1. GRAMMAR: PARTS OF SPEECH

2. NOUNS- NAMES A PERSON, PLACE, THING, OR IDEA
NOUNS- NAMES A PERSON, PLACE, THING, OR IDEA. 2 CATEGORIES: COMMON: shoes PROPER: CAPITALIZED, Nike

3. PRONOUN- TAKES THE PLACE OF ONE OR MORE NOUNS OR PRONOUNS EXAMPLES: He, she, it, we, their

4. ADJECTIVE- MODIFY OR DESCRIBE A NOUN OR PRONOUN Examples: Quantities: one, two; Quality: blue; Types: large; Features: collars, Texture: cotton

5. VERB- SHOWS ACTION OR STATE OF BEING State of being: linking verbs: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been Something exists (be verbs)

6. ADVERB- MODIFIES A VERB OR ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB. She runs
ADVERB- MODIFIES A VERB OR ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB. She runs. How does she run? She runs quickly. Often end in y or ly Slowly, very

7. PREPOSITION- RELATIONSHIP WORDS OR GROUPS OF WORDS Time: before, during, after Space: In, out, through, around, above, on, over I will eat dinner before going to practice

8. CONJUNCTION- JOINS WORDS OR GROUPS OF WORDS
CONJUNCTION- JOINS WORDS OR GROUPS OF WORDS. Examples: for, but, and

9. INTERJECTIONS- EXPRESSES STRONG EMOTION Gosh. Hey. Ouch. Wow