English Grammar

Parts of Speech
 Eight Parts of Speech

Interjec
tions b s
Ver
Pron
ouns
Nouns

AAd
dvve
errb
bss P re
po
siti
on
s
Noun Word that
: names
A Person

❂A Place

❂A Thing

❂An Idea
 Kinds of Nouns
Common Nouns Proper Nouns
boy John
girl
Mary
Singular Nouns Plural Nouns
boy boys
girl
girls
Singular Possessive Plural Possessive
boy’s boys’
girl’s girls’
 The Verb

A word that expresses action or

otherwise helps to make a
statement “be”
verbs
&
taste
jee
LLiinnk
b feel
u j
SSubt

Actio
sound
cct kiinngg look
appea
r
becom pre
pre

n
e
seem dic
dic
grow ate
ate
remai
n
stay
Every sentence must
have

VERB
a
 Kinds of Verbs
Action verbs Linking verbs make
express mental or a statement by
physical action. connectingthe
 subject with a
word that
describes or
explains it.

He rode the horse to

victory.
He has been sick.
 The Pronoun

The
The pronoun
pronoun is
is aa word
word used
used in
in place
place of
of one
one or
or
more
more nouns
nouns..
It may stand
It may stand for
for aa person
person,, place
place,, thing
thing,, or
or idea
idea..

Demonstrativ
e Pronouns
Indefinite this
Pronouns that
s o n a ls anybody
P e ro n o u n i n e r s each these
P r m e , m r , y orus , either those
I , u , y o ur , h e none
yo he s Inter
Prono rogative
, ur someone , one ,
she its ur, o etc .
it, us, o hem, who uns
we, y, t
the ir, whom
the irs what
the elf f which
mys rsel whose
you
 The Adjective

Modifies or describes a
noun or pronoun. Answers these
questions:
Did you lose your
address Which?
book?
Is that a wool
sweater? What
kind?
Just give me five How many?
minutes.
The Adverb

Modifies
Modifies or or
describes
describes
aa verb
verb,, an an Answers the
Answers the
adjective
adjective,, questions::
questions
or
or another
another
adverb
HHooww??
adverb ..
He
He ran
ran
quickly
quickly..
She
She left
left WWhheenn??
yesterday
yesterday..
We went
We went
there..
there WWhheerree??
It was
It was tootoo To
To what
what degree
degree
hot!!
hot or
or how
how much?
much?
 Kinds of Adverbs
Interrogativ
e How did you break
Adverbs your leg?
introduce
questions
When does your plane leave?
How W hen
? How often do
? you run?
How
often?
e r e Where did you put
Wh the mouse trap?
The Preposition

A preposition introduces a noun or pronoun

or a phrase or clause functioning in the
sentence
as a noun. The word or word group that the
preposition introduces is its object .

They received a postcard from

Bobby telling

about his trip to Canada.

 The preposition never
stands alone!
object
pre po s
i nounpron of
ou prepos
tio n n ition
preposit obj
You can press those leaves
ion ect

under glass. can have more

than
Her telegram tooneNina
objectand Ralph brought
good news.
object can have
modifiers
It happened during the last examination.
Some Common
Prepositions
through
aboard behind from out
about below in to
above beneath into toward
across beside like under
after between of underne
against beyond off ath
along by on until
among down over up
around during past upon
at except since with
before for through within
without
The conjunction
a word that joins words
A conjunction is

or groups of words.

n d
a or
neith
e ither r/nor e
/or
but
The interjection
is an exclamatory word that expresses
emotion

Goodness! What a cute baby!

Wow! Look at
that
sunset!
 That ’ s all for
now …

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