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What you NEED to know: Grammar Review
Word
Definition
Example
Subject
The who or what of the sentence
The moon shone on the gravel path.
Predicate:
tells about the subject (includes the action)
The moon shone on the gravel path
Types of Sentences:
Declarative:
makes a statement. Uses a period.
The sky is blue.
Imperative:
command or request. Uses a period or an exclamation
point.
Remove your belongings from the
desk.
Remove your belongings from the
desk!
Interrogative:
asks a question. Ends with a question mark.
Will you be going to the play tonight?
Exclamatory:
shoes excitement or strong feelings. Uses an
exclamation point.
The Penguins scored the final point!
Adjective:
a word that is used to modify a noun or a pronoun.
The seventh grade can be hard.
Noun:
A word or word group that is used to name a PERSON,
PLACE, THING or IDEA.
Teacher, Grand Canyon, lamp, bravery
Parts of Speech:
Compound Noun: A single noun made of more than one word:
Basketball, light-year, grand piano
Proper Noun:
Names a particular person, place, thing or idea. Get
capitalized!
teacher Miss Cheatle
Concrete Noun:
Photograph, book, pen, friend
Abstract Noun:
Names a person, place or thing that can be perceived by
one or more senses.
Names an idea, feeling, quality or characteristic.
Collective Noun:
Word that names a group:
Batch, litter, team, class
Pronoun:
A word that is used in place of one or more nouns.
Ask Dan in Dan has done Dan’s work.
Ask Dan if he has done his
homework.
The word that the pronoun stands for
is the antecedent (DAN).
Love, tired, bold, courage
Personal
Pronoun:
Refers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the
one spoken about.
First Person I me my mine
we us our ours
Second Person you your yours
you your yours
Third Person he him his
they them
she her hers
their theirs
it its
Demonstrative:
Points out a person, place, thing or idea
This that these those
Interrogative:
Introduces a question.
Who Which What Whom Whose
Verbs:
A verb is a word that expresses an action or state of
being.
We celebrated the Chinese New Year
yesterday.
Action Verb:
An action verb is a verb that expresses either physical or
mental activity (doing something)
The owls hooted all night
Linking Verb:
a verb that expresses a state of being. A linking verb
connects, or links, the subject to a word or word group
that identifies or describes the subject.
(aux verb) helps the main verb express action or state of
being.
word that modified the verb, an adjective or another
adverb (AD’s to the VERB) Can appear before, after or
between the words they modify.
A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun
to another word.
Denzel Washington is an actor.
Conjunction:
A word that joins words or word groups.
And, but, for, nor, or, so, yet
Interjections:
A word that expresses emotion.
Aha, my, ouch, wow, hey, oh, rates,
yikes, hurray, oops, well, yippee…
Helping:
Adverb:
Preposition:
The packages were sent to 401 Maple
Street
The sprinter ran swiftly.
The cat walked to the door.
The cat walked through the door.
The cat walked past the door.