1. Parts of Speech
Grammar Review

2. Noun Names a person, place, thing or idea Examples:
Walt Disney (person)
Australia (place)
Notebook (thing)
friendship (idea)
love (idea)

3. Verb
A verb expresses an action, states something that exists (state of being), or links the subject with a description.
Action verb: An action verb tells what the subject is doing.
Example: Jonah threw the ball.
Being verb: State existence
Examples: Jonah is happy. Jonah seems tired.
Also included as helping verbs

4. Adjective A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
They help give your reader a clearer picture of what you are talking about.
Adjectives do three things:
Tell what kind
Tell how many
Tell which one or ones
Examples: jubilant child, generous man, thirteen apples…

5. Pronoun
A pronoun is a word used to take the place of a noun or another pronoun.
Examples:
I, You, We, They, He, She, It
Me, Us, Them, Him, Her

6. Adverb Adverbs are used to modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
There are four basic types of adverbs:
Adverbs of time, i.e. He cleaned yesterday.
Place, i.e. We can stop here for lunch.
Manner, i.e. Casey did well on the exam. On the other hand, Ben did badly.
Degree, i.e. Harry is quite talented for his age.

7. Preposition
A word that shows position or direction or introduces a prepositional phrase
Examples:
Around Up
Under
Over
Between
Example of Prepositional Phrase: Over the rainbow

8. Conjunction A word that connects other words or groups of words
Examples:
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Because, Since, As...

9. Interjection
A word (set off by commas or an exclamation point) that shows strong emotion
Example:
Stop! Hey, how are you?