2. Basic Grammar Review Basic Grammar Review The Basic Parts of Speech

3. Eight Parts of Speech Nouns Pronouns Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions Prepositions Verbs Interjections

4. What is a NOUN?

5. Word that names Word that names b A b A Person b An b An Idea b A b A Thing Place

6. Kinds of Nouns

7. . What is a VERB?

8. A word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement Linking “be” verbs & taste feel sound look appear become seem grow remain stay Subject predicate

9. © Capital Community College Every sentence must have Every sentence must must have aa

10. Kinds of Verbs b Action verbs express mental or physical action. b Linking verbs make a statement by connecting the subject with a word that describes or explains it. He rode the horse to victory. He has been sick.

12. What is a Pronoun?

13. The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns. It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea. The pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns. It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea. Personal Pronouns I, me, mine you, your, yours she, her, hers, it, its we,us, our, ours they, them, their, theirs myself yourself Indefinite Pronouns anybody each either none someone, one, etc. Interrogative Pronouns who whom what which whose Demonstrative Pronouns this that these those

14. An ADJECTIVE is……???

15. Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. Is that a wool sweater? Just give me five minutes. Did you lose your address book? Answers these questions:

16. How about an ADVERB?

17. Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Answers the questions: How? He ran quickly. She left yesterday. When? We went there. Where? It was too hot! To what degree or how much?

18. Interrogative Adverbs introduce questions How did you break your leg? When does your plane leave? How often do you run? Where did you put the mouse trap?

20. A PREPOSITION?

21. 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. It shows relationship They received a postcard from Bobby telling about his trip to Canada.

22. The preposition never stands alone ! preposition noun pronoun object of preposition object can have more than one object object can have modifiers You can press those leaves under glass. Her telegram to Nina and Ralph brought good news. It happened during the last examination.

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

24. What is a CONJUNCTION?

25. The conjunction A conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words. and or but either/or neither/nor

26. Coordinating Conjunctions AndButForNorOrYetSo It may help you remember these conjunctions by recalling that they all have fewer than four letters. Also, remember the acronym FANBOYS: For-And-Nor-But-Or-Yet-So. Be careful of the words then and now; neither is a coordinating conjunction, so what we say about coordinating conjunctions' roles in a sentence and punctuation does not apply to those two words.

27. Subordinating Conjunctions are conjunctions that come at the beginning of clauses and make a clause dependent on another clause Since he went to the store (now a dependent clause and must be connected to an independent clause) Since he went to the store, I am able to have my ice cream.

28. The interjection is an exclamatory word that expresses emotion Goodness! What a cute baby! Wow! Look at that sunset!