PRONOUN- are words that stand for nouns or for words

that take the place of nouns.

SINGULAR PLURAL
First person I, me, mine, my We, us, our, ours
Second person You, your, yours You, your, yours
Third person He, him, his, she, They, them, their,
her, hers, it, its theirs

REFLEXIVE AND INTENSIVE PRONOUNS- pronouns

end in self or selves

SINGULAR PLURAL
First person Myself Ourselves
Second person Yourself Yourselves
Third person Himself, herself, Themselves
itself

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN- directs attention to a

specific person, place, or thing (this, that, these,
those)

INTEROGATIVE PRONOUN- used to begin a question (

what, which, who, whom, whose)
Ex: Who knocked on the door?
What did Emily decide to do?
Which of the books did Richard read?

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II. ACTION VERBS

VERB- that tells what action someone or something is

performing; action words
 Ex: the art students are learning about
perspective.

III. ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

ADJECTIVE- word used to describe a noun or pronoun

Ex: hot onions
That book
Seventeen marbles
More exercise
The bicycle looked new

ARTICLE- indefinite; a, an definite; the

Ex: a contest, an opportunity, the winner

ADVERB- a word that modifies a verb, an adjective or

another adverb.

Ex:
ADVERBS MODIFYING VERBS
1. The balloon floated up.
2. Your wallet is here.
3. Your letter arrived today
4. Now I will go.

ADVERBS MODIFYING ADJECTIVES

1. I am extremely hungry.
2. The overly tired worker collapsed.

ADVERBS MODIFYING ADVERBS

1. He drives rather carefully
2. The glass was not completely empty.
IV. PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS AND
INTERJECTIONS

PREPOSITION- a word that relates the noun or pronoun.

Ex: about, as of, at, but, for, from, in, on, into, of, off,
beside, among, over
1. The tree fell behind the house
2. The tree fell toward the shed
3. The tree fell on account of the wind

CONJUNCTIONS- word used to connect other words or

groups of words.
Ex: and, for, or, yet, but, nor, so
1. The waves thundered and pounded the shore.
2. The dog’s hair is soft, silky, and clean
3. The carpenter works quickly but efficiently.
4. Turn to the left or to the right

INTERJECTIONS- word that expresses feeling or

emotion.
Ex: ah, goodness, hey, hurray, oh, ouch, whew, wow
1. Whew! I’m glad that’s over
2. Hey, wait a minute.