Voices, Phrases, and Clauses
Tenses
Parts of Speech
Pronouns
Verbs
100

When an action is performed upon a subject. 

Passive voice

100

I draw. 

Present tense

100

The three most common -- a, an, the. Precedes nouns.

Article

100

Takes the place of a noun. 

Pronoun

100

Examples: do, does, did, has, have, had, shall, should, will, would, can, could, may, might, or must. 

Helping verbs 

200

When a subject performs an action. 

Active voice

200

I drew. 

Past tense

200

Occurs before the noun in a phrase and relates the noun or pronoun following it to another word in the sentence: at, with, near, below, by, to...

Preposition

200

Nominative, Objective: I, me, we, us, you, he, she, it, him, her, it, they, them.

Personal pronoun

200

________form their past tense and past participle by adding -ed or -d to the base form (e.g., walk → walked, play → played).

REGULAR VERBS

300

Adding 's or s' to the last word in the phrase:
this car's, my father's. 

Possessive phrase 

300

I will draw. 

Future tense

300

A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb and tells: Where? When? In what manner? or To what extent?

Adverb

300

A word that points out a specific person, place, or thing: this, that, these, those. 

Demonstrative pronoun

400

They tell when, where, why, how, to what extent, or under what conditions. 

Adverb clauses

400

I am drawing. 

Present progressive tense

400

Connects words, phrases, or clauses.

CONJUNCTIONS

400

Used to begin a direct or indirect question: who, whom, whose, what, which, (-ever), that

Relative/interrogative pronoun

500

A group of words that work together but do not contain a subject and a verb.

PHRASE

500

_______ refer to the time an action takes place, expressed through verb forms.

TENSES

500

Introduces dependent (subordinate) clauses: as, if, since, because, when, while, that. 

Subordinate conjunction

500

______ reflects the action back to the subject (e.g., myself, herself, themselves).

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

M
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n
u