1. EQ: How can I identify and use elements of grammar correctly?

2. Parts of Speech Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Pronoun Preposition Conjunction Interjection

3. Noun Definition: Person, place, thing, or idea. Jobs: Subject (SN) Object of Preposition (OP) Direct Object (DO) Indirect Object (IO) Predicate noun (PrN) Question it answers: Who or what?

4. Verb Definition: Expresses action or a state of being. Types: Action (V) Linking (LV) Helping (HV) Question: What is being said about the subject?

5. Adjective Definition: Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. Abbreviation: Adj Questions it answers: What kind? Which one? How many?

6. Adverb Definition: Modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Abbreviation: Adv Questions it answers: How? When? Where? Why? Under what condition? To what degree?

7. Conjunctions Coordinating Conjunctions for and nor but or yet so Coordinating Conjunctions for and nor but or yet so Correlative Conjunctions both... and either... or neither... nor not only... but also whether... or Correlative Conjunctions both... and either... or neither... nor not only... but also whether... or Subordinating Conjunctions after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as, as soon as, as though, because, before, by the time, even if, even though, if, in order that, in case, lest, once, only if, provided that, since, so that, than, that, though, till, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, while Subordinating Conjunctions after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as, as soon as, as though, because, before, by the time, even if, even though, if, in order that, in case, lest, once, only if, provided that, since, so that, than, that, though, till, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, while

8. Prepositions aboard about above across after against along among around at before behind below beneath beside between beyond but by down during except for from in inside into like near of off on out outside over past since through throughout to toward under underneath until up upon with within without

9. Subject Pronoun Definition: Takes the place of a noun that is used as the subject of the sentence or predicate pronoun Abbreviation: SP Subject Pronouns: I, We, He, She, It, They, You Questions it answers: Who or what?

10. Possessive Pronoun Adjective Definition: Takes the place of a noun Shows ownership Modifies like an adjective Abbreviation: PPA Possessive Pronoun Adjectives: My, Our, His, Her, Its, Their, Your Questions it answers: Whose?

11. Possessive Noun Adjective Definition: Shows ownership Modifies like an adjective Will always have an apostrophe s (‘s) Abbreviation: PNA Possessive Noun Adjectives: Dan’s Mr. Hall’s Kelly’s Questions it answers: Whose?

12. Direct Object Definition: Noun job Noun or pronoun that completes the meaning of a sentence Abbreviation: DO Question it answers: What or who? NOTE: * Verbs become TRANSITIVE when there is a DO*

13. Indirect Object Definition: Noun job Noun or pronoun that receives what the direct object names Located between the verb and direct object Abbreviation: IO Question it answers: To whom or For whom? NOTE: * Verbs become TRANSITIVE when there is a DO*

14. Predicate Noun Definition: Noun job Noun or pronoun after the verb that means the same as the subject Always after a linking verb Abbreviation: PrN Question it answers: Who or what?

15. Predicate Adjective Definition: Adjective that modifies the subject Always after a linking verb Abbreviation: PA Question it answers: What? What kind of subject?