Noun

Noun—person, place, thing, or idea

Common Proper

person........................worker……....Sally

place............................store……...Wal-Mart

thing...........................cereal………Cheerios

idea............................peace……Christianity

collective nouns—general name of a group of animals, persons, or things

convoy, crowd, jury, family, public, crew, herd, pride, swarm, team, club, orchestra

Pronoun

Pronoun- takes the place of a noun or nouns

I, me, we, us, you, he, him, she, it, they, them my, mine, our, ours, your, yours his, her, hers, its, their, theirs

personal pronoun-

possessive pronoun-

He went to their house.

– this, these, that, those

-- personal pronoun ending in –self or –selves

-- asks a question who, whom, whose, which, what

– doesn’t always refer to a specific person, place, or thing

any few no one somebodyanybody many nothing someoneanything everybody neither somethingboth everyone some one

demonstrative pronoun

reflexive pronoun

interrogative pronoun

indefinite pronoun

Subject

Subject—what the sentence is about

**Every sentence has a subject.

**It’s always a noun or pronoun

**Will have two color identifications (yellow or orange with a red line)

(You) Go take out the trash.

Mom will go home.

Verb

Verb-- expresses action or being of the subject

action verb-- shows action

physical action………jumping

mental action………..thinking

He kicked the ball.AV

linking verb– links the subject to another part of the sentence

am, is, are, was, were, shall be, will be, have been, has been, had been

She is beautiful.LV

helping verb-- helps the main verb express action or being

am be had did mayis being can shall mightare been could should mustwas has do willwere have does would

**Always followed by an action verb or linking verb

I have gone there.HV AV

Adjective

Adjective-- describes a noun or pronoun

article adjectives– a, an, the

**Answers the questions: What kind? Which one? How much? How many?

The blue bike is wonderful.

Adverb

Adverb-- describes an adjective, verb, or another adverb

Sometimes end in -ly

**Answers these questions: How? When? Where? How often? To what extent?

The very quiet girls sang peacefully yesterday.

Twenty most commonly used adverbs that do not end in -ly

almost here not veryalready just often yetalso least seldomalways maybe soever more stillforever never then

Preposition-- relates a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence

These are in addition to the handout.aboard according to because of besidesdespite in front of instead of intoout of till unto

Prepositional phrase-- can be an adjective or adverb

**object of the preposition is always a noun or pronoun

**always begins with a preposition and ends with the object of the preposition

skipped

Conjunction

Conjunction-- joins nouns, verbs, phrases, and sentences

coordinating conjunctions- FANBOYS for and nor but or yet so

correlative conjunctions- both…and either…or neither…nor not only…but also

Sam went to the store, but he forgot the list.con.

con.

Interjection

Interjection-- expresses feeling or emotion

Ah Brr Hey OhGoodness Oops Whew Wow

**All are followed by a comma or exclamation point.

Brr! It’s cold in here.int.

int.

Direct Object

Direct Object-- receives the action of the verb

Answers the following questions:(verb) what? (verb) who?

**Always follows an action verb

**Always is a noun or pronoun. It will have two labels.

We saw the

DO

DO

fire.AV

Personal Pronoun Case

Case Singular Pronouns Plural Pronouns Function in the Sentence

Nominative(also called Subjective)

I, you,she, he, it

we, you,they

subject or predicate nominative

Objective me, you,her, him, it

us, you,them

direct object,indirect object,object of preposition

Possessive my, mine,your, yours,her, hers, hisits

our, ours,your, yours,their, theirs

replacement for possessive nouns

Indirect Object

Indirect Object-- tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done

Answers the following questions:to whom? for whom?

**Always comes before the direct object.

**Always is a person (or something functioning like a person. It will have two labels.

He gaveDO

IO

dog.her theIOAV

Predicate Nominative Nominative

Predicate Nominative-- renames the subject

**Always follows a linking verb.

**Always is a noun or pronoun. It will have two labels.

He wasPN

PN

teacher.ourLV

Predicate Adjective

Predicate Adjective-- adjective in the predicate part of the sentence which describes the subject

**Always follows a linking verb.

**Always identified as an adjective. It will have two labels.

John wasPA

PA

talented.LV

Participle

Participle—verb ending in “ing” or “ed” acting like a noun

**Describes a noun or pronoun

** It will have two labels.

My smiling teacher gave me ASD.

Par.