4. 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’
5. A word that expresses action or
otherwise helps to make a
statement “be” verbs
&
taste
feel
Subject
Linki
sound
look
ng appear
become
seem predicate
grow
remain
stay
7. Kinds of Verbs
a Action verbs express a Linking verbs make a
mental or physical statement by
action. connecting the
subject with a word
that describes or
explains it.
He rode the horse to
victory.
He has been sick.
8. The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns.
It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.
s
Indefinite Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns
n oun anybody this
ro
nal P ine each
that
P erso e, m urs either
I, m our, yo s, these
,y er none
you , her, h
she it, its urs someone, one, etc. Interro those
o
ur,
s, o , their
, gative P
,u
we them ronoun
, s who s
they their whom
elf
mys elf what
rs
you
which
whose
9. Modifies or describes a
noun or pronoun.
Answers these questions:
Did you lose your address
book?
Is that a wool sweater?
Just give me five minutes.
10. Modifies or describes
a verb, an adjective, Answers the questions:
or another adverb.
He ran quickly.
How?
When?
She left yesterday.
We went there. Where?
It was too hot! To what degree or how much?
11. Interrogative
Adverbs How did you break your
introduce questions leg?
When does your plane leave?
How often do
you run?
Where did you put the
mouse trap?
12. 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.
13. The preposition never stands alone!
noun object of
pre position pronoun preposition
preposition object
You can press those leaves under glass.
can have more than
one object
Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news.
object can have modifiers
It happened during the last examination.
14. Some Common Prepositions
aboard behind from throughout
about below in to
above beneath into toward
across beside like under
after between of underneath
against beyond off until
along by on up
among down over upon
around during past with
at except since within
before for through without
