1. My Grammar Flipbook

2. Synonyms and Antonyms Synonyms-words that are similar to one another. Examples: – Happy and Glad – Short and Little – Small and Petite Antonyms-words that are opposites Examples: – Happy and Sad – Short and Tall – Small and Large

3. Prefixes and Suffixes (Affixes) Prefixes-placed at the beginning of a word Examples of Prefixes – Anti (meaning against/opposite) antisocial=the opposite of social – Non (meaning not) nonexistent=not there – Pre (meaning before) precede=to come before – Pro (meaning for) propel=to move forward Suffixes-placed at the end of a word Examples of Suffixes – -an (meaning person) musician=a person who plays music – -ess (meaning female) actress=a female actor – -ia (meaning diseases) phobia=a disease having a fear of – -less (meaning without) motionless=without motion/movement

4. Nouns Ex: Jimmy read a book in the park. Jimmy=person book=thing park=place Two types of nouns: Common Nouns:Proper Nouns: Not specific and do notA specific person, place, or thing. begin with a capitol letter.It begins with a CAPITOL letter. Ex-dog, house, fishEx-Virginia, Monday, Atlantic Ocean A noun is a person, place, or thing.

5. Pronouns Ex: The tiny bird carried food to its family. The pronoun its replaces the noun bird. A word that replaces a noun (person/place/thing) Person 1st 2nd 3rd Subject I you He/she/it Object me you Him/her/it Possessive mine yours His/hers/its Person 1st 2nd 3rd Subject we you they Object us you them Possessive ours yours theirs SINGULAR Pronouns PLURAL Pronouns

6. Verbs Action Verbs: actions you can do Examples: Practice, Play, Jump, Run, Swim Linking Verbs: state of being Examples: is, are, was, were, seems, being, been Verbs can change their form:Auxiliaries are also called HELPING VERBS They come BEFORE the main verb. Tense (Past, Present, Future) Person (1 st, 2 nd,3 rd ) Number (Singular/Plural) Voice (Active/Passive) Words which show action or state of being. Common Helping Verbs MayBeDoHave MightBeingDoesHas MustBeenDidHad Am, isShouldShall Are,WouldCan Was,Could WereWill

7. Adjectives Describes size, color, number, and kind. Possessive Adjectives show possession or ownership Examples of Adjectives- -adorable-new-some-red-the-easy -beautiful-five-many-local-easy-a The 3 tall girls in the red suits became models for the fashion show. 3 describes how many girls. Tall describes what kind of girls. The and red describe which suits. The and fashion describe which and what kind of show. ADJECTIVES ANSWER 3 QUESTIONS-What kind? How many? Which one? A word which describes or gives information about a noun or pronoun.

8. Adverbs Describes time, frequency, and manner Examples of Adverbs- -Yesterday-Carefully -Quickly-Downstairs-Outside -Outside-Accidentally -Sometimes -Always -Recently When you came to my house, I was away. Answers questions when and where. Robert carefully wrote his paper. Answers the question how. ADVERBS ANSWER 3 QUESTIONS-When? Where? How? To what extent? A word that gives more information about a verb, adj, or another adv.

9. Preposition- a word which shows the relationships among other words. Prepositional phrase=the preposition + the words that follow. It is an area with a beautiful view. Aboutbelowdown Abovebeneathduring Acrossbesideexcluding Afterbetweenfollowing Amongbeyondfor Aroundconcerning from Asconsidering in At despitelike Ofnearminus Conjunction- a word that connects words/groups of words Coordinating-connects 2 equal parts of a sentence (FANBOYS) For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So Subordinating-connects 2 unequal parts of a sentence -although, as, as long as, before, because, even if, if, in order, once, only if, since, so that, than, that, though, unless, until, when, where, while Correlative-pairs that work together Both…AndEither…Or Neither…Now Whether…Or Not only… But Also Article- a kind of adjective that gives information about a noun Only 3 Articles -a -an -the Indefinite (general) -a -an Definite (specific) -the

10. Subject- who or what the sentence is about. Predicate-the verb and everything that tells about the subject. Judy and her dog run on the beach. Judy and her dog=subject Run on the beach= verb+ where the subject runs Simple Sentence-also called an independent clause. Contains a subject, verb, and expresses a complete thought. Ex: Josh and Juan play football daily. Ex: Alicia goes to the library and studies daily. Compound Sentence-contains 2 independent clauses (sentences) joined by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) Ex: Alex played football, so Maria went to watch his game. Alex played football=1 st sentence So=coordinating conjunction Maria went to watch his game=2 nd sentence Complex Sentence-contains 1 independent clause and 1 dependent clause, joined by a subordinating conjunction. Ex: The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow. The students are studying=independent clause because=subordinating conjunction they have a test tomorrow=dependent clause