Weeks 1-5
Eight parts of speech
Nouns, pronoun, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions, interjections, prepositions
Preposition & Object of the Preposition
A PREPOSITION is a word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence. (A preposition always has an object of the preposition.
The rabbit ran ____ the fence.)
The OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION is a noun or pronoun that follows a preposition and completes its meaning.
Seven sentence patterns
SN-VI, SN-VT-DO, SN-VL-PN, SN-VL-PA, SN-VT-IO-DO, SN-VT-DO-OCN, SN-VT-DO-OCA.
Coordinating conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions connect, grammatically, equal words or groups of words.
FANBOY: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Personal possessive pronoun adjectives
My, your, his, her, its, our, your, their
Nouns & Pronoun
A noun names a person, place, thing, activity, or idea,
A pronoun replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition.
Five parts of a sentence
Capital letter, subject, verb, complete sense, and end mark.
Transitive & intransitive verbs
A transitive verb transfers action to an object.
An intransitive verb does not transfer action to an object.
Subordinating conjunction
Subordinating conjunctions join a dependent clause to an independent clause.
WWW.ASIA.WUB: When, while, where, as, since, if, although, whereas, unless, because
Personal reflective pronouns
Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Adjective & Article
An adjective describes or modifies nouns and pronouns.
There are only three articles a, an, the.
Subject and predicate
The subject of a sentence is that part of which we speak.
The predicate of a sentence in that part which expresses what is being said about the subject.
Helping and linking verbs
A helping verb helps another verb assert action, being, or existence.
A linking is used to make an assertion by joining two words.
Personal subjective pronouns
I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they
Demonstrative pronouns
This, that, these, those
Verb and Adverb
A VERB is a word that does an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or helps another verb.
An ADVERB modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb and tells: HOW, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, HOW OFTEN, TO WHAT EXTENT, and UNDER WHAT CONDITION.
Four sentence purposes
Declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory.
Direct object
Direct object is a noun or a pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb.
Personal objective pronouns
Me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them
Interrogative pronouns
Who, whom, whose, which, what
Conjunction and interjection
A conjunction is a word used to connect words, phrases, or clauses together.
An interjection is a word or phrase used to express sudden emotion or command.
Four sentence structures
Simple, compound, complex, compound-complex.
Indirect object
Indirect object is a noun or a pronoun that precedes the direct object and tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done, and who or what is receiving the direct object.
Personal possessive pronouns
Mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs
Indefinite pronouns
All, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, neither, either, everybody, everyone, everything, nothing, nobody, no one, none, somebody, someone, few, many, much, more, most, such, several, some