Grammar

English Grammar
Parts
of
Speech
Eight Parts of Speech
Nouns
Adjectives
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Interjections
A person

A place

A thing

An idea
Noun:word that names
A noun can be:
Common: shop, school
Singular/Plural: boy/ boys
Proper:Bob, Mr Smith
Collective: crowd, swarm, flock
Compound: matchbox
Uncountable:water, flour

The Verb
A word that carries the idea of action or of being in a
sentence
Action
Linking
“be” verbs
&
taste
feel
sound
look
appear
become
seem
grow
remain
stay
Subject
predicate
EVERY SENTENCE MUST HAVE
A VERB
KINDS OF VERBS
Action verbs express physical or mental action


A linking verb connects a subject and its complement
PRONOUNS
Generally pronouns stand for
(pro+noun)or refer to a noun, an
individual,or individuals, or to a thing
or things
KINDS OF PRONOUNS
Personal
Demonstrative

Possessive
Object
Relative
Interrogative
Reflexive
I,you,she….
This/That These/those
Mine,yours
Me,you, him
Who, what,which
Who,what,which
Myself, yourself
ADJECTIVES
Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or a thing in the sentence
KINDS OF ADJECTIVES
Demonstrative
Distributive
Interrogative
Possessive
Qualitative
Quantitative
Comparative
This,that
Each,every
Which,what
My,your
Fat,thin
Some,a few
Bigger, the biggest
QUALITATIVE ADJECTIVES
QUANTITY
QUALITY
SIZE
AGE
SHAPE
COLOUR
ORIGINE
MATERIAL
THE ROYAL ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
POSSESSION
QUANTITY
QUALITY
SIZE
AGE
SHAPE
COLOUR
ORIGIN
MATERIAL
ADVERBS
ADVERBS ARE WORDS THAT MODIFIES
A VERB
AN ADJECTIVE
ANOTHER ADVERB
KINDS OF ADVERBS

MANNER
PLACE
FREQUENCY
TIME
CERTAINTY
DEGREE
PREPOSITIONS
LOCATORS IN SPACE AND TIME
Some Common Prepositions

aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
among
around
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
by
down
during
except
for
from
in
into
like
of
off
on
over
past
since
through

throughout
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
with
within
without
CONJUNCTIONS
A CONJUCTION IS A WORD THAT JOINS
WORDS
BUT
OR
AND
THE INTERJECTION
AN EXCLAMATORY WORD THAT EXPRESSES
EMOTION
OH MY GOD!
WOW IT’S FANTASTIC!
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