2. NOUNS
Definition: A person, place, thing, or idea.
Common (n): names in general - begins with lower case letter
(examples: city, cat, ocean, etc.)
Proper (N): names a specific noun - begins with Capital Letter
(examples: Wendell, Caitlin, The Buffalo Bills)
3. NOUNS EXAMPLES
Susan loves to wear dresses and skirts.
She has a pink t-shirt that is also her
favorite. Her brother, Brandon, prefers to
play soccer and wear cleats. Susan also
likes to play soccer but only because her
team’s color is her favorite color.
4. PRONOUNS
Definition: A word used to replace a noun. (6 types of
pronouns, 6 types of personal pronouns)
Personal Pronouns:
singular nominative - I, you, he, she, it
plural nominative: we, you, they
singular objective: me, you, him, her, it
plural objective: us, you, them
singular possessive: my, your, his, her, its, mine, yours
plural possessive: our, you, their, ours, yours, theirs
5. PRONOUNS
Personal: (1st person: pronouns have to do with “me” … 2nd
person: having to do with you, and 3rd person - pronouns
having to do with everyone else)
Reflexive (ref): reflects back to self (examples: myself,
yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, etc.)
6. PRONOUNS
Relative (rp): starts adj. dependent clauses
Examples: that, which, who, whom, whose
Interrogative (int): asks a question
Examples: which? whose? what? whom? who?
Demonstrative (dem): demonstrates which one
examples: this, that, these, those
7. PRONOUNS
Indefinite (ind): doesn’t refer to a definite person or thing
examples: each, either, neither, few, some, all, most, several,
many, none, one, someone, noone, everyone, anyone, somebody,
nobody, everybody, anybody, more, much, another, both, any,
other, etc.
8. PRONOUNS EXAMPLES
Her name is Mikayla. She likes to draw and
play volleyball. Her volleyball team is the
Tornados. They play all over the state. Carolena
is her teammate. She has a younger brother
named Taylor. He’s a pain, but everyone seems
to like him. Sometimes, they all will play
volleyball together in the yard.
10. VERBS
Linking Verb (lv)
● links two words together
● can be linking: is, be, are, was, were, been,
being, appear, become, feel, grow, remain,
seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, etc.
11. VERBS
Helping Verb (hv)
● “helps” an action verb or linking verb
● can be helping: is, be, am, are, was, were, been, being, will,
would, can, could, shall, should, may, might, must, have,
has, had, do, does, did.
13. ADVERBS
Definition: modifies adjectives (really cute),
verbs (extremely fast), and other adverbs
(very easily)
tells How? When? Where?
Hint: not and never are always adverbs.
14. ADVERBS
Most adverbs end in -ly.
You sang beautifully today.
She correctly answered that question.
They quickly lined up at the door.
15. ARTICLES
Definition: An article is a word used to modify a noun, which is
a person, place, object or idea.
Only THREE in the English language:
A, AN, THE
Definite Article: this article is the word the and it refers
directly to a specific noun or groups of noun.
16. ARTICLES
Indefinite Articles: Indefinite articles are
the words a and an. Each of the articles is
used to refer to a noun, but the noun
being referred to is not a specific noun
17. ARTICLES EXAMPLES
May I borrow an eraser, please?
The newspaper gets delivered every Sunday.
Normally you just don’t eat one Skittle.
Usually you eat a whole bag!
18. ADJECTIVES
definition: An adjective is a word that
modifies (describes) a noun or a
pronoun
Are placed as closely as possible to
the noun or pronoun they modify.
20. ADJECTIVES ACTIVITIES
What kind: old, happy, grumpy, red,
parallel
Which one: my, his, Dave’s, this, those
How many: five more, some, many, few
21. Comparing with Adjectives
Positive form is used to describe nouns (people, places, or
things) or to describe verbs (actions).
The comparative form is used for comparing two people or
things
The superlative is used for comparing one person or thing
with every other member of their group.
22. CONJUNCTIONS
- A conjunction is a joiner, a word that
connects (conjoins) parts of a
sentence.
Remember:
FANBOYS
For And Nor But Or Yet So
23. PREPOSITIONS
- preposition is a word that relates parts of the
sentence using direction, location, or time.
Examples of Prepositions: after, before, at, between.
- Most common preposition: to
- Example: When is recess?
Recess is after writing.
Recess is before science class.
Recess is at 12:45 pm.
Recess is between lunch and social studies.
24. INTERJECTIONS
- 1 : a word or cry (as “ouch”) expressing
sudden or strong feeling.
Copy down some examples:
- A: aha, ahem, ahh, ahoy, alas, arg, aw.
B: bam, bingo, blah, boo, bravo, brrr.
C: cheers, congratulations.
D: dang, drat, darn, duh.
E: eek, eh, encore, eureka
