This document provides definitions and examples of common English grammar terms in 3 sentences or less: Nouns refer to people, places, things, or ideas. Verbs show action or a state of behavior. Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns, while adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs to describe manner, place, purpose, frequency, or time.

1. ENGLISH GRAMMAR TERMS
EASY WAYS TO REMEMBER

2. Nouns
A person, place, thing, or idea.
Person: boy, girl, man, woman
Place: America, Oregon, Keizer, Weddle, home
Thing: house, table, desk, pencil
Idea: justice, liberty, freedom

3. Verbs
Shows action or a state of behavior.
Examples:
working running playing jumping

4. Adjectives
Describes a noun or pronoun.
The small boat foundered on the wine dark sea.
The coal mines are dark and dank.
The back room was filled with large, yellow rain boots.
A battered music box sat on the mahogany sideboard.

5. Adverb
Modifies a verb
Adverbs of manner describe how something happens.
carefully correctly eagerly easily
Adverbs of place describe where something happens.
here home in out outside somewhere
Adverbs of purpose describe why something happens.
so to in order to because
Adverbs of frequency describe how often something happens.
always every never
Adverbs of time describe when something happens.
after already during finally

6. Article
Those little words that precede and modify nouns.
the teacher a college a bit of honey that person
those people whatever purpose either way your choice
Sometimes these words will tell you whether it is a specific or general thing
the garage out back
A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!

7. Preposition
Links to nouns, pronouns, and phrases
A preposition shows the relationship of its object to
the rest of the sentence.
The book is on the table.
The books are book is leaning against the wall.
The book is beside the table.
She held the book over the table.
She read the book during class.

8. Conjunction
Linking words, phrases, and clauses
"and" "but" "or" "nor" "for" "so" "yet"
I ate the pizza and the pasta.
Call the movers when you are ready.

9. Contractions
A combination of two words and shortening the words by
replacing a one or two letters with an apostrophe.
I am I'm
do not don't
will not won't
is not isn't
it is it's
are not aren't
could not couldn't
they are they're
were not weren't

10. I hope you learned something new or remembered
something from your past.
Enjoy the song.