1. What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
Ex. This gift is for you.
Every sentence has two parts:
Subject
Predicate

2. Subject The subject tells who or what the sentence is about.
Complete subject:
The Men are stupid.
Simple subject:
Mr. Morton is stupid.

3. Predicate Complete predicate: Verb: the key word of
words that tell what the subject is or does
Verb: the key word of
the complete predicate –
also known as
simple predicate
Ex. Mr. Morton picks up the cat.

4. The 8 ways we categorize words
Parts of Speech
The 8 ways we categorize words
Noun
Pronoun
Verbs
Adjective
Adverb
Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection

5. Noun
Computer
Table
A noun is the name of a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.

6. Kinds of Nouns Proper Noun Common Noun Abstract Noun Collective Noun
Mark
Common Noun
sun
Abstract Noun
love
Collective Noun
class

7. A pronoun is a word that is used
Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that is used
in place of a noun.
Kinds of Pronouns
Subject
Relative
Object
Interrogative
Possessive
Demonstrative
Reflexive
Intensive

8. Kinds of Pronouns
Subject Object Possessive Possessive Adjectives Pronouns
I Me My Mine
You You Your Yours
He Him His His
She Her Hers Hers
It It It Its
We Us Our Ours
You You Your Yours
They Them Their Theirs

9. Kinds of Pronouns Reflexive Relative Interrogative Demonstrative
Myself That Who This
Yourself Which Whose That
Himself Who What These
Herself Whom Whom Those
Itself Whose Which
Ourselves
Yourselves
Themselves

10. Kinds of Pronouns Indefinite All Another Any Anybody
Anyone Anything Both Each
Either Everybody Everyone Everything
Few Many More Most
Much Neither Nobody None
No one One Other Several
Some Somebody Someone Something
Such

11. Conveys an action or a state of being
Verbs
Conveys an action or a state of being
Action - Ex. Dive
Linking - Ex. Am
Helping or auxiliary -
Ex. have, do, be

12. Verb Tenses
Present
Past
Future

13. Adjective An adjective describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.
Answers the questions:
What kind?
I like the long, green rectangle.
Which one?
I want that dress.
How many?
I see twelve circles.

14. Adverb A word that modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
Answers the questions:
When? I will see you tomorrow.
Where? The dog is outside.
How? She worked happily.
To what extent or degree? They swam deeper
into the ocean.
In what manner? Mary sang beautifully.

15. Prepositions
A word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other words in the sentence.
Example:
The students of this university are dynamic.

16. List of Prepositions Along Despite Below Among Down Beneath AroundAs At
Before
Behind
Below
Beneath
Beside
Besides
Between
Beyond By
Despite
Down
Except
For
From In
Near

17. More Prepositions Of Off On Onto Out Outside Over Past Since Through
Till To
Toward
Under
Underneath
Until Up
Upon
With
Within
Without

18. Compound Prepositions
According to
As of
As well as
Aside from
Because of
By means of
In addition to
In front of
In place of
In regard to
In respect to
In spite of
Instead of
On account of
Out of
Prior to

19. Conjunction A conjunction is used to join words or group of words
Kinds of conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions
Correlative conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions

20. Coordinating Conjunctions
connects individual words or groups of words that perform the same function.
Ex. I dance and sing.
And
But Or
Nor
For
Yet

21. Correlative Conjunctions
two or more words that function together.
Ex. Either Bill or Mary wrote the poem.
Either...or
Neither…nor
Whether…or
Not only…but (also)
both…and

22. Subordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions introduce subordinate clauses, which are clauses that cannot stand by themselves as a complete thought.
The subordinate conjunction connects a subordinate clause to an independent clause, which can stand by itself.
Ex. We will go whale watching if we have time.

23. List of Subordinating Conjunctions
After As
As long as
As soon as
Before
Time
Time
Purpose
Since
Until
When
Whenever
While
In order that
So that
That

24. More Subordinating Conjunctions
Manner As
As if
As though
Cause
Comparison
Because As
Than

25. Interjection An interjection is a word that expresses strong feelings
It is followed by an exclamation mark (!)

26. List of Common Interjections
Really!
Whoops!
Good grief!
Honestly!
Good!
Oh!
What!
Well!
Sh!
Ugh!
Alas!
Yes!
Ahem!
My!
Please!
No!
Unbelievable!
Congratulations!
My goodness!