The Great Eight

Chelsea Gilmore 3-2-10

NOUN

• A person, place, or thing , or idea can be the subject of the sentence-SN the “doer” of the action or who/what the sentence is about.

• Example: Marissa went grocery shopping.

Pronoun

• A word that replaces a noun or other pronoun – can be used as the subject of the

• sentence SP - helps the writer avoid repetition. (He, she, it, we, you, they…)

• Example: She is at the house.

Verb

• A word that can express actions, events, or states of being – can be a main action verb MV or V, can be a helping verb HV, or a linking verb LV

• Example: Leslie ran to the stop sign so she doesn’t miss the bus.

Adjective

• a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun – It answers the questions:

• which one? what kind? how many?• Example: The dress you bought today is

beautiful.

Adverb

• a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb by answering the

• questions: where? when? how? to what extent? Usually ends in LY

• Example: I ran quickly to the bus stop.

preposition

• connects nouns, pronouns, and other phrases to other words in the sentence

• A prepositional phrase can describe (adjective phrase) or (adverb phrase)

• Example: My mom will return (from the vet).

Conjunction

• connects words, phrases, and sentences in a sentence. There are two type Coordinating Conjunctions: AND, OR, BUT, FOR, SO, YET, NOR

Subordinating Conjunctions: after, although, as, because, before, how, if, once, since, than, that, though, until, when, where, whether, and while

Example: I will text you later oh, and make sure you tell Mom I said hi.

Interjection

• An interjection is a word added to a sentence to convey emotion

• Example: Oh my gosh! I just love your kitty.