Nouns
Proper Nouns
Person, Place or Thing/Idea.
Not specific and are not capitalized
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Examples:
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Person: teacher, pilot, girl, boy
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Place: school, city, park, country
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Thing: book, car, dog, computer
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Idea: happiness, freedom, love, intelligence
Specific names for a person, place, thing, or idea. Always capitalized:
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Person: John, Mr. Ram, Mary,
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Place: Vancouver, Eiffel Tower, Canada
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Thing: Mona Lisa, iPhone, Microsoft
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Idea: Hinduism, World War II
Verbs
Describe actions, states, or occurrences.
Information about what the subject does or what state the subject is in.
Action Verbs
Describe physical or mental actions.
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Examples: run, jump, think, write, eat
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She runs every morning.
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He thinks about the problem.
Linking Verbs
Connect the subject to a subject complement
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Examples: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, seem, become, appear
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She is a teacher
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The soup tastes delicious
Helping Verbs
Assist the main verb in a sentence by extending its meaning.
Examples: have, has, had, do, does, did, will, shall, would, should, can, could, may, might, must.
She is running fast. (is helps running).
Adjectives
Adverbs
Describe the qualities or states of being of nouns.
Provide more information about the noun/pronoun
What kind, which one, how how many
Examples: Happy, sad, tall, short, red, blue, beautiful, ugly
The happy dog wagged its bushy tail.
Words that modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.
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Mostly ending in -ly or -er
Examples: more quickly, more carefully, faster, earlier
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She runs faster than her brother. ​
Prepositions
Words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence.
They often indicate time, place, or direction
Time
Indicate when something happens.
At, on, in, before, after, during
We have a meeting at 3 PM.
Direction
Indicate the direction of movement.
To, towards, into, out of, from, through, across
She walked to the store.
Place
Indicate where something is located. at, on, in, under, over, between, among, next to, behind
The book is on the table.
Conjuctions
Link other words, phrases, or clauses together.
allow smooth transitions between them
Common conjunctions are:
Acronym FANBOYS:
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
Because, although, since, unless, if, when, while, before, even though, as, so that
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Examples Sentences:
She likes tea, and he like coffee
I wanted to go for a walk, but it started to rain.
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She went to bed early because she was tired.
Although it was raining, they went for a walk.
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