Parts of Speech

1. PARTS OF SPEECH

2. PRONOUNS
SUBJECT PRONOUNS; SHE, HE, THEY, WE, I, YOU, IT
OBJECT PRONOUNS:
HER, HIM, THEM, US, ME, YOU, IT

3. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE

4. ADJECTIVES
USEFUL, CAREFUL, HELPFUL, BIG, BEAUTIFUL,
HANDSOME, SMART
AN ADJECTIVE DESCRIBES OR MODIFIES A NOUN

5. ADVERBS
DESCRIBE A VERB OR AN ADJECTIVE
WORK CAREFULLY
WORK SLOWLY
DRIVE QUICKLY
SING BEAUTIFULLY

6. (HELPING VERBS) AND MAIN VERBS
HE (CAN) SPEAK ENGLISH WELL.
WE (ARE) REVIEWING PARTS OF SPEECH.
(DID) YOU FINISH YOUR HOMEWORK?
MAIN VERB = AUXILIARY VERB

7. NOUNS
PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS
TEACHER, OAKLAND, COLLEGE, IDEA, QUESTION

8. COMMON NOUNS ARE NOT CAPITALIZED
PROPER NOUNS ARE CAPITALIZED

9. PREPOSITIONS:
IN, ON, AT, TO, AFTER, BEFORE, UNDER, BETWEEN

10. ARTICLES:
THE
A, AN

11. INFINITIVE
TO + BASE FORM OF THE VERB
I LIKE TO SWIM.
IT’S TOO COLD TO HAVE A PICNIC TODAY.

12. THREE PARTS OF A VERB
BASE FORM/PAST FORM/PAST PARTICIPLE
FOR REGULAR VERBS:
WORK/WORKED/WORKED
TALK/TALKED/TALKED
WALK/WALKED/WALKED

13. THREE PARTS OF A VERB
BASE FORM/PAST FORM/PAST PARTICIPLE
FOR IRREGULAR VERBS, THE THREE PARTS DON’T
FOLLOW THE REGULAR PATTERN:
RUN/RAN/RUN
CHOOSE/CHOSE/CHOSEN
MAKE/MADE/MADE
GO/WENT/GONE
BEGIN/BEGAN/BEGUN

14. PRESENT PARTICIPLE
BASE FORM + -ING
I DON’T LIKE GOING TO THE DENTIST (GERUND)
HE IS TALKING TO ME RIGHT NOW. (MAIN VERB)
THAT WAS AN EXCITING MOVIE. (ADJECTIVE)

15. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
MS. AGARD TEACHES GRAMMAR 3. (ACTIVE VOICE)
GRAMMAR 3 IS TAUGHT BY MS. AGARD

16. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
PEOPLE SPEAK ARABIC IN YEMEN. (ACTIVE VOICE)
ARABIC IS SPOKEN IN YEMEN.

17. WE USE THE PAST PARTICIPLE TO FORM THE PASSIVE
VOICE:
SPEAK/SPOKE/SPOKEN
ARABIC IS SPOKEN IN YEMEN.

18. SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS
CLASS/CLASSES
BOOK/BOOKS
KID/KIDS
IRREGULAR PLURALS:
PERSON/PEOPLE
CHILD/CHILDREN
WOMAN/WOMEN
MAN/MEN

19. MODALS ARE SPECIAL HELPING VERBS THAT ARE
FOLLOWED BY THE BASE FORM OF ANOTHER VERB.
YOU SHOULD SPEAK ENGLISH IN THIS CLASS.
I MUST LEARN ENGLISH.
I CAN GO TO SCHOOL.
WOULD, WILL, SHALL, COULD, MAY, MIGHT

20. CONJUNCTIONS (FANBOYS)
FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO
CONJUNCTIONS ARE USED TO COMBINE TWO COMPLETE
SENTENCES:
IT’S A NICE DAY TODAY, SO I DIDN’T BRING MY UMBRELLA.
IT RAINED LAST WEEKEND, BUT NOW IT’S SUNNY.
I NEED TO LEARN MORE GRAMMAR, SO I’M TAKING THIS
CLASS.

21. A SUBORDINATOR BEGINS AN ADVERB CLAUSE.
WE A HAVE A LOT OF THEM:
BECAUSE, IF, WHEN, UNTIL, WHILE …
I’M TAKING THIS CLASS BECAUSE I NEED TO LEARN
MORE GRAMMAR.
BECAUSE I NEED TO LEARN MORE GRAMMAR, I’M
TAKING THIS CLASS.