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Parts of Speech

The eight parts of speech and related grammar words, with examples.

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  • nounTerm
    A person, place, thing or idea: teacher, park, joy
  • common nounTerm
    A general name: city, dog
  • proper nounTerm
    A specific name, capitalized: Paris, Max
  • concrete nounTerm
    A noun you can sense: apple, rain
  • abstract nounTerm
    An idea or feeling: freedom, love
  • singular nounTerm
    One thing: book
  • plural nounTerm
    More than one: books
  • possessive nounTerm
    Shows ownership: the dog's bone
  • collective nounTerm
    A group named as one: team, flock
  • verbTerm
    An action or state word: run, is
  • action verbTerm
    Shows doing: jump, write
  • linking verbTerm
    Joins the subject to more information: is, seem
  • helping verbTerm
    Helps the main verb: can, will, has
  • verb tenseTerm
    Shows when something happens
  • past tenseTerm
    Already happened: walked
  • present tenseTerm
    Happening now: walks
  • future tenseTerm
    Will happen: will walk
  • present perfectTerm
    Happened at an unspecified time or still true: has walked
  • past perfectTerm
    Happened before another past event: had walked
  • irregular verbTerm
    A verb that does not add -ed for past: go becomes went
  • adjectiveTerm
    Describes a noun: tall, red, three
  • adverbTerm
    Describes a verb, adjective or adverb: quickly, very
  • pronounTerm
    Takes the place of a noun: he, they, it
  • subject pronounTerm
    Does the action: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
  • object pronounTerm
    Receives the action: me, him, her, us, them
  • possessive pronounTerm
    Shows ownership: mine, yours, hers, ours
  • reflexive pronounTerm
    Reflects back on the subject: myself, themselves
  • relative pronounTerm
    Introduces a clause: who, which, that
  • demonstrative pronounTerm
    Points to something: this, that, these, those
  • interrogative pronounTerm
    Asks a question: who, what, which
  • antecedentTerm
    The noun a pronoun replaces
  • prepositionTerm
    Shows position or relation: in, on, under, between
  • prepositional phraseTerm
    A preposition with its object: under the table
  • conjunctionTerm
    Joins words or phrases: and, but, or
  • coordinating conjunctionTerm
    Joins equal parts: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS)
  • subordinating conjunctionTerm
    Starts a dependent clause: because, although, when
  • interjectionTerm
    A word showing strong feeling: wow, ouch
  • articleTerm
    A word before a noun: a, an, the
  • definite articleTerm
    The word the, for a specific noun
  • indefinite articleTerm
    A or an, for any noun
  • determinerTerm
    A word that introduces a noun: this, my, some
  • subjectTerm
    Who or what the sentence is about
  • predicateTerm
    The part that tells what the subject does or is
  • direct objectTerm
    Receives the action of the verb: She kicked the ball
  • indirect objectTerm
    Receives the direct object: She gave him the ball
  • complementTerm
    A word that completes the meaning of the predicate
  • modifierTerm
    A word or phrase that describes another
  • phraseTerm
    A group of words without a subject and verb together
  • clauseTerm
    A group of words with a subject and a verb
  • independent clauseTerm
    A clause that can stand alone as a sentence
  • dependent clauseTerm
    A clause that cannot stand alone
  • simple sentenceTerm
    One independent clause
  • compound sentenceTerm
    Two independent clauses joined together
  • complex sentenceTerm
    One independent and one or more dependent clauses
  • compound-complex sentenceTerm
    Two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause
  • declarative sentenceTerm
    Makes a statement
  • interrogative sentenceTerm
    Asks a question
  • imperative sentenceTerm
    Gives a command
  • exclamatory sentenceTerm
    Shows strong feeling
  • fragmentTerm
    An incomplete sentence
  • run-on sentenceTerm
    Two or more sentences joined wrongly
  • comma spliceTerm
    Two independent clauses joined only by a comma
  • active voiceTerm
    The subject does the action: The dog chased the cat
  • passive voiceTerm
    The subject receives the action: The cat was chased by the dog
  • infinitiveTerm
    To plus a verb: to run
  • gerundTerm
    A verb ending in -ing used as a noun: Swimming is fun
  • participleTerm
    A verb form used as an adjective: a broken cup
  • comparativeTerm
    Compares two: taller, more careful
  • superlativeTerm
    Compares three or more: tallest, most careful
  • positive degreeTerm
    The basic form of an adjective: tall
  • mood (grammar)Term
    The verb form that shows the attitude: indicative, imperative, subjunctive
  • subjunctive moodTerm
    Used for wishes and unreal conditions: If I were you
  • appositiveTerm
    A noun phrase that renames another noun: my dog, Rex
  • contractionTerm
    Two words joined with an apostrophe: don't
  • possessiveTerm
    A form showing ownership
  • transitive verbTerm
    A verb that takes a direct object
  • intransitive verbTerm
    A verb with no direct object
  • double negativeTerm
    Two negatives in one clause (avoid): I don't have no pencil
  • parallel structureTerm
    Using the same pattern for items in a list
  • subject-verb agreementTerm
    The verb must match its subject in number
  • pronoun-antecedent agreementTerm
    A pronoun must match the noun it replaces

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