8th grade English nouns pronouns and verbs
compound noun
a noun made up of two or more words
collective noun
a noun that names a group of individual people or things
relative pronoun
a pronoun such as that, which. who, whom, or whose that begins a subordinate clause and connects it to another idea in the sentence
helping verb
a verb added to another verb to make a single verb phrase that indicates the time at which an action takes place or whether it actually happens, could happen, or should happen
personal pronoun
a word such as I, me, you, we, us, he, him, she, her they, and them that refers to the person speaking; the person spoken to; or the person place or thing spoken about
indefinite pronoun
a word such as anyone, each, or many that refers to a person place or thing without specifying which one
linking verb
a word that expresses its subjects state of being or condition
noun
a word that names a person place or thing
pronoun
a word that stands for a noun or for another word that takes the place of a noun
action verb
a word that tells what action someone or something is performing
interrogative pronoun
a, word such as which and who that introduces a question
intransitive verb
an action verb hat does not take a direct object
transitive verb
an action verb that takes a direct object
proper noun
names a specific person place or thing
common nouns
names any one of a class of people places or things
antecedent
the noun (or group of words acting as a noun) for which a pronoun stands
verb phrase
the part of the sentence containing the verb and any direct or indirect object but not the object
demonstrative pronoun
words such as this, that, these, and those used to single out specific people places or things