InterjectionsAn interjection is a word or phrase

used to express emotion.

VerbsA verb is a word used to express an

action, a condition, or a state of being.

There are 3 types of Verbs:

Action Verbs

Linking Verbs

Helping Verbs

Action VerbsAn action verb tells what the subject

does.

Physical Action: run, jump, swim

Mental Action: wish, hope, dream

Linking Verbs

A linking verb links its subject to a word in the predicate.

FORMS OF BE: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, have, has, had

Helping VerbsA helping verb helps main verbs express

action or precise shades of meaning.

Examples: has, have, hadcould, should, would, may, might, must,

can, shall, will

AdjectivesAn adjective is a word that modifies,

or describes, a noun or pronoun.

Adjectives answer 3 questions:

What Kind? Which one or

ones? How many /

how much?

NounsA noun is a word that names a person,

place, thing, or idea.

Common Noun:The general name for a person,

place, thing, or idea

Proper Noun:The name of a particular person,

place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns are ALWAYS Capitalized.

ConjunctionsA conjunction is a word used to join words

or groups of words; connectors:For

AndNor

ButOr

YetSo

AdverbsAn adverb is a word that modifies, or

describes, a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Adverbs answer 4 questions:

How? suddenly, carefully, sadly When? now, later, soon Where? there, up, ahead To What Extent? completely,

totally, fully

PronounsA pronoun is a word that is used in place of a

noun.

EXAMPLES: I, you, he, she, it, me, we, they, him, his, hers, my, mine, your, yours, its, us, our, ours, their, theirs

PrepositionsA preposition is a word that shows a

relationship between a noun or a pronoun to other words in the sentence.

Examples: about, above, across, against, among, around, behind, beside, below, between, during, except, by, down, over, under, of, off, on, through, beneath, to, after, toward, up, onto, unto, into, in

Articles

Articles are words that are linked to nouns to identify them rather than

describe them.

examples: a, an, the