ARTICLES = the, an, a NOUNS = refer to name of a person (farmer,
mechanic, father, Professor Haskins), places
INTERJECTIONS = words that expresses strong
feeling or emotion. Exp: Aw! Oh! Phew! Well! Yea!
Bravo! Gosh! Eh! Gee!, etc.
CONJUCTIONS = connect word or group of words.
1. Coordinating Conjunction: For, And, Nor, But, Or,
Yet, So (FANBOYS).
2. Correlative Conjunctions: Both/and, either/or,
neither/nor, not only/but also, whether/or.
PARTS OF SPEECH
PREPOSITIONS = words that show the relationship
between a noun and another word in the sentence.
Exp: Under, down, around, toward, behind, besides,
inside, near, over, in, by, until, within, up, without,
etc.
ADVERBS = words that modifies a verb, an
adjective, or another adverb. Many adverbs end in -
ly (quickly, easily, etc). Adverbs answer Where?
When? How? Frequency. Other examples that don't
end in -ly: again, always, just, nowhere, seldom,
almost, alone, even, never, very, etc.
(ocean, Canada,porch, Spain), things (scissors,
giraffe, pen, smiles), or ideas (love, inspiration,
courage, anxiety).
1. Common Noun = person, place, or thing. Exp:
basketball, video. coin, woman
2. Proper Noun = nouns begin with capital letter. Exp:
Chicago, Mr. Richard Turner, Parangtritis beach.
PRONOUNS = refer to a noun.
1. Personal Pronoun: I, my, mine, me, you, your, yours,
he, his, him, she, her, hers, it, its, we, our, us, you, your,
they, their, them
2. Reflexive Pronoun: with ending -self or -selves.
Exp: yourself, myself, ourselves, etc
3. Interrogative Pronoun: which, who, whom, whose.
4. Demonstrative Pronoun: this, that, these,
those.
5. Indefinite Pronoun: all, another, any, anybody,
anyone, everyone, everything, more, most, much, etc
ADJECTIVES = always describe a noun. It answers the
questions What? Which? How many? How much? Exp:
Carrie read an interesting story. (what kind of story?);
The recent article has that information. (which article?
1. Action Verbs : tells what action a subject is performing.
Exp: eat, run, sleep, delivered, bowled, help, etc.
2. Linking Verbs: the most common linking verbs are the forms of to
VERBS be. If a word can be replaced by to be; it is a linking verb. Exp: He
appears tired -> He is tired.
3. Helping Verbs: It is usually separated from the main
verb. the common helping verbs are am, is, are, was,
were, and modals.