Noun A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. A common noun names any person, place, or thing. Examples are basketball, coin, coach A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing and begins with a capital letter. Examples are Michael Jordan, Mrs. Cosentino, Barak Obama, Detroit

Pronoun A pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns. Personal pronouns refer to people and things I, my, mine, me, we, our, ours, us, you, yours, yours, he, his, him, she,her, hers, it, its, they, their, theirs, the,

Pronoun Continues 4 Other types of pronouns A reflexive pronoun is formed by adding –self or selves to certain personal pronouns List examples: An interrogative pronoun is used to ask a question. List examples: A demonstrative pronoun is used to ask a questions. List examples: An indefinite pronoun does not refer to a specific of definite person or things. It usually does not have a definite or specific antecedent as a personal pronoun does. “Everybody will select another to help with everything.

27 indefinite pronouns

Adjectives An adjective modifies a noun or pronouns. It answers the question, What Kind, Which ones (s)? How many? How much

Adjectives A proper adjective is formed from a proper nouns: examples: Italian Bread, Canadian sunset A compound adjective is a word composed of two or more words: examples: landmark decision, hometown hero

Verbs the action verb: tells what action a subject is performing: My brother delivers pizzas every Saturday evening. the linking verb: connects a subject to a noun. The most common are the form of to be (is, are, was, were, been, being, am) and appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste and turn the helping verb: assist the main verb in the sentence. Are the members going to the city in the morning?

Adverbs Adverb: is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb: – Many adverbs end in ly – Answers any of these 4 questions: Where?, How?, To what extent? When? – Again, almost, alone, already, also, always, away, even, ever, here, just, later, never, not, now, nowhere, often, perhaps, quite, rather, seldom, so, sometimes, somewhat, somewhere, soon, then, there, today, too, very, yesterday, yet

Prepositions Preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronouns and another word in the sentence. Ex: The man swam under the bridge. The plane, Air force 1, flew ______ the clouds

Conjunctions Conjunction: connects words or group of words: Fanboys= for, and, nor, but, or, yet,so Both/and, either/or, not only/but also, whether/or

Interjections An injections is a word that expresses strong feeling or emotions: Usually comes at the beginning of the sentence Usually followed by an exclamation point! Or a comma. WOW! Hurray! Ugh, Yeah! Ouch, Phew, Well, Eh, Darn, Yippee, Help!!!! Mmm