Noun Noun—person, place, thing, or idea CommonProper 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- Hewent totheirhouse.

– 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 anyfewno onesomebody anybodymanynothingsomeone anythingeverybodyneithersomething botheveryonesomeone 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. Momwill 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 ambehaddidmay isbeingcanshallmight arebeencouldshouldmust washasdowill werehavedoeswould **Always followed by an action verb or linking verb I have gone there. HVAV

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 almostherenotvery alreadyjustoftenyet alsoleastseldom alwaysmaybeso evermorestill foreverneverthen

Preposition Preposition-- relates a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence These are in addition to the handout. aboardaccording tobecause ofbesides despitein front ofinstead ofinto out oftillunto 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 The girl beside thegoalskippedalong the hikingtrail.

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.

Interjection Interjection-- expresses feeling or emotion AhBrrHeyOh GoodnessOopsWhewWow **All are followed by a comma or exclamation point. Brr! It’s cold in here. 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 fire. AV

Personal Pronoun Case CaseSingular PronounsPlural PronounsFunction in the Sentence Nominative (also called Subjective) I, you, she, he, it we, you, they subject or predicate nominative Objectiveme, you, her, him, it us, you, them direct object, indirect object, object of preposition Possessivemy, mine, your, yours, her, hers, his its 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 gave DO IO dog.herthe IO AV

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 was PN teacher.our LV

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 was 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.