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
