Grammar: Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections

Preposition

A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word

Pronoun

A word used in the place of one or more nouns or pronouns

Verb

A word used to express action or a state of being

Interjection

A word used to express emotion

Conjunction

A word used to join words or groups of words

Adjective

A word used to modify a noun or pronoun

Adverb Hints

-ly Where? When? How? To What Extent?

Reflexive Pronoun

-self, necessary in the sentence

Intensive Pronoun

-self, unnecessary in the sentence

Noun

A word or word group that is used to name a person, a place, a thing, or and idea

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

Noun signifiers

Can be made plural Possessive A, an, the in front End of a prepositional phrase

Interjection Hints

Has "!" or "," after word In dialogue

Pronoun Hints

Has antecedent

Good modifies...

Noun or Pronoun

-er

One compared to another

-est

One compared with many others

Personal Pronoun

Refers to people

Relative Pronoun

That, which, who, whom, whose Introduces more information

Preposition Hints

The plane flew - the clouds

Demonstrative Pronoun

This, that, these, those Shows how far the speaker is to an object

Well modifies...

Verb

Adjective Questions

What kind? Which one? How much? How many?

Interrogative Pronoun

What? Which? Who? Whom? Whose? Asks a question