2. PARTS OF SPEECH The building blocks to writing

3. NOUNS 4 PERSON PLACE THING IDEA

4. PRONOUNS 4 A WORD USED IN PLACE OF A NOUN 4 I, YOU,SHE, HE, IT 4 WE, YOU, THEY

6. ACTION VERBS  SHOWS ACTION  LINKS SUBJECT TO ANOTHER WORD IN THE SENTENCE Examples: walks, talks, runs, plays

7. LINKING VERBS 4 LINKS SUBJECT TO NOUN OR AN ADJECTIVE IN THE PREDICATE PART OF THE SENTENCE 4 IS, ARE, WAS,WERE,AM, BEEN Examples: 1. The boy was walking to the store. 2. The apple pie is cooking in the oven. 3. The football player was drinking water.

8. ADJECTIVES 4 DESCRIBES A NOUN OR PRONOUN BEAUTIFUL sunset

9. ADVERBS DESCRIBES VERB, ADJECTIVE, ANOTHER ADVERB SHINING BRIGHTLY

10. PREPOSITIONS 4 RELATES A NOUN OR PRONOUN TO ANOTHER WORD IN THE SENTENCE IN FRONT OF the cow

11. WORD OR PHRASE USED TO EXPRESS STRONG EMOTION OR SURPRISE YIKES!

12. CONJUNCTIONS  CONNECTS WORDS OR INDIVIDUAL GROUPS OF WORDS  AND, BUT, OR, NOR,FOR, SO, YET  EITHER, OR, NEITHER, NOR, WATER AND ROCKS

13. Articles 4 An article is a kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. It is like an adjective. It modifies a noun. Here are some examples: A, An, The A book fell on the floor. An article is used before a noun. The test was easy.