REVIEW OF THE BASIC BASICS
PARTS OF SPEECH
Noun -- names a person, place, thing, or idea
Common noun -- any one of a group
My high school held a dance.
Proper noun -- a particular person, thing, or idea (capitalized)
Penncrest High School held a dance.
Pronoun -- takes the place of a noun
Adjective -- modifies a noun or a pronoun
Verb -- a word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement
Action verbs -- express action
Linking (or state-of-being) verbs -- help to make a statement, not by expressing an action but by serving as
a link between two words
Adverb -- modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
Preposition -- relate nouns and pronouns to the rest of the sentence
Common prepositions -aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
but (meaning except)
by
concerning
down
during
except
for
from
in
inside
into
like
near
of
off
on
out
over
past
since
through
throughout
till
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
with
within
without
Compound prepositions
as to
aside from
because of
by means of
in addition to
in front of
in place of
in spite of
instead of
on account of
out of
owing to
prior to
Conjunction -- joins words or groups of words
Coordinating conjunctions
and
but
or
nor
for
yet
Correlative conjunctions
both…and
not only…but also
either…or
neither…nor
whether…or
Interjection -- an exclamatory word that expresses emotion. It has no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence.