Chart A
4 Structures
Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex
Verb Definition
A Verb is a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together or helps another verb.
Noun Definition
A Noun names a person, place, thing, activity or idea.
An Adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Adjective Definition
An Adjective modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, qualifying or limiting.
4 Purposes
Declarative, Exclamatory, Interrogative, Imperative
4 Types
Intransitive, Transitive, Linking, Helping
Attributes: Specific
Common, Proper
And Answers the Questions:
How, When, Where, Why, How Often, How Much, To What Extent, Under What Condition?
And Answers the Questions: What Kind?
Descriptive; Degree: positive, comparative, superlative
8 Parts of Speech
N, P, V, AV, C, I, Pr, Aj
Number (S/P), Person (1, 2, 3), Voice (A/P), Mood (I, Imp, S)
Attributes: Number
Singular, Plural
One Word:
Simple, Flexional, Affirmative, Negative
Whose?
5 Parts of a Sentence
Subject, Predicate, Capital Letter, End Mark, Complete Sense
3 Times
Present, Past, Future
Attributes: Type
Concrete, Abstract, Collective, Compound
Multi-Word:
Phrase, Clause
How Many? Which?
Limiting; Degree: Article Adjectives, Number, Demonstrative, Indefinite, Interrogative
7 Patterns
(Song)
4 Forms
Simple, Perfect, Progressive, Perfect Progressive
9 Uses
SPIDOPONA
Degree:
Positive, Negative, Superlative
Multi-Word:
Phrases (in the field), Clauses (that blew in the wind)