am Is Are Shall be Will be Has been Have been Had been Should be Would be Can be Could be Should have been
Was
Were
helping any.
THE ADVERB
An adverb is like the adjective for a verb. It basically describes a verb, adjective or another adverb. Adverbs modifying verbs:
Where?
We lived there. Please step up. I have the ticket here. Put that down.
When?
May we go tomorrow? Water the plant weekly. Well see you later. He arrived early.
THE PREPOSITION
A preposition is a word or phrase that shows the relationship of a noun/pronoun to another word. Heres some examples of some commonly-used prepositions: The Saint Bernard slept near my Everything about the beach was bed. wonderful.
Invitational
Alas, because of my cramp, he finished 5th to last in place of myself.
THE CONJUNCTION
A conjunction is a word that joins words or word groups. Coordinating conjunctions join words/word groups that are used in the same way, while correlative conjunctions are pairs of conjunctions that joins words/word groups
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One way to remember coordinating conjunctions are through a list called FANBOYS:
Examples: Coordinating conjunctions: I tried to sprint ahead, for Brandyn was passing me and I wanted to win the race. I came in last place at Yucaipa, but it was a lot of fun!
Correlative conjunctions: I beat neither Nathan Newberry nor Sergio Grajeda. However, a Beaumont, both Tomas and Manuel came after I did.
THE INTERJECTION
An interjection is a word that expresses emotion. There is no grammatical relation between the interjection and the rest of the sentence. Examples: Yow! That hurts, Marie! Yikes! You scared me to death, Rebecca!
SHORT QUIZ
Identify the verb phrases in the following sentences. Then, identify the helping verbs and the main verbs. 1. Steven and Craig must have had permission to leave early. 2. Mitsy should vacuum the carpet before she dusts the furniture. 3. The remote control must have fallen behind the sofa cushion. 4. It was understood that the group would be meeting in the commons after school. 5. Jesse will not be going to soccer practice this afternoon. 6. Meghan might not have practiced enough for her recital.