Concrete Nouns Abstract Nouns

Concrete nouns name a Abstract nouns name

person, animal, place or things, ideas, feelings or
thing that can be seen traits that cannot be
or touched. seen or touched.

Examples Examples

car

orange chair

house toy chair beauty wealth

tree lady apple freedom pain
school cat shoe education laughter
 Action Verbs Helping Verbs

Action verbs tell us what Helping verbs are verbs

people or things are that help the main verb
doing, saying or feeling. describe action.

Examples Examples

eat smell

throw push

run jump dive am were would

hold sleep cry is has been
sing learn smile are was does
Adverbs are words that describe an action.
They tell us how, when or where something
happens.

Examples

quickly quietly soon later after

neatly almost always not only

She sleeps She’s running here and Kate sings

quietly. there. beautifully.
 Descriptive Comparative
Adjectives Adjectives

Adjectives are words Comparative adjectives

that describe nouns. compare things. They can be
comparative or superlative.

Examples Examples

cold happy bright small smaller smallest

sweet sweeter sweetest

red old

wild young dark larger smaller

fast blue sweet faster slower

bright soft warm lighter heavier
Prepositions are words that position people
or things in time or space.

Examples

on near beside above

under behind between below

next to in front of behind

on between in
Articles are words that introduce a noun or
noun group. There are only 3 articles in the
English language.

Examples

a an the

a ball
goes before a word starting with a consonant

an apple
goes before a word starting with a vowel

the girl
identifies a specific person, place or thing
Personal Pronouns Possessive Pronouns

Personal pronouns are Possessive nouns show

words that replace the ownership.
names of people and
things.

Examples Examples

her him his hers

he him us his theirs yours

her she we hers ours theirs
they them you their mine its
 Conjunctions are words that join ideas or
sentences together. They can be
coordinating, subordinating or correlative.

Examples

for and so yet

or but since and

She likes apples, but doesn’t like oranges.

She had a sandwich and an apple for lunch

Would you like fruit or ice cream for dessert?

yet
when is
and then
 Proper nouns are nouns that name
specific people, places, and things. They
always begin with a capital letter.

Categories of Proper Nouns

Some common categories of proper nouns are

Names Cities States Countries
Months Holidays Titles Brands

Examples

Australia Sydney Queen Elizabeth

Dr. Jones California Christmas

December Land Rover Oreo