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- * NounsNouns * PronounsPronouns * AdjectivesAdjectives *
InterjectionsInterjections * PrepositionsPrepositions * VerbsVerbs
* AdverbsAdverbs * ConjunctionsConjunctions
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- Person, place, thing, or idea Proper Noun: particular person,
place, thing, or idea (capitalized) EX: February, Mr. Jones Common
Noun: everyday names of people, places, things, or ideas EX: month,
school, country
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- Concrete Noun: (most nouns) name things that can be seen, felt,
heard, touched, or smelled EX: star, water, flower, basketball
Abstract Noun: name concepts, beliefs, or qualities EX: freedom,
capitalism, courage
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- Compound Noun: consists of more than 1 noun but count as one
word EX: Minooka Community High School, Illinois State University
Collective Noun: names of persons, places, or things that are
sometimes counted as 1 unit (considered to be singular) are are
sometimes counted separately (considered plural) EX: army, herd,
pack, family
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- A word that takes the place of a noun Personal Pronoun:
represent people or things EX: I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it,
we, us, they, them Possessive Pronoun: show ownership EX: mine,
yours, hers, his, theirs, ours
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- Demonstrative Pronoun: demonstrates or points out someone or
something EX: this, that, these, those Relative Pronoun: relates 1
part of the sentence to another EX: who, whom, which, that,
whose
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- Reflexive Pronoun: (sometimes called intensive pronoun)
reflects back to someone or something else in the sentence EX:
myself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves DONT use
a reflexive pronoun in a sentence if you havent already specified
whom or what youre talking about.
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- Interrogative Pronoun: asks a question EX: who, whom, which,
whose, what Indefinite Pronoun: (opposite of name) refers to a
specific person (group) that has already been mentioned EX: all the
bodies, all the things, all the ones EX: each, either, neither =
SINGULAR EX: few, both, many, several = PLURAL SAMAN (some, all,
most, any, none) Can be both SINULAR OR PLURAL
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- Word that modifies (describes) a noun or a pronoun EX: The
framed picture came crashing off the wall during the earthquake.
Ask these questions to see if its an adjective: 1. Which one? 2.
What kind? 3. How many?
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- Definite Article: names someone or something specific EX: the
Indefinite Article: does not name anything specific EX: a, an
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- Word that can either express surprise or some other kind of
emotion. It can also be used as a filler. EX: Hey, like, well,
ouch, oh EX: Ouch! Did you step on my toe?= STRONG EMOTION (!) EX:
Like, whats going on?= MILD EMOTION (,) **Use in moderation, in
dialogue, not formal writing.**
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- PREPOSITION: tells the position of something. A word that links
a noun or pronoun to some other word in a sentence. EX: Jack and
Jill went up the hill. (Up is the preposition connecting went and
hill.) EX: Little Jack Horner sat in a corner. EX: Sing a song of
sixpence.
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- To tell if a word is a preposition, ask yourself if it fits in
this sentence: It went _________ the thing(s). ACADEMIC RULE: Dont
end a sentence with a preposition.
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- AboutBehindDownOffTo AboveBelowDuringOnToward
AcrossBeneathExceptOntoUnder AfterBesideForOutUnderneath
AgainstBetweenFromOutsideUntil AlongBeyondInOverUp
AmongButInsidePastUpon AroundByIntoSinceWith
AtConcerningLikeThroughWithin BeforeDespiteOfThroughoutWithout
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- A word that expresses action or being. 1. Action verbs are most
common. EX: Marilyn jumped for joy when Frank called her. EX: The
frog sits on top of the lily pad in the lake.
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- Transitive Verb: a verb that takes an object (can answer: Whom?
or What?) EX: I carried the injured boy to the waiting ambulance.
(I carried whom?) EX: The mailman gave the package to Mrs. Smith.
(The mailman gave what?) Write a sentence with a transitive
verb.
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- Intransitive Verb: a verb that does not have an object
(preposition follows verb) EX: Exhausted after a hard days work, I
sank into the sofa with great delight. EX: Mary looked after the
children. Write a sentence with an intransitive verb.
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- 2. Being Verb: expresses being AKA linking verbs EX: AM, IS,
ARE, WAS, WERE, BE, BEING, BEEN EX: I be sitting on the dock of the
bay. Change to: ________________. EX: Yesterday she be listening to
music. Change to: ________________.
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- 3. Helping Verb: (auxiliary verb) can join the main verb to
express the voice, mood, and tense of the verb. EX: Frankie ______
go to the movies tonight. CanMustWould CouldShallBe MayShouldDo
MightWill
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- 1. A word that modifies (describes) a verb, adjective, or other
adverb. ADVERB(AD= Adverb & Adjective; VERB) EX: Yesterday, the
quite relieved soldier very quickly ran out of the woods when he
saw his comrade frantically waving at him.
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- Ask these questions to determine if it is an adverb: How? When?
Where? Why? Under what circumstances? How much? How often? To what
extent?
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- 2. Conjunctive Adverbs: AKA transition words
AccordinglyHoweverHenceTherefore AlsoIncidentallyMoreoverThus
BesidesIndeedNeverthelessStill ConsequentlyInsteadNextMeanwhile
FinallyLikewiseOtherwiseFurthermore
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- 1. Coordinating Conjunction: combines phrases and clauses For
And Nor But Or Yet So
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- 2. Correlative Conjunction: CANNOT STAND ALONE! They must have
a relative near by! Both/and Either/or Neither/nor Not only/but
also Not only/also
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- 3. Subordinating Conjunction: These are used at the beginning
of DEPENDENT clauses (words that have a subject & verb but
cannot stand alone). EX: after, although, as long as, because,
since, that, than, while, whether, etc